Tuskegee University Robert Noyce Teaching Scholars in Mathematics and Science Education in the Alabama Black Belt

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。塔斯基吉大学向18名成绩优异的科学和数学专业学生提供两到三年的奖学金，这些学生准备成为有效的教师，致力于在阿拉巴马州黑带县的7个合作农村学区的高需求学校任教。诺伊斯奖学金学生每年的STEM专业课程都是有目的的、离散的、分层的、顺序的、以探究为中心的主题课程；并适当地挑战和当代数学和科学教师教育基础结构，使其与专业实践灌输项目要素高度协同，从而获得教学认证。该项目为项目毕业生就业后在目标高需求学区担任教师提供持续的支持和指导。诺伊斯学者需要参加专业活动，包括周六招聘学院、夏季强化短期课程、新老师-导师两年一次的分享/支持会议、校园研讨会和选定的区域会议。诺伊斯学者的毕业生和他们的教师同事加入塔斯基吉大学，成为学习社区的一员，不断改进教师培训，提高学生的学习成果，并留住有效的教师。该奖学金项目是与塔斯基吉大学的教师、教育工作者、科学家和数学家、塔斯基吉大学两所学院的院长、塔斯基吉大学教务长以及来自七个高需求地方教育机构（LEAs）的学校和地区官员等各种人员合作制定的。该计划的各种要素使诺伊斯学者能够高度精通他们的STEM学科，并了解应用由塔斯基吉大学教育系，阿拉巴马州教育部（阿拉巴马州质量教学- AQT），国家教师教育认证委员会（NCATE），以及国家数学教师委员会（NCTM）和国家研究委员会（NRC）制定的基本标准和目标。该项目正在培养既了解STEM内容又了解研究型教学方法的科学和数学教师。学者们有学术准备对合作的高需求学区儿童的数学和科学教育产生深远的影响。此外，诺伊斯学者还为高需求学校的孩子们担任导师和榜样。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).Tuskegee University is providing two or three-year scholarships to 18 high achieving science and mathematics majors preparing to become effective teachers who are committed to teaching in high-need schools in 7 partnering rural school districts located in Alabama Black Belt counties. The Noyce Scholars are provided with a purposeful, discrete, hierarchal, sequential, inquiry-centered and topical curricula in each year of their STEM major; and appropriately challenging and contemporary mathematics and science teacher education foundation structured to be highly synergistic with a professional practice infusion program element leading to teaching certification. The project provides on-going support and mentoring for program graduates after employment as teachers in the target high need school districts. Noyce Scholars are required to participate in professional activities including the Saturday Recruitment Academy, intensive summer short courses, new teacher-mentor biannual sharing/support conferences, on-campus seminars and selected regional conferences. Noyce Scholar graduates and their teacher colleagues join Tuskegee University faculty as members of a learning community to continuously improve training of teachers, student learning outcomes and retention of effective teachers. The scholarship program was developed in cooperation with a diverse group of personnel including teacher educators, scientists, and mathematicians at Tuskegee University, the Deans of two of its colleges, the University's Provost, along with school and district officials from seven high needs Local Education Agencies (LEAs). The various elements of the program prepare Noyce Scholars to be highly proficient in their STEM discipline as well as understand the importance of applying the standards set forth by bodies such as the Division of Education at Tuskegee University, the Alabama Department of Education (Alabama Quality Teaching - AQT), National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), as well as essential standards and objectives formulated by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Research Council (NRC). The project is producing science and mathematics teachers knowledgeable about both the STEM content and research-based teaching methodologies. Scholars have the academic preparedness to make a profound impact on the mathematics and science education of children from the partnering high needs school districts. In addition, the Noyce Scholars also serve as mentors and role models for the children in the high needs schools.