Teaching Pathways Opening Doors to STEM (TPOD STEM)

蒙哥马利学院（Montgomery College）的“Teaching Pathways Opening Doors to STEM （TPOD STEM）”项目是一个旨在培养学院在STEM学科培养高素质中学教师的能力的项目。与蒙哥马利县（马里兰州）公立学校和这些社区学院学生转学的主要大学合作，数学系、科学系、工程系和教育系参与了为期两年的计划过程，以招募、准备和支持学生，包括教学艺术副学士课程的本科生和寻求替代认证的职业转变STEM专业人士。现有的中学替代认证计划的能力正在扩大。国家正在设计并批准一项新的中学数学/科学替代认证计划。为这两个级别的未来教师提供的招聘模式正在开发中，同时还有支持网络（物理的和虚拟的）来确保他们的成功，这是这个三校区机构的一个重要特点。有了AAT项目提供的STEM课程的坚实基础，学生们可以很好地转到本科院校的STEM专业，同时继续他们的教师准备。计划为他们作为诺伊斯学者提供持续支持的机制。这一模式有望被全国其他社区学院所效仿。

The project "Teaching Pathways Opening Doors to STEM (TPOD STEM)" at Montgomery College is a project to build the college's capacity for preparing highly qualified secondary teachers in STEM disciplines. Collaborating with the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and the major universities to which these community-college students transfer, the departments of mathematics, science, engineering, and education are engaged in a two-year planning process to recruit, prepare, and support students, both undergraduates in the Associate of Arts in Teaching program and career-changing STEM professionals seeking alternative certification. The capacity of the existing secondary school alternative certification program is being expanded. A new middle-school mathematics/science alternative certification program is being designed and approved by the state. A recruiting model for both levels of future teachers is under development, along with support networks (both physical and virtual) to ensure their success, an important feature of this three-campus institution. With the solid grounding in STEM courses provided by the AAT program, students are well positioned to transfer to STEM majors at baccalaureate institutions while continuing their teacher preparation. Mechanisms for their ongoing support as Noyce Scholars are planned. It is expected that this model can be emulated by other community colleges across the country.