A Plan to Prepare STEM Teachers for Rural Montana

诺伊斯奖学金的能力建设提案制定了吸引科学和数学专业学生参加蒙大拿州立大学比林斯分校（MSUB）教师执照项目的策略。该项目的目标是招募现有的STEM专业学生，并帮助他们成为蒙大拿州高需求学区的成功持证教师，特别是那些位于保留学校或附近的学校，这些学校的教师流动率高，学生成绩不达标。能力建设阶段审查重新设计特定课程的可行性，使其更适合在高需求学校教授学生。混合学习的使用将作为一种交付策略进行分析，既可以促进教师候选人的学习，又可以为高需求地区提供创新教学策略的模型。该提案的实施为招聘STEM教师到高需求学区服务奠定了基础，因为教师流动率高，学生成绩不达标。由于留住高需求学校的教师是一个持续存在的问题，这一阶段还创建了一个导师教师网络，以帮助诺伊斯学者在他们刚入职时担任教师。这一能力建设提案将导致第一阶段提案的发展，招募大约15名潜在的教师候选人作为诺伊斯学者。该提案预计的长期效果是增加蒙大拿州高需求学区合格STEM教师的数量，并通过入职支持提高这些学区的教师保留率。

This Capacity Building proposal for Noyce Scholarships develops strategies for attracting majors in science and mathematics to the teacher licensure programs at Montana State University Billings (MSUB). The goal of this project is to recruit current STEM majors and help them become successful licensed teachers in Montana's high-need school districts, especially those located on or near reservation schools and suffering from high teacher turnover and sub-standard student achievement. The Capacity Building phase examines the feasibility of redesigning specific courses to make them more appropriate for teaching students in high-needs schools. The use of blended learning will be analyzed as a delivery strategy, both to facilitate learning by teacher candidates and to model innovative instructional strategies for high-needs districts. Implementation of this proposal lays the groundwork for recruiting STEM teachers to serve in high-needs school districts as indicated by high teacher turnover and sub-standard student achievement. Because retention of teachers in high-needs schools is a continuing problem, this phase also creates a network of mentor teachers to assist Noyce scholars in their induction years as teachers.This Capacity Building proposal is leading to the development of a Phase I proposal to recruit about 15 prospective teacher candidates as Noyce scholars. The projected long-term effect of this proposal is to increase the number of qualified STEM teachers for high-needs school districts in Montana and, through induction support, improve teacher retention rates in these school districts.