Math for America Los Angeles: Improving Student Achievement by Focusing on Teacher Quality, Preparation and Professional Development

美国洛杉矶数学基金会（MfA LA）是由南加州大学（USC）、克莱蒙研究生大学（CGU）和哈维穆德学院（HMC）组成的非营利组织，旨在通过培养变革型中学数学教师来提高大洛杉矶地区学生的成绩。MfA LA教学奖学金计划旨在吸引对数学和教学有天赋和热情的个人，帮助他们接受高质量的培训，然后为他们提供成为有效教师所需的所有资源。根据该项目，10名被选中获得MfA LA教学奖学金的个人承诺参加一个为期五年的计划，其中包括一年的全日制研究生学习和四年的公立中学教学（初中或高中）在六个合作学区之一（洛杉矶USD，克莱蒙USD，波莫纳USD，庄园/拉蓬特USD，查菲联合联合高中区，和科罗纳-诺科UDSD）.研究员获得津贴和全额学费奖学金，参加CGU的教师教育实习计划（TEIP）或USC的教学艺术硕士（MAT）和教学认证计划。在满足四年教学要求的同时，研究员每年可获得高达20 000美元的额外津贴，并参加全面的专业发展，目标是在五年研究金期结束时获得国家委员会认证。 专业发展是与HMC专业发展和外联小组合作设计的。MfA LA是Math for America网站网络的一部分，并与伞式Math for America组织合作，其目标是展示如何在全国范围内复制这一努力背后的原则，以提高数学教学质量和学生成绩。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).Math for America Los Angeles (MfA LA), a non-profit organization formed by the University of Southern California (USC), Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and Harvey Mudd College (HMC), seeks to raise student achievement in the greater Los Angeles area by developing transformational secondary school mathematics teachers. The MfA LA Teaching Fellowship program is designed to attract individuals with talent and passion for mathematics and teaching to the profession, help them receive high-quality training, then provide them with all of the resources that they will need to become effective teachers. The 10 individuals selected to receive a MfA LA Teaching Fellowship under this project commit to a five-year program that includes one year of full-time graduate study and four years of teaching in a public secondary school (middle or high school) in one of the six partnering school districts (Los Angeles USD, Claremont USD, Pomona USD, Hacienda/La Puente USD, Chaffey Joint Union High School District, and Corona-Norco UDSD). Fellows receive a stipend and full tuition scholarship to attend either the Teacher Education Internship Program (TEIP) at the CGU or the Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) and Teaching Credentialing Program at the USC. While fulfilling the four-year teaching requirement, Fellows receive up to $20,000 in additional stipends per year and participate in comprehensive professional development with the goal of becoming National Board Certified by the end of the five-year Fellowship period. Professional development is designed in cooperation with the HMC Professional Development and Outreach Group. MfA LA is part of the network of Math for America sites and cooperates with the umbrella Math for America organization, whose goal is to show how the principles behind this effort to improve the quality of mathematics teaching and student achievement can be replicated across the nation.