Ravens Strengthening STEM Education Pathways

该项目旨在满足国家的需要，培养生命科学教师，为新罕布什尔州和北方马萨诸塞州高需求学校的学生服务。富兰克林皮尔斯大学（FPU）是仅有的七所提供生命科学（7-12年级）认证课程的学校之一，这是新罕布什尔州严重短缺的一个领域，为科学素养人口提供了重要基础。FPU将通过为STEM学生创建简化的途径来解决这个问题，以获得教师认证，并向FPU本科生推广该计划。FPU教育学院还将向那些正在重新考虑从事医疗保健职业的科学专业学生推销其M.Ed.课程。最后，FPU将与该地区高需求的公立学校建立进一步的关系，为新认证的教师提供实践他们职业的出路。富兰克林皮尔斯大学的这个项目包括与Jaffrey Rindge合作学区（NH），Wilton Lyndeborough合作学区（NH），Conant高中（NH），Masnic地区高中（NH），菲奇堡高中（MA）项目目标包括：（1）为生物学学生和环境科学学生开发一个课程途径，使他们在五年或更短的时间内毕业并获得STEM教学学位，（2）在大学STEM和健康科学教师和学生中增加FPU教师准备计划的知识，（3）制定招聘计划和招聘材料，STEM教育计划进行推广，（4）确定高需求的LEAs，并与当地的LEAs合作，制定一个计划，就潜在的STEM教学职业向高中生进行推广，以及（5）为罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划准备一个轨道1或轨道2提案。随着精简的课程和广泛传播有关这一教学准备计划的信息，更多的学生将选择在新罕布什尔州和马萨诸塞州的学校从事中等教育STEM教学，减少已确定的教学短缺，并提供优质教师，这些教师将影响未来的STEM从业者，他们将为提高国家的生活水平，经济增长，全球竞争力。该计划的有效性将由一位经验丰富的评估员进行评估，他将在资助期结束时提供一份关于该项目目标的总结性报告。这个能力建设项目是通过罗伯特诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）的支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师和经验丰富的模范K-12教师，成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The project aims to serve the national need of preparing life science teachers to serve students in high-need schools in New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. Franklin Pierce University (FPU) is one of only seven schools that offer a program that leads to certification in life sciences (grades 7-12), an area of critical shortage for New Hampshire, which provides an essential foundation for a scientifically literate population. FPU will address this problem by creating streamlined pathways for STEM students to achieve teacher certification and promoting the program to FPU undergraduates. The FPU School of Education will also market its M.Ed. program to students from sciences who are reconsidering their choice of pursuing a career in healthcare. Finally, FPU will develop further relationships with high-need public schools in the region to provide outlets for newly certified teachers to practice their profession.This project at Franklin Pierce University includes field placement partnerships with Jaffrey Rindge Cooperative School District (NH), Wilton Lyndeborough Cooperative School District (NH), Conant High School (NH), Mascenic Regional High School (NH), and Fitchburg High School (MA). Project goals include: (1) develop a curricular pathway for biology students and environmental science students to graduate with a STEM teaching degree in five years or less, (2) increase knowledge of FPU teacher preparation programs among University STEM and health sciences faculty and students, (3) develop a recruitment plan and recruitment materials the STEM education programs to conduct outreach, (4) identify high-need LEAs and collaborate with local them to develop a plan for conducting outreach to high school students regarding potential STEM teaching careers, and (5) prepare a Track 1 or Track 2 proposal for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. With a streamlined curriculum and broad dissemination of information on this teaching preparation program, more students will choose to pursue a career in teaching secondary education STEM in the schools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, reducing identified teaching shortages and providing quality teachers who will influence future STEM practitioners who will make important contributions to improving the nation’s living standards, economic growth, and global competitiveness. The program’s effectiveness will be assessed by an experienced evaluator who will provide a summative report on the project’s goals at the end of the grant period. This Capacity Building project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the effectiveness and retention of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.