UMSL Noyce Scholars: Building Excellence in STEM Talent (BEST)

在美国国家科学基金会罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的资助下，密苏里大学圣路易斯分校（UMSL）的诺伊斯学者：在STEM人才（BEST）计划中培养卓越人才，正在招募科学和数学领域的诺伊斯STEM教学学者。 该项目在5年内资助21个奖学金（研究生学费和津贴）。21名新认证的STEM教师将在毕业后获得硕士学位。在这个项目中，UMSL与圣路易斯公立学区、弗格森-弗洛里森特学区和哈泽尔伍德学区以及当地的生物技术商业伙伴西格玛-奥尔德里奇合作。该项目的目标是增加招聘和留住高素质、有文化意识的科学和数学教师。该项目建立在STEM教授和教育学院（COE）之间现有的合作基础上，通过UTEACH计划和COE临床计划中的教学准备，为高效的中学教师提供深入的内容准备，进入前两年的诱导年。UMSL BEST计划由文化能力，响应式设计，基于问题的教育和专业学习理论的理论提供信息。UMSL BEST正在通过两项现有认证和硕士学位课程的增加来提高中学STEM教育工作者的准备和效率。 第一个是STEM InnoLab，教师候选人与经验丰富的教育工作者，教师教育工作者和社区领袖一起沿着，满足，设计和开发新的教学设计，以满足学生的需求和兴趣。第二个补充是与当地生物技术业务合作伙伴Sigma-Aldrich的合作，该合作伙伴正在加强STEM高中课程与职业道路之间的联系，以及与下一代科学标准和共同核心数学标准之间的联系。正在对诺伊斯具体组成部分的有效性进行研究，研究结果为未来STEM教师的准备提供了一个可持续的模式。PI团队正在使用混合方法数据收集技术：除了COE评估系统之外，还将使用访谈，调查和课堂观察数据的元分析。 调查结果将为全国范围内的教师准备计划提供最佳实践，以招募，准备和保留高需求学校的文化意识教师。

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, the University of Missouri-Saint Louis (UMSL) Noyce Scholars: Building Excellence in STEM Talent (BEST) Program is recruiting Noyce STEM Teaching Scholars in the sciences and mathematics. The project is funding 21 scholarships (graduate tuition and stipend) over 5 years. The 21 newly certified STEM teachers will have a masters' degree upon graduation. In this project, UMSL is collaborating with St. Louis Public School district, Ferguson-Florissant school district, and the Hazelwood school district, as well as a local biotechnology business partner, Sigma-Aldrich. The goal of the project is to increase the recruitment and retention of high-quality, culturally-conscious science and mathematics teachers. The project is founded on an existing collaboration between STEM professors and the College of Education (COE), to prepare highly effective secondary teachers with deep content preparation through the UTEACH program and pedagogical preparation in the COE's clinical program, into the first two induction years. The UMSL BEST program is informed by theories of cultural competence, responsive design, problem-based education and professional learning theory. UMSL BEST is improving the preparation and effectiveness of secondary STEM educators through two additions to its existing certification and master's degree program. The first is a STEM InnoLab in which teacher candidates, along with experienced educators, teacher educators and community leaders, meet, design, and develop new instructional designs tailored to the needs and interests of students. The second addition is a partnership with the local biotech business partner Sigma-Aldrich, which is tightening connections between the STEM high school curriculum and career pathways, as well as with the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core Math Standards. Research is being conducted on the effectiveness of the Noyce specific components and the results are informing a sustainable model for the preparation of future STEM teachers. The PI team is using mixed methods data collecting techniques: in addition to the COE assessment system, interviews, surveys, and meta-analysis of classroom observation data will be used. The results will inform teacher preparation programs nationwide in best practices to recruit, prepare, and retain culturally-conscious teachers for high-needs schools.