Noyce Scholarships to Prepare Teachers for Culturally Congruent Science and Mathematics Education of Native American Students

Salish Kootenai学院的Noyce Track 1项目旨在解决蒙大拿州各地美洲原住民社区数学和科学教师的严重短缺问题。该项目将提供奖学金和津贴，支持20名数学和科学专业的学生成为高需求中学的合格教师。这些未来的教师将主要是在平头印第安人保留地或附近的美国原住民学生。该项目还将提供本科生实习机会，以增加将以K-12教学为职业的数学和科学专业学生的数量。此外，它还将开发帮助新教师茁壮成长并坚持教学职业的结构。该项目将建立在一个成功的美洲原住民教师培训模式的基础上，该模式注重专业精神和教学实践。这种方法有可能通过邀请缺乏服务的学习者的经验和观点进入数学和科学教室来改善学习。该项目将与萨利希和库特奈部落和长老、平头保留地学区以及非正式教育机构的教育工作者合作。这种伙伴关系将为本科职前教师提供支持，因为他们发展文化一致的教学实践。该项目还将支持Noyce受助人成为新教师。这种支持将包括项目工作人员的课堂访问、专业发展、专业学习社区会议、在线讨论和行政支持。该项目可以提供新的知识，了解教师准备如何满足服务不足的学生的需求。该项目还旨在促进所有学生取得更高的科学成就，因为项目毕业生将在他们所属的专业学习社区中与同事一起示范以stem为重点的公平应用和获取教学法。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。

Salish Kootenai College's Noyce Track 1 project aims to address the critical shortage of mathematics and science teachers from Native American communities throughout Montana. The project will provide scholarships and stipends to support the preparation of 20 mathematics and science majors to become licensed teachers in high-need secondary schools. These prospective teachers will mostly be Native American students on or near the Flathead Indian Reservation. The project will also provide undergraduate internships to increase the number of mathematics and science majors who will enter K-12 teaching as a career. Additionally, it will develop structures that help new teachers to thrive and persist in the teaching profession. The project will build on a successful Native American teacher preparation model that focuses on professionalism and teaching practices. This approach has the potential to improve learning by inviting the experiences and perspectives of under-served learners into mathematics and science classrooms.This project will partner with the Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Elders, Flathead Reservation School Districts, and educators in informal educational settings. This partnership will provide support for undergraduate pre-service teachers as they develop culturally congruent instructional practices. The project will also support Noyce recipients through induction as new teachers. This support will include classroom visits by project staff, professional development, professional learning community meetings, online discussions, and administrative support. The project can contribute new knowledge about the ways teachers are prepared to meet the needs of underserved students. It also aims to contribute to higher science achievement for all students, as project graduates model the application STEM-focused equity and access pedagogy with colleagues in the professional learning communities to which they belong.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.