Development of Courses and Recruitment Models for Attracting and Preparing Middle Grade Mathematics Teachers

“制定吸引和培养中等数学教师的课程和招聘模式”是一个为期三年的项目，通过开发和提供四门基础数学课程以及配套的辅助材料，以及制定和实施积极的教师招聘模式，满足中等数学教师的需要。在旨在提高教师资格的数学和科学课程教师培训指导方针的资助下，该项目的领导层--由文理学院的数学教师和密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校教育学院的数学教育教师合作--开发了三个学分的课程，旨在为中级教师提供坚实的数学基础，并将他们正在学习的数学与他们将要教授的数学联系起来。课程侧重于代数和几何结构、数据分析和概率以及变化的数学；并使用基于标准的中学数学教材作为深入学习数学的跳板。课程设计的对象是选择年级水平变化(主要是小学)的教师、供过于求的学科的中学/中学教师、寻求转行从教的个人、寻求提升其学科知识的中学数学教师，以及传统的职前中学数学教师。招聘的教师在暑期学院和在校外地点提供的学期课程中试行课程和补充材料[配套模块]。该课程计划为密苏里州的参与者和其他人提供了中学数学教学认证的核心，并受到CBMS教师数学教育项目报告草案的当前国家建议的影响。该项目的第一年致力于课程和材料的开发，包括与专业出版商签订的出版和在全国传播补充材料的合同承诺，以及开发确定和吸引中学数学教师的招聘模式。剩下的两年时间用于实施招聘模式、实地测试、修订材料以及在密苏里州和全国范围内进行传播。项目评估侧重于参与者对每门课程中基本数学概念的理解，他们对基于标准的中学数学教材的了解，以及这些与四门课程中的数学内容的关系，以及课程对教师课堂实践变化的有效性。

"Development of Courses and Recruitment Models for Attracting and Preparing Middle Grade Mathematics Teachers" is a three-year project that addresses the needs of middle grade mathematics teachers through the development and delivery of four foundational mathematics courses with accompanying support materials and the development and implementation of an aggressive teacher recruitment model. Funded under the Teacher Enhancement guidelines for Mathematics and Science Courses for Improving Teacher Qualifications, the project's leadership -- a collaborative between mathematics faculty from the College of Arts and Science and mathematics education faculty from the College of Education at the University of Missouri - Columbia -- develops three-credit courses designed to provide middle grade teachers with a strong mathematical foundation and connect the mathematics they are learning with the mathematics they will be teaching. Courses focus on algebraic and geometry structures, data analysis and probability, and the mathematics of change; and employ standards-based middle grade mathematics instructional materials as a springboard to learn mathematics in depth.The courses are designed for teachers choosing a grade-level change (primarily elementary), middle/secondary teachers in oversupplied disciplines, individuals seeking career changes for entry into teaching, middle grade mathematics teachers seeking to upgrade their content knowledge, and traditional pre-service middle grade mathematics teachers. The recruited teachers pilot the courses and supplemental materials [companion modules] in Summer Institutes and in semester courses offered at off-campus sites. The program of courses provides a core that leads to certification for teaching middle school mathematics for participants and others throughout Missouri and is informed by the current national recommendations of the CBMS Mathematical Education of Teachers Project, Draft Report.The first year of the project's timeline is devoted to the development of the courses and materials, including a contractual commitment from a professional publisher for the publication and national dissemination of the supplemental materials, and the development of recruitment models for identifying and attracting middle school mathematics teachers. The remaining two years are spent on implementing the recruitment models, field-testing, revision of materials, and dissemination in Missouri and nationally. Project evaluation focuses on participants' understanding of the fundamental mathematics concepts within each course, their knowledge of standards-based middle school mathematics instructional materials and how these relate to the mathematical content in the four courses, as well as the effectiveness of the courses on changes in teachers' classroom practice.