Building the Capacity of New K-12 STEM Teachers

美国科学促进会(AAAS)正在制定和实施一个项目，以确定和传播有关吸引、挑选和培养新的K-12 STEM教师并将他们留在STEM教师队伍中的有效做法和战略的信息。项目组成部分包括：1)共同赞助和实施2009和2010年NSF罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划年会；2)制作一份记者风格的综合出版物，重点介绍NSF诺伊斯计划取得的成就，包括突出获奖者；3)开发和维护NSF诺伊斯计划网站，其中包括会议信息；项目描述和成就，包括在线项目定位器；以及获奖者的评估和研究报告；以及4)举办三次外联研讨会，传播有关计划、实践和战略的信息，并增加对NSF诺伊斯计划的建议提交。该项目包括一个外部项目规划委员会，由招聘、准备和留住K-12 STEM教师的领导人组成。项目产品包括带有摘要的会议计划指南和总结NSF Noyce计划成就的一般出版物。该网站包括一个项目定位器，上面有项目的描述和成果。外展研讨会传播有关计划、实践和战略以及NSF Noyce计划征集的信息。

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is developing and implementing a project to identify and disseminate information about effective practices and strategies for attracting, selecting, and preparing new K-12 STEM teachers and retaining them in the STEM teacher workforce. Project components include: 1) Co-sponsoring and implementing the 2009 and 2010 NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program annual conferences for faculty, administrators, student scholars, and STEM teachers who were supported by the program; 2) Producing a journalist style general publication that highlights the accomplishments of the NSF Noyce Program, including highlighting awardees; 3) Developing and maintaining an NSF Noyce Program Web site that includes conference information; project descriptions and accomplishments, including an online project locator; and evaluation and research reports from awardees; and 4) Conducting three outreach workshops to disseminate information about programs, practices and strategies and to increase proposal submissions for the NSF Noyce Program. The project includes an external program planning committee of leaders in recruiting, preparing, and retaining K-12 STEM teachers. Project products include conference program guides with abstracts and a general publication summarizing the accomplishments of the NSF Noyce Program. The Web site includes a project locator with descriptions and accomplishments of the projects. Outreach workshops disseminate information about programs, practices, and strategies and the NSF Noyce Program solicitation.