PRIME: Preparing Regional Increases in Mathematics Educators - A Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

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。北肯塔基大学（NKU）挑选对数学教育感兴趣的有才华的本科生，并将他们培养成完全合格、准备充分的教师，在高需求学校教授中学数学。大学在他们的早期教学阶段为他们提供持续的支持。该项目是NKU与三个学区之间的合作：肯塔基州的科文顿独立学校和纽波特独立学校以及俄亥俄州的辛辛那提公立学校。该项目为至少28名在大三和大四期间有学术天赋的学生提供两年的奖学金。新堪萨斯大学的计划包括以下内容：积极的招聘计划，其中包括与辛辛那提州立技术和社区学院的合作；为即将入学的大一新生和即将升入大二的学生提供参与暑期体验的机会，旨在激发他们成为高需求学校中学数学教师的兴趣；为精心挑选的有学术天赋的大三和大四学生提供两年奖学金；一个优秀的教师准备计划，包括有价值的增强，培养学习者社区，让参与者接触到当代文献，以及中学数学教学和学习的有效实践；为项目毕业生提供指导和辅导支持。项目毕业生对他们所教的高中学生产生了直接的、积极的影响，并且，通过为高需求学校的其他教师树立榜样，毕业生以有意义的方式使更多学生的教育受益。该项目提供的信息是，如何有效地招募本科生，让他们毕业后成为高需求学校的教师，并让他们留在教学行业。这些信息可以在全国范围内用于加强职前和在职教师的计划。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Northern Kentucky University (NKU) selects talented undergraduate students interested in mathematics education and prepares them to be fully qualified, well-prepared teachers who will teach secondary mathematics in high-need schools. The University provides them on-going support during their early teaching years. The project is a collaboration among NKU, and three school districts: Covington Independent and Newport Independent Schools in Kentucky and Cincinnati Public Schools in Ohio. The project supports two-year scholarships to a minimum of 28 academically talented students in their junior and senior years.NKU's program includes the following elements: an aggressive recruiting plan which includes a partnership with Cincinnati State Technical and Community College; opportunities for incoming freshmen and rising sophomores to engage in summer experiences designed to stimulate their interest in becoming secondary mathematics teachers working in high-need schools; two-year scholarships for carefully selected, academically talented students in their junior and senior years; an outstanding teacher preparation program including valuable enhancements that foster a community of learners and expose participants to contemporary literature on, and effective practices in the teaching and learning of secondary mathematics; and mentoring and coaching support for program graduates.Program graduates have a direct, positive impact on the high school students they teach, and, by serving as role models for other teachers in the high-need schools, the graduates benefit the education of even more students in meaningful ways. The program is generating information about strategies that are effective in recruiting undergraduates, graduating them as teachers committed to working in high need schools and retaining them in the teaching profession. This information can be used nationally to enhance programs for pre-service and in-service teachers.