Exemplary Mathematics Educators for High-need Schools

该项目正在支持波士顿学院的两个项目，以满足高需求学区对高素质数学教师的需求。波士顿学院教师教育系(林奇教育学院)和数学系(文理学院)与非营利性组织波士顿美国数学(MFA)以及波士顿大学和教育发展中心的同事合作，提供教学研究员(TF)计划和硕士教学研究员(MTF)计划。两组精心挑选的职前高中教师(教学研究员)正在参加一项为期五年的综合学习计划，其中包括在波士顿和弗雷明翰学区担任新教师的四年时间里，为期四年的教学和系统专业发展科学硕士学位。该项目提供了一个无缝地将内容、教学内容知识和教育学交织在一起的综合课程。教学奖学金计划以研究为基础，并基于以前成功的数学教师培养模式，这些模式在城市地区具有较高的教师保留率。来自高需求学区波士顿和弗雷明翰的8名经验丰富的教师(主要教学研究员)参与指导教学研究员，并参加数学专业和课程开发研讨会和讲习班。在其学区的支持下，MTF正在与数学家和数学教育工作者密切联系，在改革数学教与学方面发挥领导作用。该项目的目标是：1)增加波士顿学院现有的硕士水平的数学教师培养计划的产出，为高需求学校培养8名优秀的数学教师；2)从高需求学区招聘和支持8名优秀的数学实践教师(硕士教学研究员)，以成为高素质的教学领导者和导师；3)通过整合波士顿学院、MFA波士顿和EDC的资源，在大波士顿地区建立一个强大和持久的数学家、数学教育工作者和教师专业社区，并发展支持这个社区所需的长期基础设施。

This project is supporting two programs at Boston College to address the need for highly qualified mathematics teachers in high-need school districts. The Boston College Department of Teacher Education (The Lynch School of Education) and Department of Mathematics (College of Arts and Sciences), working together with the non-profit Math for America (MfA) Boston and with colleagues at Boston University and Education Development Center, are offering a Teaching Fellow (TF) program and a Master Teaching Fellow (MTF) program. Two highly select groups of preservice high school teachers (Teaching Fellows) are participating in a five-year integrated program of study that includes a one-year Master of Science in Teaching and systematic professional development over a four-year period during their formative years as new teachers in Boston and Framingham school districts. The project provides an integrated curriculum that seamlessly interweaves content, pedagogical content knowledge, and pedagogy. The Teaching Fellowship program is grounded in research and based on prior successful models of mathematics teacher preparation that have a high teacher retention rate in urban districts. Eight experienced teachers (Master Teaching Fellows) from the high-need school districts of Boston and Framingham are involved in mentoring the Teaching Fellows and are participating in the mathematics professional and curriculum development seminars and workshops. With the support of their school districts, the MTFs, in close liaison with mathematicians and mathematics educators, are assuming leadership roles in reforming mathematics teaching and learning. The goals of the project are to: 1) Increase the output of the current Masters level mathematics teacher preparation program at Boston College by preparing eight Teaching Fellows (TFs) to become excellent mathematics teachers for high-need schools; 2) Recruit and support eight outstanding practicing teachers (Master Teaching Fellow) in mathematics from high-need school districts to become highly qualified instructional leaders and mentors; and 3) Build a strong and lasting professional community of mathematicians, mathematics educators and teachers in the greater Boston area by combining the resources of Boston College, MfA Boston and the EDC and to develop the long-term infrastructure neccessary to support this community.