EAGER NSF STEM Teacher Leader Initiative: STEM Teacher Ambassador Program

全国科学教师协会（NSTA）将与全国数学教师理事会（NCTM）合作开展一项为期两年的研究和实施项目，旨在提高中小学教师参与政策领导的程度。该项目将招募以前获得数学和科学教学优秀总统奖（PAEMST）的教师。 PAEMST是一个白宫计划，于1983年通过法令建立，以荣誉上级教学和成就在K-12水平。 该项目由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）代表白宫科技政策办公室（Office of Science and Technology Policy）管理。该项目的首要目标是建立一个全国性的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教师大使队伍，他们将为STEM教育对我国劳动力发展的至关重要性代言，为社会各阶层创造经济增长和财富。 教师大使将与当地和州的商界领袖、民间组织、学区和其他志同道合的社区成员合作，弥合政策制定者和教育工作者之间的差距。教师们将更深入地了解决策者如何制定政策，以及作为STEM大使，他们如何与他人分享STEM教育重要性的信息。NSTA项目将在第一年开始，根据美国50个州和4个司法管辖区的PAEMST获奖者的申请，选出10名PAEMST获奖者（5名科学教师和5名数学教师）作为试点小组。 申请将由NSTA和NCTM确定的选拔委员会进行筛选。 他们将接受沟通，媒体和政策方面的强化培训，并将在其家乡州的科学或数学教师协会分会建立领导联系。 从该项目的第二年开始（以及随后的所有年份），将为这个新兴的国家队伍增加10名教师。教师大使将代表美国教学的广泛人口统计（性别，文化，社会经济地位;和城市，郊区和农村位置）。 教师大使将接受持续的培训，并与NSTA和NCTM的重要资源建立联系。

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will collaborate with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) on a two-year study and implementation project designed to increase the involvement of primary and secondary school teachers in policy leadership. Teachers who are previous recipients of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) will be recruited for this project. PAEMST is a White House program established by statute in 1983 to honor superior teaching and accomplishment at the K-12 level. It is administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.The paramount goal of this NSTA project will be establishment of a nationwide corps of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teacher ambassadors who will speak for and about the critical importance of STEM education for our Nation's workforce development, economic growth and wealth creation for all segments of society. Teacher ambassadors will work with local and state business leaders, civic organizations, school districts and other like-minded community members to bridge the gap between policymakers and educators. Teachers will have more in-depth look at how decision makers make policy, and how as STEM ambassadors they share information with others on the importance of STEM education.The NSTA project will begin in the first year with a select pilot group of ten previous PAEMST recipients (five science and five math teachers) based on applications from PAEMST winners in the 50 states and four U.S. jurisdictions. Applications will be screened by a selection committee identified by NSTA and NCTM. They will receive intensive training in communications, media, and policy and will establish leadership connections in their home states' science or math teacher association chapters. Beginning with year two of the project (and for all succeeding years) ten additional teachers will be added to this emerging national corps. Teacher ambassadors will represent the broad demographic in American teaching (gender, culture, socio-economic status; and urban, suburban, and rural location). Teacher ambassadors will receive ongoing training and connections to important resources from both NSTA and NCTM.