Kenan Master Teaching Fellows: Linking Research Experiences and Curriculum Development with Leadership

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。凯南研究员课程和领导力发展计划，设在北卡罗来纳州州立大学凯南工程，技术，科学研究所&（北卡罗来纳州）校园，是与学区在11个县，北卡罗来纳州彭布罗克大学，费耶特维尔技术社区学院和社区领导人在北卡罗来纳州的基地调整和关闭/区域工作队（BRAC/RTF）地区，以改善K-12干教育在这些县的高需求的学校。 非营利合作伙伴凯南工程、技术和科学基金会提供了额外的支持。 BRAC/RTF代表着布拉格堡和波普空军基地周围的一个地区，成立的目的是统一和服务于11个县，73个市，8所社区学院，6所州立和私立大学，并与军方，企业和非营利利益，以及联邦和州机构合作，帮助确定和倡导他们的需求。来自BRAC/RTF地区高需求学校的18名在职凯南硕士教学研究员（KMTF）正在完成为期两年的研究金，然后继续在其地区担任硕士教师的正式校友活动三年。 KMTF在参加该计划的五年中每年获得10，000美元的年薪补贴，以及一系列其他支持，包括前两年的密集专业发展，以确保丰富的奖学金经验。KMTF是从BRAC/RTF地区最优秀的STEM教师中招募和选择的，他们已经拥有硕士学位，并在招募前表现出卓越的教学能力。这批精英教师正在学习进入该地区的创新高科技实验室和行业的实践和技能。 KMTF与特定前沿研究领域的行业或学术导师合作，了解更多重要的新发展，并了解当前研究和科学实践对进入劳动力市场和高等教育的学生的重要性。每一个KMTF/导师对工作，以翻译干研究经验转化为在北卡罗来纳州的教室使用引人入胜的教训。研究员正在创建创新的课程资源与研究NC标准课程。在专业发展暑期学院，KMTF建立先进的技能，成为更有效的教师领导者和变革推动者在他们的学校和地区。硕士教师在其家乡地区从事一系列领导活动，并参与合作机构的职业教育。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).The Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development, housed at the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology, & Science on the North Carolina State University (NC State) campus, is partnering with school districts in 11 counties, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Fayetteville Technical Community College, and community leaders in North Carolina's Base Realignment and Closure/Regional Task Force (BRAC/RTF) region to improve K-12 STEM education in these counties' high-need schools. Additional support is provided by the non-profit partner, the Kenan Fund for Engineering, Technology, and Science. Representing a region that surrounds Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base, BRAC/RTF was established to unify and serve 11 counties, 73 municipalities, eight community colleges, and six state and private universities, and to help identify and advocate for their needs in partnership with the military, corporate and non-profit interests, and federal and state agencies. Eighteen in-service Kenan Master Teaching Fellows (KMTF) from high-need schools in the BRAC/RTF region are completing two-year fellowships and then continuing for three years in formal Alumni activities as Master Teachers in their districts. KMTFs receive $10,000 in annual salary supplements for each of the five years they participate in the program, as well as a range of other support including intensive professional development during the first two years to ensure a rich fellowship experience. KMTFs are recruited and selected from a diverse pool of the BRAC/RTF region's most outstanding STEM teachers, who already hold master's degrees and have demonstrated excellence in teaching prior to recruitment. This elite cohort of teachers is learning about the practices and skills that characterize the innovative, high-tech labs and industries moving into the area. KMTFs work with industry or academic mentors in a particular cutting-edge research area, to learn more about important new developments and to gain an understanding of the significance of current research and scientific practice for students entering the work force and higher education. Each KMTF/ Mentor pair works to translate STEM research experiences into engaging lessons for use in North Carolina's classrooms. Fellows are creating innovative curriculum resources aligned with the NC Standard Course of Study. In Summer Institutes for Professional Development, KMTFs build advanced skills to become more effective teacher-leaders and change agents in their schools and districts. The Master Teachers are engaged in a range of leadership activities in their home districts and are involved in preservice education at the partnering institutions.