Preparing STEM Teachers for English Language Learners: the STELLER Project

该项目将在加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）实施Robert Noyce教师奖学金第二阶段项目，STEM教师为英语学习者：卓越和保留（STELLER）。STELLER解决了日益增长的国家需求，即为具有STEM领域学位和强大的特定内容教学准备的新STEM初中和高中教师招聘、准备和提供有效的入职支持。该项目的一个独特之处在于，其目的是培养能够满足英语学习者（ELLs）需求的新教师，这些学生在说、读、写或理解英语方面存在困难，可能会阻碍他们的学习。该计划旨在招募所有学科的本科STEM学生进入为期13个月的学士学位后课程，以获得认证和在高需求中学的职业教学。在五年的项目中，总共有40位学者将得到资助。新的教师学者将在高需求的中学获得教学职位，特别强调在圣巴巴拉联合学区，以及加州中央海岸的其他地方，如圣巴巴拉，文图拉，圣路易斯奥比斯波和克恩县。斯特勒的团队将由UCSB的科学、数学、工程、计算机科学和教育领域的教师组成；圣巴巴拉联合学区（SBUSD）的教师和管理人员；加州大学圣巴巴拉分校教育合作办公室主任；以及圣巴巴拉县K-20 STEM委员会的社区领袖。该项目将继续Noyce第一阶段CalTeach在圣巴巴拉（CTSB）开始的努力，以提高从UCSB的学士后教师教育计划（TEP）毕业的中学科学和数学教师的质量、数量和多样性。从本科阶段开始，将增加对英语语言学习者（ELLs）的关注，以便为中学科学和数学教师候选人做好充分准备，以教授《下一代科学标准》和《数学共同核心标准》中概述的学科特定语言、核心思想和实践。CTSB和STELLER教师学者的轨迹将被追踪，以产生有效教师教育的新见解。该项目将使UCSB的科学和数学教师数量增加24%。评估工作将包括对该项目的具体活动进行评估，以及对UCSB第一阶段Noyce项目的初级教师的成功进行持续评估。项目评价将采用混合方法。有关项目运行的数据将通过对所有参与者的调查和访谈来收集。有关教师有效性和培训的数据将通过课堂观察、跟踪学生的州标准化考试平均成绩以及州规定的教学绩效评估来收集。

This project will implement a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Phase II project, STEM Teachers for English Language Learners: Excellence and Retention (STELLER), at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). STELLER addresses the growing national need to recruit, prepare, and provide effective induction support for new STEM middle and high school teachers with degrees in STEM fields and strong content-specific pedagogical preparation. A unique aspect of this project is the intent to focus on preparing new teachers who can meet the needs of English Language Learners (ELLs), students whose difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding English may hinder their learning. This program seeks to recruit undergraduate STEM students across all disciplines for entry into a 13-month post baccalaureate program leading to certification and a career teaching in high needs secondary schools. A total of 40 scholars will be supported over the five years of the project. The new teacher scholars will obtain teaching positions in high-need secondary schools with a particular emphasis on placement in the Santa Barbara Unified School district but also elsewhere on the California Central Coast in Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, and Kern counties.STELLER's team will consist of UCSB faculty from science, mathematics, engineering, computer science, and education; teachers and administrators from the high-need Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD); directors from UCSB's Office of Education Partnerships; and community leaders from the Santa Barbara County K-20 STEM Council. The program will continue efforts begun under the Noyce Phase I CalTeach at Santa Barbara (CTSB) to increase the quality, number, and diversity of secondary science and mathematics teachers who graduate from UCSB's post-baccalaureate Teacher Education Program (TEP). Starting at the undergraduate level, a focus on English Language Learners (ELLs) will be added so as to thoroughly prepare secondary science and mathematics teacher candidates to teach the disciplinary-specific language, core ideas, and practices outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. The trajectories of CTSB and STELLER Teacher Scholars will be tracked to generate new insights into effective teacher education. This project will produce a 24% increase in UCSB's production of science and mathematics teachers. Evaluation efforts will include an assessment of activities specific to this project as well as continued assessment of the success of beginning teachers from the initial Phase I Noyce Program at UCSB. A mixed methods approach will be used in project evaluation. Data regarding the program operation will be collected through surveys and interviews with all participants. Data regarding teacher effectiveness and training will be collected in classroom observations, tracking of average state standardized test scores of students, and performance on the state-mandated teaching performance assessment.