Science Math Access, Research, and Teaching

科学数学访问、研究和教学(SMART)是加州州立大学斯坦尼斯劳斯分校的罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划第一轨项目。SMART旨在解决该大学服务区STEM教师严重短缺的问题。虽然该地区拥有压倒性的K-12少数民族学生人口，但很少有教师来自代表性不足的人口。因此，增加分享学生文化遗产的教师人数至关重要。该项目的总体目标是培养一批多样化的数学和科学教师，他们可以作为该地区高需求学校的榜样和领导者。SMART将建立专业的学习社区，并在高度多样化的教育环境中为参与者提供教学培训、指导和持续的教学体验。该项目将使参与者参加精心安排的培训和实地经验，以帮助他们发展主题知识、对语言学的理解、语言习得、学术语言习得和特定学科的方法，使所有学生都能接触到内容。其他项目活动将包括每月的队列会议、暑期研究体验和辅导机会。SMART将与学区教师入职计划合作，制定一项新的教师留任计划。该计划旨在为新入职教师提供向不同学生群体教授数学和科学所需的指导和整体支持。在五年的时间里，SMART的目标是将CSU Stanislaus的STEM证书候选人数量从119人增加到200人。这些资格证书候选人中将有一半是少数族裔背景的学生。斯马特将招募、准备和留住31名诺伊斯学者。诺伊斯奖学金获得者将包括来自加州大学斯坦尼斯劳斯分校和加州大学默塞德分校的STEM专业学生，来自附近社区大学的转学学生，以及对进入教师职业感兴趣的当地转行学生。一个充满活力、有能力、多样化的STEM教师群体有可能降低少数民族和英语学习者在完成数学和科学课程时经常遇到的教育障碍。加州大学斯坦尼斯劳斯分校的学生中，有相当大一部分不仅在种族和语言上是多样化的，而且是他们家族中第一个上大学的人。SMART将使教育界更好地了解招募少数族裔背景的学生并为其在高需求学校担任教师做好准备所需的培训和支持系统。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Science Math Access, Research, and Teaching (SMART) is a Track 1 Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program project at California State University Stanislaus. SMART aims to address the severe shortage of STEM teachers in the university's service area. While the region has an overwhelmingly large K-12 minority student population, very few teachers are from underrepresented populations. As such, it is critical to increase the number of teachers who share their students' cultural heritage. The overarching goal of this project is to prepare a diverse group of mathematics and science teachers who can serve as role models and leaders in high-need schools in the region. SMART will establish professional learning communities and provide participants with pedagogical training, mentoring, and ongoing teaching experiences in highly diverse educational settings. The project will engage participants in carefully structured training and field experiences to help them develop subject matter knowledge, understanding of linguistics, language acquisition, academic language acquisition, and subject-specific methods to make content accessible to all students. Other project activities will include monthly cohort meetings, a summer research experience, and tutoring opportunities. In collaboration with school district teacher induction programs, SMART will develop a New Teacher Retention Program. This program will be aimed at providing incoming teachers with guidance and holistic support needed to teach mathematics and science to diverse student populations. Over a five-year period, SMART aims to increase the number of STEM credential candidates at CSU Stanislaus from 119 to 200. Half of these credential candidates will be students of minority backgrounds. SMART will recruit, prepare, and retain 31 Noyce scholars. Noyce scholars will include STEM majors from CSU Stanislaus and UC Merced, transfer students from nearby community colleges, and local career changers interested in entering the teaching profession. An energetic, capable, diverse community of STEM teachers has the potential to lower the educational barriers that minority and English Language Learner students often encounter when completing mathematics and science coursework. A significant percentage of CSU Stanislaus students are not only ethnically and linguistically diverse, but also are the first in their family to attend college. SMART will provide the educational community with a better understanding of the training and support systems needed to recruit and prepare students of minority background for a career as a teacher in a high-need school.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.