Working to Improve STEM Educator Recruitment and Retention through Relationships

Noyce项目旨在满足国家需要，增加具有高质量准备的STEM教育工作者的数量，并提供支持，以提高他们的保留率。长期以来，吸引STEM专业学生和专业人士从事教学工作一直是一项具有挑战性的工作，而较低的留校率使这一问题更加困难。WISER3打算通过关注STEM教育工作者之间的关系和社区来解决这些问题。该项目为STEM专业的学生提供早期专业经验，以探索特定内容的研究和STEM职业，以便他们与所在领域的专业人员，包括教师建立联系。奖学金为STEM专业的学生提供支持，他们通过结对实习教师并纳入交叉队列指导小组来增强项目，从而获得教师认证。学者们参与了一种系统的、了解数据的STEM教育者招聘办法，对象包括P-12和大学一级的受众。除了准备计划之外，在学者教学生涯的早期，继续通过交叉队列指导来提供支持。这些部分旨在通过发展一个持久的支持社区来吸引STEM专业的学生进入教学领域，并提高STEM教育者的保留率。温斯罗普大学(WU)的这个项目包括与克林顿学院(HBCU)和三个当地高需求学区的合作伙伴关系：切斯特县、约克区1和岩山学校(约克区3)。项目目标包括增加对吴的STEM教育计划的参与；确保WISER3学者成为有效的课堂教师；在合作伙伴地区的高需求学校留住这些STEM教育工作者；通过跨越准备计划并持续到入职年限的近同行和交叉队列设计来加强指导支持；以及通过定期的专业发展和社交活动实施社区建设部分。在整个五年的资助期内，WISER3将通过奖学金为成绩优异的学生培养42名新的STEM教育者，以通过教学文科硕士学位获得教师认证。其中6人将从克林顿学院的生物专业招聘。剩下的36人将是生物、化学或数学专业的吴同学。该项目有可能在实施(A)现场和临床经验的配对安置和(B)交叉队列指导方面贡献更多的研究见解。这个Track 1：奖学金和津贴项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(Noyce)提供支持。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人员成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富、模范的K-12教师成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的有效性和留住的研究。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Track 1 Noyce project aims to serve the national need to increase the numbers of STEM educators with high-quality preparation and provide support that increases their retention rates. Attracting STEM majors and specialists to teaching careers has long been challenging, and low retention rates make this problem more difficult. WISER3 intends to address these issues by focusing on relationships and community among STEM educators. The project provides early professional experiences for STEM majors to explore content-specific research and STEM careers so that they connect with professionals in their field, including teachers. Scholarships support STEM majors who pursue teacher certification through a program enhanced by pairing student teachers and incorporating cross-cohort mentoring groups. Scholars participate in a systemic and data-informed approach to STEM educator recruitment that spans P-12 and university-level audiences. Support beyond the preparation program continues through cross-cohort mentoring in the early years of a scholar’s teaching career. These components intend to attract STEM majors to the teaching field and increase STEM educator retention rates by developing an enduring support community.This project at Winthrop University (WU) includes partnerships with Clinton College (a nearby HBCU) and three local high-need school districts: Chester County, York District 1, and Rock Hill Schools (York District 3). Project goals include increasing participation in WU’s STEM education programs; ensuring WISER3 scholars are effective classroom teachers; retaining these STEM educators in high-need schools in the partner districts; enhancing mentoring supports through near-peer and cross-cohort design that spans the preparation program and continues through induction years; and implementing community-building components through regular professional development and social events. Across the five-year funding period, WISER3 will produce 42 new STEM educators through scholarships for high-achieving students to obtain teacher certification through a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. Among these, six will be recruited from biology majors at the Clinton College. The remaining 36 will be WU students with majors in biology, chemistry, or mathematics. The project has the potential to contribute additional research insights on implementing (a) paired placements in field and clinical experiences and (b) cross-cohort mentoring. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends 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.