Top Notch Teachers with Dual Degrees at the University of Missouri T2D2@MU

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。该项目的目标是将密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校本科科学教师教育项目毕业的中学科学教师数量增加一倍。有助于实现这一目标的是：1)招募高素质的STEM本科生从事科学教学工作；2)准备与国家标准相一致的科学教学；3)新教师入职期间对理科教师的支持。招聘策略包括在2010年、2011年和2012年夏季为10名大一和大二学生提供非正式的科学实习机会。在项目的第三至第五年，将向30名就读于科学和教育双学位课程的大三和大四学生颁发50份每年11,000美元的奖学金。奖学金获得者每获得一年奖学金，就有义务在高需求学区（最好在密苏里州）教两年科学。这项义务必须在毕业后八年内完成。合作学区包括汉尼拔第60学区、墨西哥密苏里公立学校、莫伯利学区和圣路易斯公立学校。诺伊斯学者作为实习教师和新教师参加诺伊斯学者支持网络（NSSN），这是一个在线协作和学习环境，过去，现在和未来的诺伊斯学者与密苏里大学科学教育工作者和科学家一起形成学习者社区。提高教师留存率的重要手段是在合作学校中建立导师骨干队伍，并支持诺伊斯学者参加州和地区科学教师会议。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."The project's aim is to double the number of secondary science teachers graduating from Missouri University - Columbia's undergraduate science teacher education program. Contributing to the achievement of this goal are: 1) recruitment of highly qualified STEM undergraduates into science teaching careers; 2) preparation to teach science that is aligned with national standards; and 3) support for science teachers during the new teachers' induction years. The recruitment strategies include informal science internships for ten freshmen and sophomore students during the summers of 2010, 2011, and 2012. During the project's third through fifth years a total of fifty $11,000 annual scholarships will be awarded to thirty juniors and seniors enrolled in the dual science and education degree program. Scholarship recipients are obligated to teach science for two years in a high need school district (preferably in Missouri) for each year they received a scholarship. This obligation must be completed within eight years of graduation. Partner school districts include Hannibal School District No. 60, Mexico Missouri Public Schools, Moberly School District, and the Saint Louis Public Schools. Noyce Scholars while serving as student teachers and as new teachers participate in the Noyce Scholar Support Network (NSSN), an on-line collaboration and learning environment where past, current, and future Noyce Scholars, along with Missouri University science educators and scientists, form a community of learners. Instrumental to increasing teacher retention is a cadre of mentor teachers in the partner schools, and support for Noyce Scholars to participate in state and regional science teacher conferences.