Planning Grant for the Robert Noyce Teaching Fellowships/Master Teaching Fellowships(TF/MTF)

这一规划项目涉及中俄克拉荷马大学(UCO)教育与专业研究学院和数学与科学学院、非营利性俄克拉荷马医学研究基金会(OMRF)和俄克拉荷马城公立学区(OKCPS)之间的合作伙伴关系，以制定一项完整的罗伯特·诺伊斯硕士教学奖学金(MTF)提案，旨在加强城市高中需要的学区的中学科学教学。选择规划项目的目标是为了在现有两个项目成功的基础上制定一个综合有效的MTF建议：俄克拉荷马州科学项目(OSP)和城市教师准备学院(UTPA)，这两个项目是发展教师教学知识和研究能力的模式，以及城市教师准备学院(UTPA)，是一个为城市高需求学校的教学建立成功战略的模式专业发展计划。因此，一个由伙伴组织代表组成的规划小组正在努力合并两个不同的专业发展计划，目的是培训硕士教师，以便他们能够在城市高需求环境中提供严格、高质量的科学教学。除了确定费用分担承诺外，该小组正在制定1)招募、保留和指导参与者的标准；2)专门设计的课程和实验室活动，以指导城市高需求学校的硕士教师的专业和领导能力发展；3)将在MTF全面提案中使用的有效评估战略和其他工具。由每个伙伴机构的成员和一名评估顾问组成的咨询委员会正在监测在实现规划进程的目标和目的方面取得的进展。这一规划项目的活动是基于这样一个前提，即同行互动--教师授课--是改善科学教学的最有效机制，而且拥有高需求学生团体的城市环境对在城市学校工作的教师来说是独特的挑战。因此，能够带着知识、信心和领导技能回到学校的硕士教师将成为改变俄克拉荷马州城市学校的强大力量。这一规划过程旨在培养这样的教师，并与UCO现有的国家科学基金会资助的、鼓励学生和教职员工进行指导实践的拨款相结合，包括STEP、S-STEM和REU项目，所有这些项目都支持代表性不足的群体。

This planning project entails a partnership between the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Colleges of Education & Professional Studies and Mathematics & Science, the non-profit Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), and the Oklahoma City Public School District (OKCPS) to develop a full Robert Noyce Master Teaching Fellowship (MTF) proposal aimed at strengthening secondary school science instruction in an urban, high-need school district. The goals of the planning project have been chosen so as to develop an integrative and effective MTF proposal based on the successes of two existing programs: the Oklahoma Science Project (OSP), a model for developing teachers' content knowledge and research abilities, and the Urban Teacher Preparation Academy (UTPA), a model professional development program that builds successful strategies for teaching in urban, high-need schools. A planning team composed of representatives from the partner organizations is thus working to merge two different professional development programs with the aim of training Master Teachers so they can provide rigorous, high-quality science instruction in urban, high-need settings. In addition to identification of cost sharing commitments, the team is developing 1) criteria for the recruitment, retention, and mentoring of participants; 2) curricular and laboratory activities specifically designed to guide the professional and leadership development of Master Teachers in urban high-need schools; and 3) effective assessment strategies and other tools to be used in the MTF full proposal. An advisory board consisting of members of each partner institution, as well as an assessment consultant, is monitoring progress towards achieving the goals and objectives of the planning process. Activities of this planning project are based on the premise that peer interactions - teachers teaching teachers - are the most effective mechanisms for improving science instruction, and that urban settings with high-needs student bodies have unique challenges facing teachers that work in urban schools. It follows that Master Teachers who can return to their schools with knowledge, confidence, and leadership skills will be a powerful force for change in urban schools in Oklahoma. This planning process seeks to create such teachers and is synergistic with existing NSF funded grants at UCO that encourage mentoring practices among students and faculty, including STEP, S-STEM and REU programs, all of which support underrepresented groups.