Rural Enhancement of Mathematics and Science Teachers

在为期四年的时间里，南达科他州立大学（SDSU）的农村数学和科学教师加强计划（REMAST）每年向在生物、化学、数学或物理领域攻读7 -12个证书的学生颁发多达16个10,000美元的奖学金，这将导致24名新教师在四年内毕业。该项目的目标是：增加攻读7-12年级生物、化学、数学或物理证书的学生人数；为农村学区提供高素质的数学和科学教师；建立一个支持系统，帮助农村地区招募和留住教师。REMAST项目正在招收这些专业的学生，并在这些领域培养更多的教师。一旦学生参与了REMAST项目，他们将由一名教师在他们的内容领域进行指导，参加学生组织和项目活动，并参加年度南达科他州数学教师委员会和南达科他州科学教师协会（SDCTM/SDSTA）联合会议。所有这些活动的重点是学生成为数学和科学教育领域的专业人士。通过与南达科他州七个教育服务机构（ESA）中的六个建立合作关系，REMAST项目对整个州的数学和科学教育产生了影响。学生在少数民族人口不断增加和经济差距不断扩大的合作学校实习，为履行与奖学金相关的教学服务要求做好准备。Noyce学者被安排在合作教育服务机构的高需求地区参加新教师指导计划。在第一年的教学中，REMAST毕业生由一个由SDSU教师和ESA经验丰富的教师组成的团队指导。合作教育服务机构包括一些印第安事务局和部落学校，鼓励诺伊斯学者在这些地区寻找教学职位。招聘科学和数学教师的目的是帮助满足南达科他州农村地区对高素质教师的需求。评估部分侧重于该计划在招收学生、在高需求学区保留数学和科学教师、他们的教学动机以及教师的内容特定知识方面的有效性。

Over a four-year period, the Rural Enhancement of Mathematics And Science Teachers (REMAST) program at South Dakota State University (SDSU) is awarding up to sixteen $10,000 scholarships per year to students pursuing 7 -12 certification in the areas of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Physics, leading to the graduation of 24 new teachers over four years. The goals of the project are to: increase the number of students pursuing 7-12 Certification in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Physics; provide rural school districts with highly qualified mathematics and science teachers; and foster a support system that will help recruit and retain teachers in rural districts. The REMAST program is recruiting students to these majors and producing more teachers in these areas. Once students are involved in the REMAST program, they are mentored by a faculty member in their content area, participate in student organizations and program activities, and attend the annual South Dakota Council of Teachers of Mathematics and South Dakota Science Teachers Association (SDCTM/SDSTA) joint meeting. All of these activities focus on the students becoming professionals in the field of mathematics and science education. By forming partnerships with six of the seven Educational Service Agencies (ESA) in South Dakota, the REMAST program is having an impact on mathematics and science education across the entire state. Students intern in partnership schools with growing minority populations and economic disparity to prepare them for fulfilling the teaching service requirement associated with the scholarship. Noyce Scholars who are placed in high-need districts in the partnering ESAs participate in a mentorship program for new teachers. During their first year of teaching, REMAST graduates are mentored by a team consisting of an SDSU faculty member in the content area and an experienced teacher in the ESA. Partnering Educational Service Agencies contain a number of Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal Schools and Noyce Scholars are encouraged to seek teaching positions in these districts. The recruitment of science and math teachers is designed to help meet the need for highly qualified teachers in rural areas of South Dakota. The evaluation component focuses on the effectiveness of the program in recruiting students into teaching, retention of math and science teachers in high need school districts, their motivation to teach, and the teachers' content specific knowledge.