Boundary Crossing Teams in Support of Math and Science Excellence in Our School Systems

罗彻斯特理工学院是美国第三大私立高等教育技术学院，拿撒勒学院是一所文科学院，在教育方面享有很高的声誉，拉什-亨丽埃塔学区是当地一个大型学区，它们都在参与一个新的合作项目。MSP-Start项目致力于培养一批高素质的初中和高中教师，他们既是数学和科学领域的内容专家，也是教学专家。这个项目的核心是由教师、学生和教师组成的三个跨界团队。这些团队跨越了STEM学科、年级水平、机构类型、教育学和科学、学生教育和职业之间的界限。为了实现项目目标，各团队正在进行需求评估，对跨界工作的挑战进行分类，并开展一个试点项目，在建立伙伴关系的情况下，在课堂上提供更好的STEM教育。因此，他们正在寻求发展一种基于证据的方法，通过与技术大学、教育学校和学区的合作，培养和支持高绩效的科学和数学教师。该项目的第一个目标是制定可持续战略，帮助学校系统克服招聘和留住精通stem的教师的困难。其次，该合作伙伴关系致力于建立一个有效的机制，使当地的初中和高中科学和数学教师能够跟上他们所教的学生越来越多的快速发展的研究发现和职业方向。

Rochester Institute of Technology, the third largest private technical institute of higher education in the United States, Nazareth College, a liberal arts college with a highly regarded school of education, and Rush-Henrietta School District, a large local school district, are all engaged in a new collaborative project. The MSP-Start project is working toward developing a pipeline of highly qualified middle and high school teachers that are both content and pedagogical experts in the fields of mathematics and science. At the heart of this project are three boundary-crossing teams of faculty, students, and teachers. These teams are crossing boundaries between STEM disciplines, grade levels, types of institutions, pedagogy and science, and student education and careers. In order to accomplish the project goals, the teams are conducting needs assessments, cataloging the challenges of working across boundaries, and carrying out a pilot project to deliver enhanced STEM education in the classroom as made possible by the established partnering relationships. Thus, they are seeking the development of an evidence-based approach to the production and support of high performing science and mathematics teachers through partnerships of technical universities, education schools, and school districts. The project's first goal is the development of sustainable strategies that assist school systems in overcoming the difficulty of recruiting and retaining STEM-savvy teachers. Secondly, the partnership works toward an effective mechanism for local middle and high school science and math teachers to stay current with rapidly evolving research discoveries and career directions that are increasingly available to the students they teach.