Project Inspire STEM Teacher Residency

田纳西理工大学、汉密尔顿县教育部和公共教育基金会(PEF)将合作解决大查塔努加地区数学和科学教师严重短缺的问题。这项为期一年的在职培训计划类似于实习医生。实习教学将采用逐步释放的模式，在学年期间，24名教学研究员将在一名经验丰富的导师(临床导师)的指导下，每周四天在教室里工作。临床讲师将为住院医生提供教师、行政和课程支持，帮助他们完成课程和教学方面的执照和硕士学位课程，重点是6-12年级的数学或科学。在实习期间，TF将参加课程，参加研讨会，并反思他们所学到的实际知识。此外，他们将承担更多的教学责任，直到他们最终教授整个九周的单元。每所有需要的寄宿学校也是教师发展小组学习实验室，教师发展小组将在这里开展专业发展活动。因此，实习将为行政和未来教学学校的领导机会提供基础。形成性和终结性评估将侧重于分析与学位和执照取得有关的定性和定量数据、课堂观察和访谈，以及在实现提高中学STEM教学质量的总体项目目标方面的进展情况。所有三个合作伙伴将共同努力，向更大的社区传播激励计划的成果。PEF将通过全国地方教育基金会网络和全国100Kin10组织(100Kin10.org)分发成果，该组织致力于到2021年为美国教室提供10万名优秀的STEM教师。这项工作的成果也将在国家和区域会议上介绍。

Tennessee Technological University, the Hamilton County Department of Education, and the Public Education Foundation (PEF) will collaborate to address the critical shortage of math and science teachers in the greater Chattanooga area. This year-long program of on-the-job training is similar to a medical residency. The teaching residency will employ a gradual release model through which 24 Teaching Fellows (TFs) will be placed in classrooms under the guidance of an experienced mentor (clinical Instructor) for four days a week during the academic year. The clinical instructors will provide faculty, administrative, and curricular support to the residents as they move through the licensure and Masters degree program in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in either math or science for grades 6-12. During the residency, TFs will take courses, meet in seminars, and reflect on the practical learning they gain. Moreover, they will take on more teaching responsibilities until they eventually teach an entire nine-week unit. Each high-need residency school is also a Teachers Development Group Learning Laboratory, where the TFs will engage in professional development activities. Thus, the residency will provide a foundation for both administrative and future instructional school leadership opportunities. Formative and summative evaluation will focus on analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data related to degree and licensure attainment, classroom observations and interviews, and progress in meeting the overarching project goals of improving the quality of STEM instruction in the secondary schools. All three partners will work together to disseminate results of Project Inspire to the larger community. PEF will distribute results through the national network of Local Education Foundations and the national 100Kin10 organization (100Kin10.org) which is dedicated to providing America's classrooms with 100,000 excellent STEM teachers by 2021. Results of this work will also be presented at national and regional conferences.