Future Urban STEM Educator Capacity Building Project

未来城市STEM教育（FUSE）是达文波特大学（DU）的一个能力建设项目。FUSE将制定计划，增加STEM学生的数量，这些学生将追求并为教育城市青年做好准备。FUSE项目的主要目标是通过DU的城市教育证书项目创建STEM教育工作者管道。该项目旨在制定一项计划，以增加杜大学计算机科学和生物实验室科学学士学位课程中从事STEM教学职业的学生的入学率和多样性。FUSE将通过以下方式实现这一目标：(1)为高中和社区大学学生建立新的双入学途径，以更快的速度和更低的成本进入杜里大学的计算机科学和生物实验室科学学位课程；(2)在不同的高中创建未来的教师俱乐部，扩大高中学生参与教学经验的机会，培养他们对STEM教育事业的早期兴趣；(3)在提供教学经验的计算机科学和生物实验室科学项目中创造服务学习的机会；(4)开发新的教育课程和顶点实习经验，为计算机科学和生物实验室科学专业的学生进入STEM教育做好准备，并为密歇根州教师资格考试做准备。杜顿大学的城市教育学院将与现有的和新的学校合作伙伴（希望学院、伊顿地区教育服务机构和大急流城社区学院）合作。这些合作伙伴关系将支持建立以计算机科学和生物实验室科学为课程重点的中等大学和双招生计划。此外，将与扩展学习机会网络合作制定服务学习规划。ELO为项目地理区域内67%的非裔美国儿童和41%的拉丁裔儿童提供课后和暑期课程。杜顿大学的校园遍布密歇根州的城市地区，这些地区存在STEM教育工作者短缺的问题。FUSE将支持城市教育学院建立必要的伙伴关系和基础设施，以在全州实施新的STEM教育途径。学生将受益于FUSE项目开发的新课程元素，包括基础教师教育课程、基于教育的服务学习和教育领域的顶点实习经验。FUSE响应了全国对STEM教师准备改革的呼吁，以及密歇根州对在城市学校为学生服务的高效教师的需求。通过FUSE能力建设项目，城市教育学院将有潜力培养能够为城市青年培养公平、创造力和机会的STEM教师。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Future Urban STEM Educator (FUSE) is a Capacity Building Project at Davenport University (DU). FUSE will institute plans to increase the number of STEM students who pursue and become prepared for teaching urban youth. The main goal of the FUSE project is to create a STEM educator pipeline through DU's Certificate in Urban Education program. The project aims to produce a plan for increasing the enrollment and diversity of students pursuing STEM teaching careers within DU's computer science and biological laboratory science bachelor's degree programs. FUSE will accomplish this objective by (1) establishing new dual enrollment pathways for high school and community college students to enter DU's computer science and biological laboratory science degree programs on an accelerated schedule and at reduced cost; (2) creating future teacher clubs at diverse high schools that expand opportunities for high school students to participate in teaching experiences and develop an early interest in a STEM education career; (3) creating service-learning opportunities within the computer science and biological laboratory science programs that provide teaching experiences; and (4) developing a new education course and capstone internship experience to prepare computer science and biological laboratory science majors to enter STEM education and prepare for the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification. DU's College of Urban Education will collaborate with existing and new school partnerships (Hope Academy, Eaton Regional Education Service Agency, and Grand Rapids Community College). These partnerships will support the establishment of middle college and dual enrollment programs with a curricular focus on computer science and biological laboratory science. Additionally, service learning programming will be developed in partnership with the Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO) network. ELO provides afterschool and summer programs for 67% of African-American children and 41% of Latino children within the project's geographic area. DU has campuses throughout Michigan's urban areas where shortages of STEM educators exist. FUSE will support the ability of the College of Urban Education to establish the partnerships and infrastructure necessary to implement a new STEM education pathway throughout the state. Students will benefit from the new curricular elements developed through the FUSE project, including a foundational teacher education course, education-based service learning, and a capstone internship experience in education. FUSE responds to the national call for change in STEM teacher preparation as well as Michigan's need for effective teachers to serve students in urban schools. Through the FUSE Capacity Building project, the College of Urban Education will have the potential to develop STEM teachers who can foster equity, creativity, and opportunity for urban youth.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.