Valdosta Noyce Scholars Science Teacher Preparation and Retention

瓦尔多斯塔州立大学将为有学术天赋但经济困难的理科专业学生提供20个奖学金，这些学生承诺在包括瓦尔多斯塔城市学校(VCS)系统在内的高需求学区任教。该计划帮助有价值的学生通过学士学位后计划获得教学认证，该计划旨在为佐治亚州高需求的学区培养未来的教师。在一定程度上，该项目通过合作学习、加强指导和参与专业科学教育学会来减少职业隔离，通过提供更好的信息传播、内容交付、VCS的实地经验，以及通过为进入教学专业的新学者提供入职预算，提高STEM和教育学的教学能力。该项目还提供专业发展机会，包括暑期研究项目实习，该学科的导师和硕士高中教师与职前教师合作，在入职期间提供指导和支持。该项目还解决了在招聘新教师困难的地理区域吸引和留住高素质教师的挑战。该项目有意将研究与教育经验相结合，使新的STEM教师能够在自己的课堂上采用类似的模式，将发现的兴奋注入教育，并激发学生对STEM的兴趣。

Valdosta State University is providing 20 scholarships to academically talented but financially needy science majors who commit to teaching at high-needs school districts including Valdosta City School (VCS) system. The program assists worthy students in obtaining teaching certification though a post-baccalaureate program designed to prepare future teachers for high-needs school districts in Georgia. In part, the project manifests this by reducing professional isolation through collaborative learning, enhanced mentoring and involvement in professional science education societies, and by enhancing STEM and pedagogy content competencies by providing enhanced information dissemination, content delivery, field experiences at VCS, and by including an induction budget for new scholars entering the teaching profession. The project also provides professional development opportunities including a summer research project internship where mentors from the discipline and master high school teachers collaborate with pre-service teachers to provide guidance and support through the induction period. The project also addresses the challenge of attracting and retaining highly qualified teachers in a geographic region where recruiting new teachers has been difficult. The program's intentional design of integrating research with educational experiences enables new STEM teachers to adopt similar models in their own classrooms, infusing education with the excitement of discovery and sparking their students' interest in STEM.