A Project to Prepare STEM Majors as Outstanding Certified Secondary Teachers for New York State

这个轨道1诺伊斯项目，将招募和准备至少18个有才华的本科STEM专业，以追求在高需求的当地教育机构的教学生涯。该项目直接回应了纽约州和全国对高效中学STEM教师的迫切需求。 它将帮助Le Moyne College增加生物学，化学，数学和物理学的STEM专业的数量，这些专业的学生将成为准备充分的中学科学教师，并将发展机构文化，以激励成绩最好的学生追求并获得STEM教学认证。通过成熟的招聘实践，对参与者的大力支持和严格的评估，STAC计划将产生关于发现，研究和促进优质STEM教师教育途径的新知识。STAC将通过实践研究，STEM教师圈子，文化相关的教学方法，课堂观察，实习和教学机会来实施和评估以证据为基础的改善教师准备的战略。它还将通过提供满足纽约州教师认证要求所需的准备，支持勒莫因学院诺伊斯学者。研究和评估将有助于了解STAC活动对STEM教师准备的影响。STAC计划将建立社区倡议（例如，STEM教师列表服务器和STEM教师圈），以维持整个地区的专业社区，并在项目持续时间之后支持成功的STEM教师及其地区。

This Track 1 Noyce project that will recruit and prepare at least 18 talented undergraduate STEM majors to pursue teaching careers in high-need local educational agencies. The project responds directly to the critical need for highly effective secondary STEM teachers in New York State and across the nation. It will help Le Moyne College increase the number of STEM majors in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics who become well-prepared secondary school science teachers, and will grow institutional culture to inspire the highest achieving students to pursue and obtain STEM teaching certification. Through proven recruitment practices, vigorous support for participants, and rigorous evaluation, the STAC program will generate new knowledge regarding discovering, studying, and promoting pathways to quality STEM teacher education. STAC will implement and evaluate evidence-based strategies for improving teacher preparation through hands-on research, STEM teacher circles, culturally relevant pedagogical approaches, classroom observation, internships, and teaching opportunities. It will also support the Le Moyne College Noyce Scholars by providing the preparation necessary to meet New York State requirements for teacher certification. Research and assessment will contribute to knowledge on the effects of the STAC activities on STEM teacher preparation. The STAC program will establish community initiatives (e.g., STEM teacher listserv and STEM teacher circles) to sustain a professional community throughout the region and support successful STEM teachers and their districts beyond the duration of the project.