TTU STEM Majors for Rural Teaching (TTU-SMaRT) - Noyce Scholarship Program

在这个项目中，田纳西理工大学（TTU）为24名主修物理、化学、数学和各种工程学科的学生提供罗伯特·诺伊斯奖学金，使他们能够在本科阶段学习教育课程，并在获得STEM学位后完成额外的课程，从而有资格获得中学科学或数学教学执照。在总共长达三年的支持下，学生参与早期教学经验，在获得STEM学位和执照时得到支持和指导，并在入职年度协助他们过渡到教学专业。拥有2300多个STEM专业和更新的教师教育计划，多伦多理工大学很好地满足了对训练有素的中学科学教师的需求。该项目的合作者包括文理学院、工程学院和教育学院；科学、技术、工程和数学教与学中心；还有几个地方教育部门。这种获得执照的途径对STEM专业的学生很有吸引力，并提供了一个进行教育研究的机会，以确定他们培训中的最佳实践。它还加强了上坎伯兰地区的教育基础设施，并使TTU的STEM部门成为教师教育质量的利益相关者。

In this project Tennessee Technological University (TTU) provides Robert Noyce Scholarships to 24 students majoring in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and various engineering disciplines so that they can take education courses in their undergraduate years and complete additional courses after receiving their STEM degree in order to qualify for licensure to teach secondary school science or mathematics. With a total of up to three years of support, students engage in an early teaching experience, are supported and mentored as they obtain their STEM degree and licensure, and are assisted into the transition into the teaching profession during their induction year. With over 2,300 STEM majors and an updated teacher education program, TTU is well placed to contribute to the need for well trained secondary school science teachers. Collaborators in the project include the Colleges of Arts and Science, Engineering, and Education; the Center for the Teaching and Learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; and several local education authorities. This pathway to licensure appeals to STEM majors and provides an opportunity to conduct education research identifying best practices in their training. It also enhances the infrastructure for education in the Upper Cumberland region and makes the STEM departments at TTU stakeholders in the quality of teacher education.