Identifying and Addressing Factors that Contribute to Michigan's STEM Educator Shortage

在这个罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划能力建设项目中，锡耶纳高地大学（SHU）将致力于确定和解决密歇根州东南部STEM教育工作者短缺的原因。在此基础上，主要研究者（PI）将开始建立一个高素质的中学STEM教育工作者的管道，并与整个地区的中学和高等教育合作伙伴分享成果。在资助期间，项目团队将制定行动计划，以提高SHU中学教育计划的保留率和毕业率，以及密歇根州教师认证考试（MTTC）毕业生的通过率。PI打算将这些计划作为未来Noyce奖学金和津贴第一轨道提案的基础。SHU将与当地两年制学院杰克逊学院以及附近的高需求教育机构Adrian、哈德逊、麦迪逊和莫伦西公立学校合作开展该项目。SHU教育部和计算，数学和科学部的教师将评估机构和社区需求，并建立合作伙伴关系，以增加高中，转学和SHU本科生在中学STEM教育中追求职业生涯的数量。该项目团队将致力于如何招募更多的生物和化学学生进入中等教育认证计划（区域，最需要的学科），确定这些学科的学生保留的障碍，并制定行动计划，以提高保留，毕业和MTTC通过率。这项工作的预期成果还包括为高中和社区大学转学生建立途径，以从事中学STEM教学职业。此外，PI旨在评估和开发SHU的中学STEM教育课程，咨询和学术支持系统。项目团队将研究基于网络的按需学习模块的好处，生物和化学的综合补充教学，并为两年制大学生开发2 + 3认证途径。这项研究的结果将为指导学生成为中学STEM教育工作者的有效策略的知识基础增添内容。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

In this Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Capacity Building project, Siena Heights University (SHU) will work to identify and address the causes of Southeast Michigan's STEM educator shortage. Based on that knowledge the principal investigators (PIs) will start building a pipeline of highly-qualified secondary STEM educators and share the results with partners in secondary and higher education throughout the region. Over the funding period, the project team will develop action plans for increasing retention and graduation rates in SHU's secondary education program and Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) pass rates for students who graduate. The PIs intend to use the plans as the basis of a future Noyce Scholarships and Stipends Track 1 proposal.SHU will conduct the project in partnership with Jackson College, a local two-year college, and nearby high-need education agencies, Adrian, Hudson, Madison, and Morenci Public Schools. Faculty in SHU's Division of Education and Division of Computing, Mathematics, and Sciences will assess institutional and community needs and develop collaborative partnerships to increase the number of high school, transfer, and SHU undergraduates who pursue careers in secondary STEM education. The project team will work on ways to recruit more biology and chemistry students into the secondary education certification program (regionally, the disciplines of highest need), identify barriers to student retention in these disciplines, and establish action plans to increase retention, graduation, and MTTC pass rates. Intended outcomes of the work also include the establishment of pathways for high school and community college transfer students to pursue secondary STEM teaching careers. Furthermore, the PIs aim to assess and develop SHU's secondary STEM education curriculum, advising, and academic support systems. The project team will study the benefits of web-based, on-demand learning modules, integrated supplemental instruction in biology and chemistry and develop a 2 + 3 certification pathway for two-year college students. Results from this study will add to the knowledge base of effective strategies for guiding students into successful careers as secondary STEM educators.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.