Southern Illinois Fellowships for Teachers in Rural Schools (SIFTRS)

南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔（SIUC），在与肖尼社区学院（SCC），马萨克县美元1，Murphysboro CUSD 186，和其他几个高需求的学区在伊利诺伊州南部的合作伙伴关系，是在规划过程中从事开发一个组合教学奖学金/硕士教学奖学金计划在职教师和干专业人员致力于在农村高需求的学区任教。拟议的规划伙伴关系的关键是建立一个奖学金计划，目标是在高需求学区培养高素质的K-8教师。该奖学金计划预计将为教师提供科学和数学内容的深刻理解，以探究为基础的学习方法和工具的培训和经验，通过行动研究在自己独特的学校环境中进行循证课程修订。SCC是这种伙伴关系的关键环节，因为SCC的大多数学生都参加了合作学区，并转学到SIUC完成本科学位。来自伊利诺斯州南部10个或更多农村高需求学区的25至30名教师和行政人员参加了规划会议，并协助进行需求评估。拟议的规划伙伴关系的一个关键目标是为创新的教师奖学金/硕士教学奖学金计划制定一个框架，该计划将为K-8在职教师和希望获得认证并在农村高需求学校任教的STEM专业人员提供更多的数学和科学内容以及教学知识，并提高教学领导技能。规划伙伴关系正在确定教师的专业发展需求，并导致为高需求学校的K-8教师制定奖学金计划框架。

Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), in partnership with Shawnee Community College (SCC), Massac County USD 1, Murphysboro CUSD 186, and several other high-need school districts in Southern Illinois, is engaged in a planning process to develop a combined Teaching Fellowships/Master Teaching Fellowships program for in-service teachers and STEM professionals committed to teach in rural high-need school districts. Key to the proposed Planning Partnership is the creation of a Fellowship Program targeted at developing highly qualified K-8 teachers at high-need school districts. The Fellowship Program is expected to provide teachers with a deep understanding of science and mathematics content, training and experience in inquiry-based learning methodologies and tools to mount evidence-based curriculum revision through Action Research in their own unique school environments. SCC is a key link in this partnership as most students at SCC attended the partner school districts and transfer to SIUC to complete their undergraduate degree. Twenty-five to thirty (25-30) teachers and administrators from 10 or more rural high-need school districts in Southern Illinois are participating in the planning meetings and assisting with needs assessments. A critical goal of the proposed Planning Partnership is to develop a framework for an innovative Teacher Fellowships/Master Teaching Fellowships program that will provide increased mathematics and science content and pedagogical knowledge and improved instructional leadership skills for K-8 in-service teachers and for STEM professionals who desire to pursue certification and teach in rural high-need schools. The Planning Partnership is identifying professional development needs for teachers and leading to the development of a framework for a Fellowship Program for K-8 teachers in high-need schools.