Working to Improve STEM Educator Recruitment and Retention through Relationships

致力于通过关系改善 STEM 教育工作者的招聘和保留

• 批准号: 2345156
• 负责人: Kelly Costner
• 金额: $ 144.46万
• 依托单位: Winthrop University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-09-01 至 2029-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2345156&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Working; Improve; STEM; Educator; Recruitment

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.

Track 1 Noyce项目旨在满足国家需求，以高质量的准备增加STEM教育工作者的数量，并提供支持，提高他们的保留率。长期以来，吸引STEM专业的学生和专家从事教学工作一直是一个挑战，而低保留率使这个问题变得更加困难。WISER3计划通过关注STEM教育者之间的关系和社区来解决这些问题。该项目为STEM专业学生提供早期专业经验，以探索特定内容的研究和STEM职业，以便他们与包括教师在内的领域专业人士建立联系。奖学金支持STEM专业学生通过配对学生教师和整合跨队列指导小组来获得教师资格认证。学者们参与了一个系统的、基于数据的STEM教育工作者招聘方法，该方法涵盖了P-12和大学水平的受众。预备课程之外的支持将在学者教学生涯的早期通过跨队列指导继续进行。这些组成部分旨在吸引STEM专业的学生进入教学领域，并通过建立一个持久的支持社区来提高STEM教育工作者的保留率。温斯洛普大学（WU）的这个项目包括与克林顿学院（附近的HBCU）和三个当地高需求学区的合作：切斯特县、约克一区和罗克希尔学校（约克三区）。项目目标包括提高吴的STEM教育项目的参与度；确保WISER3学者是有效的课堂教师；将这些STEM教育工作者留在合作地区的高需求学校；通过近同伴和跨队列设计加强指导支持，该设计跨越准备项目并持续到入职年；并通过定期的专业发展和社会活动来实施社区建设的组成部分。在五年的资助期内，WISER3将通过奖学金培养42名新的STEM教育工作者，帮助成绩优异的学生获得教师资格证书，获得教学硕士学位。其中6人将从克林顿学院的生物专业中招聘。剩下的36名将是吴的学生，主修生物、化学或数学。该项目有可能为实施(a)实地和临床经验配对实习以及(b)跨队列指导提供额外的研究见解。本项目由Robert Noyce教师奖学金项目（Noyce）资助。Noyce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，并支持经验丰富的模范K-12教师成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的有效性和留任率的研究。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。