Preparing Tomorrow's Science & Mathematics Teachers at Community Colleges: Round II

两年制大学荣誉协会Phi Theta Kappa与美国社区学院协会(AACC)合作，正在实施一项为期三年的跨学科、全国性的指导项目，以扩大和加强社区大学教师培训计划，为未来的K-12科学和数学教师提供培训，并在这些计划中寻找“最佳实践”。该项目采用了Phi Theta Kappa在其最近的NSF/DUE/ATE支持的项目中使用的相同的概念和实施格式，准备明天的科学和数学教师：社区学院的反应；以及改善社区学院的科学和技术教育：第一轮和第二轮。一套经过验证的指导活动被用来与18所竞争性入选的社区大学分享六个示范性社区大学教师培训计划所取得的知识库、经验、实践和材料。这些示范实践和材料也被广泛传播到全国其他社区、技术和专科大学。18所选定的社区大学每所都有六个两人指导小组中的一个。这六所社区学院分别是华盛顿州的格林河社区学院、伊利诺伊州的威廉·雷尼·哈珀学院、俄克拉何马州的塔尔萨社区学院、加利福尼亚州的塞里托斯学院、弗吉尼亚州的J.萨杰·雷诺兹社区学院和得克萨斯州的特拉华技术与设计社区学院。导师代表数学、化学、生物、物理和教育等学科。项目活动包括：全国竞赛，选出18所学院；两次全国教师培训会议，来自两年制和四年制学院的六个导师小组与指定的四人学院团队合作制定行动计划；指导服务，包括一年期间的实地访问；网络通讯，以电子和印刷形式提供；案例研究专著，分发给校长、学术院长、教育教席和STEM教席；一次最佳做法竞赛；一次最佳做法会议，以确认和分享两年制学院数学和科学教师培训方案的“最佳做法”；最佳做法会议的会议记录和建议报告；以及通过Phi Theta Kappa和AACC的网站、会议和出版物进行的广泛的其他传播活动。

Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society for two-year colleges, in cooperation with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), is conducting a three-year multi-disciplinary, nationwide mentoring project to expand and enhance community college teacher preparation programs for future K-12 science and mathematics teachers, and to identify "best practices" within these programs. The project employs the same conceptual and implementation format used by Phi Theta Kappa in its recent NSF/DUE/ATE-supported projects, Preparing Tomorrow's Science & Mathematics Teachers: The Community College Response; and Improving Science & Technology Education at Community Colleges: Rounds I & II.A set of proven mentoring activities is being used to share the knowledge base, experience, practices and materials achieved by six exemplary community college teacher preparation programs with 18 competitively-selected community colleges. These exemplary practices and materials also are being disseminated widely to other community, technical, and junior colleges nationwide.The 18 selected community colleges each work with one of six two-member mentoring teams. The six community colleges are Green River Community College, WA; William Rainey Harper College, IL; Tulsa Community College, OK; Cerritos College, CA; J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, VA; and Delaware Technical & Community College, DE. Mentors represent disciplines of mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics and education. Project activities include: national competition to select 18 colleges; two National Teacher Preparation Conferences, at which six teams of mentors, from two and four-year colleges, work with assigned four-member college teams to develop action plans; mentor services, including site visits over a one year period; networking newsletter available electronically and in print; case study monograph for distribution to presidents, academic deans, education chairs and STEM chairs; a Best Practices Competition; a Best Practices Conference to recognize and share "best practices" in mathematics and science teacher preparation programs at two-year colleges; Best Practices Conference proceedings and recommendations report; and a broad range of other dissemination activities through Phi Theta Kappa and AACC websites, conferences, and publications.