Teaching Excellence At College for High Achievement in West Virginia (TEACH-WV)

该奖学金计划通过西弗吉尼亚大学人力资源和教育学院、艾伯利艺术与科学学院、西弗吉尼亚大学专业发展中心和西弗吉尼亚地区教育服务机构(RESA)III、V、VII和VIII的合作努力，招募科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)专业的一年级和二年级学生成为有资格的中学STEM教师。该项目为20名学生提供奖学金，以完成本尼杜姆合作五年教师教育计划。奖学金获得者在完成项目后获得STEM学士学位和教育硕士学位。该计划的目标是：1)增加传统上离开STEM专业的学生的留存率；2)吸引大一和大二的学生参加中小学STEM教师认证；3)通过STEM内容导师和STEM教育导师的协作建议提供持续的指导服务；4)增加获得5-12个STEM教育认证的毕业生人数；5)为新教师提供支持环境。教学战略，特别是通过科学、技术和社会(STS)方法在社会问题的背景下教授科学内容，吸引了代表性不足的群体，从而扩大了可能对STEM领域感兴趣的人的群体。重点关注5-12名STEM教师的需求，以及鼓励STEM学生“像教师一样思考”的作业，以鼓励这些学生将教学作为一种职业的兴趣。

This scholarship program is recruiting freshmen and sophomore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors to become credentialed secondary STEM teachers through a collaborative effort by the WV University College of Human Resources and Education, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the WV Center for Professional Development, and the WV Regional Education Service Agencies (RESA) III, V, VII, and VIII. The project provides scholarships for 20 students to complete the Benedum Collaborative Five-year teacher education program. Scholarship recipients earn a STEM bachelor's degree, as well as a master's degree in education upon completing the program. The program objectives are to: 1) Increase retention of students who traditionally leave STEM majors; 2) Attract freshmen and sophomore students to elementary and secondary STEM teacher certification; 3) Provide a continuum of mentoring services through collaborative advising from STEM content mentors and STEM education mentors; 4) Increase the number of graduates with 5-12 STEM education certification, and 5) provide a supportive environment for the new teachers. The pedagogical strategies, specifically teaching science content in the context of societal issues through Science, Technology and Society (STS) approaches, appeal to underrepresented groups, thus expanding the pool of those who could potentially become interested in STEM fields. A focus on the need for 5-12 STEM teachers, along with assignments to encourage STEM students to "think like teachers", are utilized to encourage these students' interest in teaching as a career.