Virginia Teach, Phase II: A Community-Based Approach to Serving Mathematics Students in Need

这个诺伊斯二期项目的学术价值建立在前一个项目的成功基础上，该项目支持了30名诺伊斯学者，其中一些人现在进入了他们的专业教学的第四年。这个第二阶段的项目正在支持另外25名有才华的学生，他们正在接受培训，成为高需求学区的中学数学教师。弗吉尼亚教育项目扩大了学区伙伴关系的数量，以更好地为城市和农村地区的高需求学校提供服务。与当地社区大学的新伙伴关系通过帮助该项目从他们可能服务的高需求地区招募学者来支持这一目标。除了该项目提供的奖学金支持外，它还通过对这些专业社区的持续支持，促进了充满活力的实地经验和专业教学实习的集群。该项目正在继续监测和评估第一阶段的学者以及在第二阶段增加的学者，提供关于学者进入专业教学的准备和成功情况的纵向数据。因此，弗吉尼亚教区正在进行研究，为招聘和培训教师与高需求地区的学生工作相关的知识库做出贡献。相应地，这个项目回答了这样的问题，即数学认证计划的哪些要素最能支持本科生从学生过渡到教师？除了为高需求的学区提供准备充分的数学教师外，该项目的智力优势还来自于与学区和社区大学新建立的合作伙伴关系。这样的伙伴关系导致了一个新的、合作的学生项目，重点是如何最好地为ESL数学学生服务。此外，与当地学区的合作伙伴关系通过永久性地改善弗吉尼亚理工大学的认证计划产生了更广泛的影响。与当地社区大学的伙伴关系预计将导致永久的招聘渠道。最后，计划在数学教师会议上作陈述，并在同行评议的期刊上发表文章，以传播所学到的经验教训。

The intellectual merit of this Phase II Noyce project builds on the success of a previous project, which supported 30 Noyce scholars, with some now entering their fourth year of professional teaching. This Phase II project is supporting an additional 25 talented students who are training to become secondary mathematics teachers in high-need school districts. The Virginia Teach project expands the number of school district partnerships to better serve high-need schools in both urban and rural districts. New partnerships with local community colleges are supporting this goal by helping the project recruit scholars from the high-need districts in which they may serve. In addition to the scholarship support that this project provides, it also fosters vibrant clusters of field experience and professional teaching placements with ongoing support for these professional communities. The project is continuing to monitor and evaluate Phase I scholars as well as those being added in Phase II, providing longitudinal data on the preparation and success of scholars as they enter professional teaching. Thus, Virginia Teach is conducting research that contributes to the knowledge base related to recruiting and training teachers to work with students in high-need districts. Accordingly, this project is answering questions such as, "What elements of mathematics certification programs best support undergraduates' transitions from students to teachers?"Besides providing well-prepared math teachers for high-need school districts, the intellectual merit of this project also derives from the newly forged partnerships with school districts and community colleges. Such partnerships have resulted in a new, collaborative student project focused on how to best serve ESL mathematics students. Further, the partnerships with local school districts have broader impacts through permanently improving the certification program at Virginia Tech. The partnerships with local community colleges are expected to lead to permanent recruitment pipelines. Finally, presentations at mathematics teacher conferences and publications in peer-reviewed journals are planned in order to disseminate lessons learned.