Educating STEM Majors to Teach in High-Need Schools

西佛罗里达大学将与两所佛罗里达公立社区学院--彭萨科拉州立学院和西北佛罗里达州立学院合作，通过罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划第一轨的资助，致力于在高需求学区服务，以满足招聘和留住6-12年级高素质STEM教师的需求。该项目将招聘、培训和保留18名STEM专业的学生，担任数学、物理、化学、生物和地球环境科学等学科的6-12年级教师。此外，该项目将支持18名符合条件的双招生、一年级和二年级的STEM学生进行早期教学体验和暑期社区服务学习实习。每一位诺伊斯奖学金获得者将参加活动，以提高他们在高需求学校工作的文化能力和职业认同感。项目目标将包括1)招聘高素质的STEM专业的学生从事教学工作，2)增加获得认证的STEM 6-12级教师的数量和质量，以及3)在诺伊斯奖学金毕业生的头几年教学期间提供支持。项目团队将研究以下问题：1)什么因素鼓励STEM专业的学生在高需求的当地教育机构(LEA)从事教学工作？2)什么因素有助于留住毕业的STEM专业的学生在高需求的LEA中担任6-12年级的课堂教师？3)项目的学习社区如何支持学者的专业教师发展？每名诺伊斯奖学金获得者平均每年将与150名不同的学生合作，每五年大约有750名学生；因此，18名诺伊斯奖学金获得者将影响高需求学区约13,500名学生。与学区合作，毕业生将获得额外的支持，以确保他们作为新手教师取得成功，这增加了诺伊斯学者在五年后继续从事教师职业的可能性，影响到佛罗里达州西北部的数千名学生。

The University of West Florida, in collaboration with two Florida public community colleges, Pensacola State College and Northwest Florida State College, will address the need to recruit and retain highly qualified STEM teachers for grades 6-12 with a commitment to serve in high-need school districts through funding from Track 1 of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The project will recruit, train, and retain eighteen STEM majors to serve as grade 6-12 teachers in the disciplines of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and earth environmental science. Additionally, the project will support eighteen eligible dual-enrolled, freshman, and sophomore STEM students in an early teaching experience and a summer community-based service learning internship. Each Noyce scholar will participate in activities to improve their cultural competence with working in high-need schools and to enhance their professional identity.Project goals will include 1) recruiting highly qualified STEM majors into a career in teaching, 2) increasing the number and quality of certified STEM grades 6-12 teachers, and 3) supporting Noyce Scholar graduates during their first few years of teaching. The project team will research the following questions: 1) What factors encourage STEM majors to pursue teaching careers in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs)? 2) What factors contribute to retaining graduated STEM majors as grades 6-12 classroom teachers in high-need LEAs? 3) How does the project's learning community support Scholars' professional teacher development? Each Noyce scholar will work with an average of 150 different students each year for a total of approximately 750 students every five years; therefore, 18 Noyce Scholars will impact an estimated 13,500 students in high-need school districts. Working with the districts, graduates will receive additional support to ensure their success as a novice teacher increasing the likelihood that Noyce scholars will remain in the teaching profession beyond five years, impacting thousands of students in Northwest Florida.