University of Maine System Math Science Teacher Excellence Collaborative

该项目是缅因数学与科学联盟（MMSA）和缅因大学系统中最大的三个校区的合作伙伴关系：缅因大学奥罗诺分校、缅因大学法明顿分校和南缅因大学，这三个校区每年总共培养了该州80%以上的认证教师。这些合作伙伴正在合作增加从不同校园毕业的合格数学和科学教师的数量；通过建立由大学教师、实习教师和学生组成的“跨层级”支持小组，提高教师入职头三年的留用率；并通过艺术与科学学院、教育学院和K-12年级教师之间的积极互动，提高三个校区未来教师的数学和科学教育质量。该项目的动机是：1)扭转目前预计在未来十年内缅因州合格的K-12数学和科学教师数量下降的趋势，2)解决缅因州目前三分之一的数学和科学教师在“外地”任教的事实。

This project is a partnership of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) and the three largest campuses in the University of Maine System: the Univ. of Maine - Orono, the Univ. of Maine - Farmington, and the Univ. of Southern Maine, which collectively produce over 80% of the certified teachers in the State each year. These partners are collaborating to increase the number of qualified mathematics and science teachers graduating from the different campuses; to increase the retention of teachers in their first three years by building "cross-tier" support groups of university faculty, practicing teachers, and students; and to improve the quality of mathematics and science education for prospective teachers at the three campuses through active interactions among faculty from Arts and Sciences, faculty from Education, and grade K-12 teachers. The project is motivated by the need: 1) to reverse the decline in numbers of qualified K-12 mathematics and science teachers that is currently projected to occur over the next decade in Maine, and 2) to address the fact that one third of Maine's current mathematics and science teachers teach "out of area".