Recruiting and Retaining Teacher Leaders in Physics and Chemistry

肯尼索州立大学和佐治亚理工学院与五个学区（科布县学区、格威内特县学校、大西洋公立学校、迪卡尔布县学校和鲍丁县学区）以及两个非营利组织（美国化学学会和MetroRESA）合作，共同解决招聘问题。中学物理和化学严重短缺领域的教师和硕士教师的准备和保留。该伙伴关系积极的招聘策略包括通过专业工程协会、佐治亚理工学院校友社区以及与美国化学会相关的化学和化学工程网络进行营销。该项目将从STEM专业招募16名教学研究员参加为期一年的教师培训计划，然后在他们入职和职业生涯早期为他们提供频繁和有针对性的指导和其他专业发展经验。该项目还招募了16名现任物理和化学教师作为硕士教学研究员，通过一个为期五年的强化项目，为他们在地区、州和国家层面担任更广泛的领导角色做好准备，该项目包括与大学STEM教师进行研究、特定学科的教学培训以及参与专业教育组织。这个教师准备和领导力发展项目建立在教育研究和理论的基础上，以及肯尼索州立大学现有的教学艺术硕士项目，同时也利用了项目团队成员在多样化和具有挑战性的科学教室中担任K-12教师的丰富实践经验。项目评估分前期和后期两个阶段进行，并正在研究招生策略对硕士项目发展的影响；教学硕士研究员如何担任教师领导，以及该计划如何促进研究员的专业成长；教师准备和入职支持对助教的影响；以及该计划对保留所有奖学金学生的影响。该项目的成果正在通过网络媒体以及国家和国际专业会议和出版物广泛传播。

Kennesaw State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with five school districts (Cobb County School District, Gwinnett County Schools, Atlantic Public Schools, DeKalb County Schools, and Paulding County School District), and two nonprofit organizations (the American Chemical Society and MetroRESA), are collaborating to address the recruitment, preparation and retention of teachers and master teachers in the critical shortage areas of secondary physics and chemistry. The partnership's aggressive recruitment strategy includes marketing through professional engineering societies, the Georgia Tech alumni community, and the chemistry and chemical engineering network associated with the American Chemical Society. The project is recruiting one cohort of 16 Teaching Fellows from STEM professions into a one-year teacher preparation program, then supporting them during their induction and early career years with frequent and targeted mentoring and other professional development experiences. The project is also recruiting 16 current physics and chemistry teachers as Master Teaching Fellows, to prepare them for broader leadership roles at district, state, and national levels through a five-year intensive program that includes research with university STEM faculty, subject-specific pedagogical training, and participation in professional education organizations. This teacher preparation and leadership development programming is built on a foundation of educational research and theory and an existing Master of Arts in Teaching program at Kennesaw State, and is also taking advantage of a wealth of practical experience of project team members who have been K-12 teachers in diverse and challenging science classrooms. Evaluation of the project is taking place in two stages, early and later program, and is studying the impact of the recruiting strategies on the growth of the Master's program; how the Master Teaching Fellows serve as teacher leaders and how this program facilitates the Fellows' professional growth; the impact of the teacher preparation and induction support on the Teaching Fellows; and the impact of the program on the retention of all Fellows. Results from the project are being disseminated widely through web media as well as national and international professional meetings and publications.