A Stanford - SJSU Postdoctoral Training Program to Enhance URM Teaching

描述（由申请人提供）：科学的多样性是对我们社会的挑战。我们需要一个多元化的科学界来为复杂的问题提供新的视角，推动经济增长和繁荣，并实现我们社会的承诺。URM科学家在培训过程中的参与发生在每一个步骤，但特别是在本科生，研究生和博士后水平。URM服务机构是URM科学家的源泉，但教授这个复杂的群体是具有挑战性的。承诺，训练有素的URM科学家，教育工作者需要解决更多的URM科学家的需求。然而，传统的教师培训通常只涉及研究，没有教学方法的经验。在这里，我们提出了一个IRACDA培训计划，结合了严格的博士后培训在斯坦福大学，接触现代教学方法在一个主要的URM服务机构（圣何塞州立大学，SJSU）。该计划将选择5名博士后学者的一个传统的博士后培训计划在一个原则的实验室。该队列将由PI和来自斯坦福大学和SJSU的科学家委员会指导。学者将在PI实验室制定传统的研究计划，并将在该计划的第一年指导SJSU的本科生。在随后的几年里，学者们将在SJSU学习现代数字教学方法，并将使用这些技能获得教学经验。该计划将合并在斯坦福大学的研究环境的最佳方面与暴露在SJSU教学URM科学家的挑战。 相关性（参见说明）：该研究计划的目标是创建一批训练有素的科学家教育工作者，他们可以进入URM服务机构的教师职位，以引导更多URM科学家进入我们的社会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diversity in science is a challenge to our society. A diverse scientific community is needed to provide novel perspectives on complex problems, to drive economic growth and prosperity, and to complete the promise of our society. Attrition of URM scientists during training occur at every step, but particularly at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral level. URM-serving institutions are wellsprings for URM scientists, but teaching this complex population is challenging. Committed, well-trained URM scientist-educators are needed to address the need for more URM scientists. However, traditional training of faculty usually involves research alone, with no experience in teaching methods. Here we proposed an IRACDA training program that combines rigorous postdoctoral training at Stanford University, with exposure to modern teaching approaches at a primarily URM-serving institution (San Jose State University, SJSU). The program will select a cohort of 5 postdoctoral scholars for a traditional postdoctoral training program in a principle investigator-directed laboratory. The cohort will be mentored by the PI and by a committee of scientists from both Stanford and SJSU. The Scholars will develop a traditional research plan in the PI laboratory, and will mentor undergraduate students from SJSU in the first years of the program. In subsequent years, the scholars will learn modern digital teaching methods at SJSU, and will gain teaching experience there using these skills. The program will merge the best aspects of the research environment at Stanford with exposure to the challenges of teaching URM scientists at SJSU. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The goal of this research program is to create a cohort of trained scientist-educators who can move into faculty positions at URM-serving institutions to bootstrap the flow of more URM scientists into our society.