Rocky Mountain Middle School Math Science Partnership: 15 Months to Highly Qualified

落基山中学数学科学合作伙伴关系：15个月高质量是一个合作伙伴关系，由三个核心合作伙伴科罗拉多学区，杰斐逊县，布莱顿和梅普尔顿，和丹佛的科罗拉多大学（CU-丹佛）作为牵头机构。 支持合作伙伴包括丹佛大学（DU），丹佛大都会州立学院（MSCD）和科罗拉多州立大学（CSU）与附属英尺。刘易斯学院，合作教育服务前线委员会，和四个学区：亚当斯县14，恩格尔伍德，伊丽莎白和吉尔平县。 在该项目的五年时间里，大约600名教师将参与其中，26 400名6-8年级的学生将受到影响。 落基山中学数学科学合作伙伴关系（RM-MSP）将提高学生在高质量数学和科学课程中的成绩，并通过集中七个学区和四个高等教育机构的综合专业知识，减少少数民族和非少数民族中学生之间的成绩差距。 该项目以“15个月到总部”（高质量）为座右铭，将使大学课程的制定、调整和实施制度化，这将提高中学数学和科学教师的教学内容和教学知识。 - 通过强化专业发展提高教师质量，这种发展以科学研究为基础，与高质量的教学材料密切相关，并导致在中等年级教授数学或科学的认证，以及在国家一级对数学和科学的相应认可;--通过支持教师及其所在地区实施具有挑战性的课程，确保伙伴地区的所有中学生都能公平地获得这些课程。具有挑战性的，以研究为基础的课程，并提供推广，干预和研究“差异化教学”，特别是因为它涉及到美洲原住民和西班牙裔学生;通过制度化地改进职前准备和招聘，加强教师队伍，重点是扩大高素质的中学数学和科学教师的供应和多样性。为了实现这些目标，RM-MSP的特点是将以下内容交织在一起：-为教师举办暑期学院，利用RM-MSP赠款开发的大学学分课程，由科学和数学学科教师教授;-结构化后续行动，以支持教师将增强的内容知识转化为教学实践;-国家对科学和数学中级教师的认可;- 通过一个内容提供系统，将视频/音频/讲座内容整合在一起，在线传播暑期学校课程，以便在伙伴地区以外，特别是在农村地区获得这些课程;--针对初中和高中学生的外联和干预活动，包括夏令营和学年内容充实实验室;--研究夏令营对学生参与者内容知识的影响;- 将赠款开发的内容课程纳入为所有文科和理科学生提供的核心课程;以及-通过指定的部门顾问招聘在数学和/或科学方面有天赋的职前教师候选人，这些顾问致力于在伙伴机构以及社区学院中发现高能力的本科生。

The Rocky Mountain Middle School Math Science Partnership: 15 Months to Highly Qualified is a Partnership comprised of three core partner Colorado school districts, Jefferson County, Brighton, and Mapleton, and the University of Colorado at Denver (CU-Denver) as the lead institution. Supporting partners include the University of Denver (DU), the Metropolitan State College of Denver (MSCD), and the Colorado State University (CSU) with affiliations to Ft. Lewis College, the Front Range Board of Cooperative Educational Services, and four school districts: Adams County 14, Englewood, Elizabeth, and Gilpin County. Over the five years of the project, approximately 600 teachers will be involved and 26,400 students in grades 6-8 will be impacted. The Rocky Mountain Middle School Math Science Partnership (RM-MSP) will increase student achievement in high quality mathematics and science coursework and reduce the achievement gap between minority and non-minority middle school students by focusing the combined expertise of seven school districts and four higher education institutions on implementation of challenging curriculum taught by highly qualified and diverse teachers in grades 6-8. Invoking the motto, "15 Months to HQ" (highly qualified), this project will institutionalize the development, adaptation, and implementation of university coursework, which will boost the content and pedagogical knowledge of middle school mathematics and science teachers. The RM-MSP goals are to:--Enhance Teacher Quality through intensive professional development that is grounded in scientifically-based research and tightly linked to quality instructional materials, and which results in certification for teaching mathematics or science in the middle grades and a corresponding endorsement in mathematics and science at the state level;--Enhance Access to Challenging Curriculum ensuring that all middle school students in the partner districts will have equitable access to challenging curriculum by supporting teachers and their districts in the implementation of challenging, research-based curriculum and providing outreach, intervention and research in "differentiated instruction," particularly as it relates to Native American and Hispanic students; and--Enhance the Teacher Pipeline through institutionalized improvements in pre-service preparation and recruitment focusing on expanding the supply and diversity of highly qualified middle grades teachers of mathematics and science.In order to obtain these ends, the RM-MSP is characterized by the weaving together of the following:--Summer Academies for teachers utilizing RM-MSP grant-developed university credit courses taught by science and mathematics disciplinary faculty;--Structured Follow-up to support teachers in translating enhanced content knowledge into instructional practice;--State Endorsements for middle grades teachers of science and mathematics;--Dissemination of summer academy courses on-line via a content delivery system integrating video/audio/lecture content to allow for access beyond the partner districts, particularly in rural areas;--Outreach and Interventions for middle grades and high school students involving summer camps and academic year content enrichment labs;--Research on the impact of camps on the content knowledge of student participants;--Grant-developed content courses incorporated into the core curriculum offerings for all students in liberal arts and sciences; and--Recruitment of pre-service teacher candidates with demonstrated talent in the mathematics and/or the sciences through designated departmental advisors who work to identify high ability undergraduates within partner institutions, as well as those in community colleges.