North Dakota Collaborative for Mathematics and Science Teacher Preparation (ND-CoMSTEP)

这是一个为期18个月的计划项目，将继续开展ND-CoMSTeP项目。规划项目的目标是通过增加科学家和数学家对职前教师培训的参与，改进原来的ND-CoMSTep项目。为期两天的夏季会议将为北达科他州的科学家和数学家举行。那些希望在教师培训方面发挥更积极作用的人将有时间在会议上为自己的机构制定计划。另外两项试验计划将成为该规划赠款的一部分。首先是建立三个小组，每个小组由一名职前数学教师和一名大学数学家组成。他们将一起在当地一所高中教授大学微积分课程。第二项倡议是让理科生在当地一所初中或高中担任教师助理，每周工作大约10个小时。每个理科生每两周与他/她的学术科学顾问和科学教育家见面一次。这些会议将是一个讨论教学的机会，它的回报，它的挑战，以及为科学和科学教学的双重职业做准备的可能性。

This is an 18-month planning project to continue the work that has begun on the ND-CoMSTeP project. The goals of the planning project are to improve the original ND-CoMSTep project through increased involvement of scientists and mathematicians in preservice teacher preparation. A two-day summer conference will be held for North Dakota scientists and mathematicians. Those wishing to take a more active roll in teacher preparation will be given time at the conference to develop plans for their own institution. Two other trial initiatives will be a part of this planning grant. The first of these is the establishment of three teams, each consisting of a preservice mathematics teacher and a university mathematician. They will work together to teach a university calculus class at a local high school. The second initiative involves undergraduate science majors working for approximately ten hours per week as teachers' assistants to master teachers at a local junior, or senior, high school. Each science major will meet with his/her academic science advisor, and science educator, once every two weeks. These meetings will be an opportunity to talk about teaching, its rewards, its challenges, and the possibility of preparing for dual careers in science and science teaching.