WNMU Noyce Track 1 Capacity Building grant to strengthen STEM teacher preparation.

西新墨西哥州大学（WMNU）已收到罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划能力建设赠款1）开发和加强教师准备网络和管道从高中到大学; 2）加强教育学院（SOE）和WNMU的STEM部门之间的合作，以更有效地生产STEM教师; 3）招募高中和本科生考虑STEM和STEM教学职业，通过集中精力让未来的STEM学生在职业生涯早期获得积极的教学经验。 通过这些活动，PI团队将建立有效招募高中和大学学生进入STEM教师准备计划的关键能力。 这样一个强大的招聘途径将使WMNU对国家需要增加STEM教师的数量产生影响，特别是增加进入STEM教学的西班牙裔学生的数量。 WMNU PI团队将开发一个创新的研讨会，野马科学教育学院（MSEA），该研讨会将专注于发展SOE，STEM部门和区域学区之间的合作关系。 MSEA还将为我们的学生谁表示有兴趣成为STEM教师提供所需的积极学习经验。该项目还与行业合作伙伴和区域教育机构建立联系。 这些联系将有助于促进未来STEM教师的招聘，支持和入门。 对该项目的评估将使人们了解招聘战略的有效性，从而为全国各地教师培训方案的招聘做法提供信息。

Western New Mexico University (WMNU) has received a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Capacity Building grant to 1) develop and strengthen the teacher preparation network and pipeline from high school to college; 2) strengthen collaboration between the School of Education (SOE) and the STEM Departments at WNMU to more efficiently and effectively produce STEM teachers; and, 3) recruit high school and undergraduate students to consider STEM and STEM teaching careers through a focused effort to engage prospective STEM students in active teaching experiences early in their career. Through these activities, the PI team will build the critical capacity to effectively recruit high school and university students into the STEM teacher preparation program. Such a robust recruitment pathway will allow WMNU to have an impact on the national need to increase the number of STEM teachers and, in particular, to increase the number of Hispanic students who go into STEM teaching. The WMNU PI team will develop an innovative workshop, the Mustang Science & Education Academy (MSEA), which will focus on developing collaborative relationships among the SOE, STEM departments and regional school districts. MSEA will also provide the needed active learning experiences for our students who express an interest in becoming STEM teachers. The project also is building connections to industry partners and regional educational agencies. These connections will help facilitate the recruitment, support, and induction of future STEM teachers. The evaluation of the project will provide an understanding of the effectiveness of the recruitment strategies that will inform the recruitment practices of teacher preparation programs across the country.