Project IMPACT: Improving Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Teaching

改进数学，物理和化学教学（IMPACT），第二阶段诺伊斯的建议，是教育和人类发展（CEHD）和技术学院（化学，数学和物理系），圣保罗公立学校和Anoka-Hennepin公立学校的明尼苏达大学双城学院的合作伙伴关系。IMPACT旨在招募，准备和保留物理科学和数学的高素质教师。美国和明尼苏达州的学校报告称，这些领域的教师极度短缺，随着新的高中毕业要求数学课程（包括代数II和一整年的物理或化学），明尼苏达州的需求预计将增加。IMPACT为大约40名寻求数学或物理科学认证的本科生和毕业生提供高达10，000美元的奖学金。招聘通过PhysTEC计划进行，这是一项旨在促进物理教学作为本科生职业道路的新举措。PhysTEC学生有机会在非专业物理课上担任学习助理，并参加物理教学研讨会。本科IMPACT学者参加了CEHD DirectTrack计划，该计划提供教育和校本实地经验的早期课程。 通过CEHD M.Ed.初始许可计划进行准备。学生作为一个队列进入15个月的课程，参加教育理论课程，9学分的科学或数学方法序列，教育技术，并与英语学习者一起工作。学生参加广泛的实习和学生教学经验在高需求的合作学校在初中和高中水平。 保留是通过科学和数学教师上岗网络（TIN），与教育的明尼苏达州部合作开发的在线上岗计划，提供指导和专业发展，整个明尼苏达州的中学科学和数学教师解决。IMPACT学者通过TIN获得持续的专业发展和指导。评估研究，其中包括对诺伊斯学者以前的队列的纵向研究，重点是IMPACT的有效性，以招募高素质的学生进入教师准备计划，有效地准备学生在高需求的学校工作，并保留和支持这些教师在学校的专业成长。

Improving Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Teaching (IMPACT), a Phase II Noyce proposal, is a partnership of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) and the Institute of Technology (Departments of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics), St. Paul Public Schools and Anoka-Hennepin Public Schools. IMPACT is designed to recruit, prepare, and retain highly qualified teachers of physical science and mathematics. U.S. and Minnesota schools report extreme teacher shortages in these areas and demand is expected to increase in Minnesota with new high school graduation requirements requiring mathematics coursework up to and including algebra II and a full year of physics or chemistry. IMPACT provides scholarships of up to $10,000 for approximately forty undergraduates and graduates seeking certification in mathematics or physical sciences. Recruitment occurs through the PhysTEC program, a new initiative designed to promote physics teaching as a career path for undergraduates. PhysTEC students have opportunities to teach in non-major physics classes as learning assistants and attend physics teaching seminars. Undergraduate IMPACT scholars are enrolled in the CEHD DirecTrack program which offers early coursework in education and school-based field experiences. Preparation occurs through the CEHD M.Ed. Initial Licensure Program. Students enter the 15-month program as a cohort, taking coursework in educational theory, a nine-credit science or mathematics methods sequence, educational technology, and working with English-Language-Learners. Students participate in extensive practicum and student teaching experiences in high-needs partner schools at both middle and high school level. Retention is addressed through the Science and Mathematics Teacher Induction Network (TIN), an online induction program developed in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education, to provide mentoring and professional development to secondary science and mathematics teachers throughout Minnesota. IMPACT scholars receive on-going professional development and mentoring through TIN. Evaluation studies, which include longitudinal studies of previous cohorts of Noyce Scholars, are focusing on the effectiveness of IMPACT to recruit highly qualified students into the teacher preparation program, effectively prepare students to work in high need schools, and retain and support the professional growth of these teachers in the schools.