Collaborative Research and Teacher Preparation Program Leveraging the Strengths of a Research University and a Premier Teacher Preparation University

在国家科学基金会罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的资助下，科罗拉多矿业学院-北科罗拉多大学STEM教师准备诺伊斯奖学金计划正在招募科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的本科生，并为他们成为7-12年级的STEM教师做准备。该项目将在5年内资助18个奖学金和30个实习机会。在该项目中，科罗拉多矿业学院(CSM)和北科罗拉多大学(UNC)正在与丹佛公立学区、杰斐逊县学区和圣弗拉恩山谷学区合作，教育和准备STEM教师。该项目将深入了解一所强大的工程学校和一所强大的教师教育学校之间的合作伙伴关系如何能够增加将教师视为一种职业的STEM专业学生的招聘和留住；评估CSM学生对教师职业的看法；评估早期支持(例如，指导和专业发展研讨会)对教师留住的影响；并最终满足对提供更多高素质STEM教师的需求。Mines-UNC STEM教师培训计划是CSM和UNC之间的独特合作伙伴关系，为CSM学生提供了一条获得科学或数学二级教学执照的途径。该项目发挥了两所院校的优势，通过作为学生本科学位一部分的综合项目培养受过高等教育的毕业生。CSM(一所高度挑剔的小型公立研究型大学)完全负责STEM内容的准备，而UNC(一家强大的教师培训机构)则提供专业教师教育计划。该项目将为教师培训计划增加一个重要的组成部分，使中学教学成为这些学生更容易看到、更容易接触和更有吸引力的职业选择。该项目的具体目标是：1)增加CSM毕业生成为STEM教师并在高需求学区任教的人数；2)为CSM学生创造早期STEM教育经验，鼓励更多的人考虑以教授STEM科目为职业；3)在高需求学校的入职年为STEM教师提供持续的指导和专业发展支持；4)积极解决将教学作为职业的想法，以维持CSM对该专业的健康支持文化；以及5)评估、传播和维持最佳的招聘和保留做法。除了立即产生18名在五年内拥有科学或数学学士学位的教师外，该项目还有可能成为以STEM项目闻名的机构和那些拥有强大教师准备项目的机构之间类似合作的典范。

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, the Colorado School of Mines-University of Northern Colorado STEM Teacher Preparation Noyce Scholarship Program is recruiting undergraduate majors in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and preparing them to become grades 7-12 STEM teachers. The project is funding 18 scholarships and 30 internships over 5 years. In this project, Colorado School of Mines (CSM) and the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) are collaborating with Denver Public School District, Jefferson County School District, and St. Vrain Valley School District to educate and prepare STEM teachers. This project will: provide insight into how a partnership between a strong engineering school and a strong teacher education school can increase recruitment and retention of STEM majors who consider teaching as a profession; assess CSM students' perceptions of teaching as a profession; evaluate the impact of early support (e.g., mentoring and professional development seminars) on teacher retention; and, ultimately, meet the need for providing more highly-qualified STEM teachers.The Mines-UNC STEM Teacher Preparation Program is a unique partnership between CSM and UNC that offers a path toward secondary teaching licensure in science or math for CSM students. The program plays on the strengths of the two institutions to produce highly-educated graduates through an integrated program that is part of the students' undergraduate degree. CSM (a highly selective, small public research university) is fully responsible for STEM content preparation, while UNC (a strong teacher preparation institution) delivers the Professional Teacher Education Program. This project will add an important component to the teacher preparation program by making secondary teaching a more visible, accessible, and attractive career option for these students. The specific goals of this project are to: 1) increase the number of CSM graduates who become STEM teachers and teach in high-need school districts; 2) create early STEM education experiences for CSM students to encourage more to consider teaching of STEM subjects as a career; 3) provide ongoing mentoring and professional development support of STEM teachers during their induction year in high-need schools; 4) actively address ideas about teaching as a career to maintain a healthy supportive culture at CSM toward the profession; and 5) assess, disseminate, and sustain the best recruitment and retention practices. In addition to the immediate production of 18 teachers who have baccalaureate degrees in science or mathematics over five years, this project has the potential to serve as a model for similar collaborative work between institutions known for their STEM programs and those with strong teacher preparation programs.