Teacher Residency Academy Alliance

作为教师培训和专业发展的有力工具，教师驻校学院（TRAs）越来越受到关注;然而，缺乏实证研究来证明其优点。教师驻校学院联盟（TRA 2）的目标--杰克逊州立大学、国家专业教学标准委员会、路易斯安那州泽维尔大学以及密西西比和路易斯安那州七个不同的城市和农村学区之间的伙伴关系--是调查TRA模式的实施，以招募、许可、引导、雇用、并保留28名中学和中学科学教师，为119，000多名不同学生提供服务。该联盟将通过完成以下具体目标来实现其目标：为有抱负的初中和中学科学教师创建高质量，严格和基于临床的教师准备计划;招募，准备，雇用和支持更多的多样化（例如，非洲裔美国人），在高需求的城市和农村学校有效的初中和中学科学教育工作者;并有助于知识库的实施基于临床的科学教师准备初中和中学课堂在不同的学校。该项目将使一批28名教师成功完成TRA 2计划，并获得国家科学教学许可证/认证，硕士学位，并开始国家委员会认证。该项目的重点是中学和中学科学有助于使TRA 2独特的方法，以增加高质量，文化敏感，有执照的初中和中学科学教师准备在全国急需的城市和农村学校任教。这个为期两年的项目的成果预计将通知额外的TRA的设计，将作为一个新的替代传统的教师准备和学士学位后的认证程序在全国各地共同的。研究设计将形成。通过对教师、地区领导人和校长的调查、对导师的电话采访以及从现有数据中获得的数据，将为TRA 2的实施提供重要信息。

Teacher residency academies (TRAs) are gaining attention as a powerful tool for teacher preparation and professional development; however, there is a lack of empirical study demonstrating their merit. The goal of the Teacher Residency Academy Alliance (TRA2) - a partnership among Jackson State University, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Xavier University of Louisiana, and seven diverse urban and rural school districts in Mississippi and Louisiana - is to investigate the implementation of a TRA model to recruit, license, induct, employ, and retain 28 middle school and secondary science teachers for high-need schools that serve more than 119,000 diverse students. The Alliance will accomplish its goal by completing the following specific objectives: create a high quality, rigorous, and clinically-based teacher preparation program for aspiring middle and secondary science teachers; recruit, prepare, employ, and support an increased number of diverse (e.g., African American), effective middle and secondary science educators in high-need urban and rural schools; and contribute to the knowledge base regarding the implementation of a clinically-based science teacher preparation for middle and secondary classrooms in diverse schools. The project will enable one cohort of 28 teachers to successfully complete the TRA2 program and obtaining state licensure/certification in science teaching, a master's degree, and initiation to National Board certification.The project's focus on middle school and secondary science helps make TRA2 unique in its approach to increase the number of high quality, culturally responsive, and licensed middle and secondary science teachers prepared to teach in the nation's high-need urban and rural schools. Project outcomes of this two year project are expected to inform the design of additional TRAs that will serve as a novel alternative to the traditional teacher preparation and post-baccalaureate certification programs common throughout the nation.The study design will be formative. The data obtained through surveys of teachers, district leaders, and principals, telephone interviews of mentors, and from extant data, will provide important information regarding the implementation of TRA2.