Montana Tribal College Faculty Professional Development Worskhop

部落学院和大学方案(TCUP)的一个目标是提高为国家土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的STEM教学和研究能力。在这些机构扩大STEM课程的范围，可以扩大学生在STEM领域追求富有挑战性和回报的职业的机会，提供在可能具有文化意义的领域进行研究的机会，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。蒙大拿大学(UM)的这项提案的重点是发展部落机构的教师，因此他们也将能够支持他们的学生的需求。此外，密歇根大学继续建立和加强与蒙大拿部落学院的合作努力，这将为部落学生提供更多在密歇根大学进行研究的机会。蒙大拿大学将扩大试点，为部落学院教职员工提供接触密歇根大学研究人员和研究机会的机会。部落学院教职员工将被提供实验室轮换，以熟悉密歇根大学校园内的各种研究小组，同时调查适合部落学院校园实验室基础设施、学生需求以及部落学院教职员工的知识、技能和能力的实验室实践。研究小组模式将继续加强教员网络，因为部落学院的教职员工在夏季来到密歇根大学校园一周，并在接下来的学年有两次额外的会议。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the STEM instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. The focus of the proposal from the University of Montana (UM) is on developing faculty at tribal institutions, so they too will be able to support the needs of their students. In addition, UM continues to build and strengthen collaborative efforts with the Montana tribal colleges, which could provide more opportunities for tribal students to do research at UM. The University of Montana will expand upon a pilot to provide tribal college faculty exposure to UM researchers and research opportunities. Tribal college faculty will be offered laboratory rotations to gain familiarity with various research groups on the UM campus, while investigating lab reach practices that are appropriate for the tribal colleges' campus lab infrastructures, the needs of their students, and the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the tribal college faculty members. The research group model will continue to strengthen a faculty network as tribal college faculty come to the UM campus for one week during the summer and have two additional meetings during the subsequent academic year.