Midwest Noyce Regional Conference in 2010 and 2011

印第安纳大学-普渡大学印第安纳波利斯分校(IUPUI)正在为罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目位于美国中西部地区的教职员工和学生计划和实施两次年度会议。会议的主要目标是：1)提供专业发展，以满足即将或正在“高需求”农村和城市学校和学区工作的诺伊斯学者/教师的需求；2)创建一个论坛，分享诺伊斯项目管理问题的最佳做法和有效战略，如学者招聘、早期职业指导、基于证据的项目评估设计，以及在学院和大学诺伊斯项目与学区之间建立伙伴关系；3)为中西部各州的诺伊斯教师奖学金项目人员和诺伊斯学者/研究员提供同行支持网络；(4)建立会后联网、定期沟通和未来会议规划机制。在更广泛的意义上，通过为诺伊斯学者提供与同行和同事分享经验、专业知识和技能的机会，会议和会后网络机会成为提升诺伊斯学者的职业认同感的平台，并有可能成为他们在不同课堂和教师职业中整体地位和长期坚持的重要因素。对于Noyce项目人员来说，这些会议为分享项目管理的最佳实践提供了一个舒适的论坛，并提供了讨论有效途径的机会，以准备和培养优秀的STEM教师学者，这些学者致力于在中西部地区高需求的课堂上教授不同的学生。

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is planning and implementing two annual conferences for faculty and students from Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program sites located in the Midwestern region of the United States. The conferences are focused on the following primary goals: 1) to provide professional development to meet the needs of the Noyce Scholars/Teachers who will be or are working in "high need" rural and urban schools and districts; 2) to create a forum for sharing best practices and effective strategies for such Noyce program management issues as scholar recruitment, early career mentoring, evidence-based design of program assessment, and partnership building between college and university Noyce programs and school districts; 3) to provide a network of peer support to Noyce Teacher Scholarship project personnel and Noyce Scholars/Fellows throughout the states in the Midwest; and 4) to establish post-conference mechanisms for networking, regular communication, and future conference planning. In a broader sense, by offering the Noyce Scholars the opportunity to share experiences, expertise, and skills with their peers and colleagues, the conferences and post-conference networking opportunities serve as a platform to elevate the professional identity of the Noyce Scholars, and have the potential to become an important factor in their overall satfisfaction and long-term persistence in diverse classrooms and in the teaching profession. For Noyce program personnel, the conferences offer a comfortable forum for sharing best practices in program management, and opportunities for discussion about effective pathways to prepare and develop excellent STEM teacher scholars who commit to teaching diverse students in high needs classrooms throughout the Midwest.