Carver Teaching Initiative Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Teaching Professionals through Internships, Recruitment, and Engagement

高素质的数学和科学教师数量不足是一个持续的国家挑战。美国数学和科学教师与学生之间的种族和民族不匹配加剧了这一挑战。尽管44%的美国K-12学生是非白人，但只有8%的美国数学和科学教师是非白人。普渡大学印第安纳波利斯分校试图通过Robert Noyce Track 1项目，Carver教学倡议，通过实习，招聘和参与激励下一代STEM教学专业人员（CTI Inspire）来应对这一挑战。CTI Inspire旨在：(a)通过向优秀的STEM专业学生提供90个STEM研究教学实习机会，增加并多样化考虑STEM教学的优秀STEM专业学生的可用资源；(b)为25名成绩优异的STEM专业学生提供为期两年的奖学金，以增加持有二级证书的STEM毕业生人数并使其多样化；(c)通过向毕业生提供新教师入职激励计划，增加参加新教师入职培训的应届毕业生人数。该项目将由印第安纳大学普渡大学印第安纳波利斯分校、常青藤技术社区学院、派克镇大都会学区、劳伦斯镇大都会学区和曼西社区学校合作完成。作为暑期实习生和奖学金获得者，参加CTI Inspire奖学金项目的STEM本科专业学生将(a)在城市环境中与高需求的K-12学生一起完成为期六周的STEM暑期教学实习；(b)与STEM和STEM教育教师建立持续的师徒关系；(c)与伙伴地区的执业教师一起参加半年一次的专业发展研讨会；（四）积极参加专业教学协会。通过CTI Inspire培训的教师将接受使用具有社会变革意义的STEM教学法的培训，该教学法旨在激发少数族裔STEM学习者对STEM的兴趣，并在非少数族裔STEM学习者中建立文化意识。最后，CTI Inspire奖学金项目将通过地区、国家和国际研究和从业者会议，以及在STEM和STEM教育期刊上发表文章，与STEM教师教育者分享。这些传播工作将使其他STEM教师教育工作者能够复制成功的方法并避免不成功的方法。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。

The low number of highly qualified mathematics and science teachers is an ongoing national challenge. This challenge is exacerbated by the racial and ethnic mismatch between the nation's mathematics and science teachers and the nation's students. Although 44% of US K-12 students are non-white, only 8% of US mathematics and science teachers are non-white. Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis seeks to address this challenge through the Robert Noyce Track 1 project, Carver Teaching Initiative Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Teaching Professionals through Internships, Recruitment, and Engagement (CTI Inspire). CTI Inspire aims to: (a) increase and diversify the available pool of high-achieving STEM majors who consider STEM teaching, by providing 90 STEM research teaching internships to high achieving, STEM majors; (b) increase and diversify the number of STEM graduates with secondary certification, by providing two-year scholarships for 25 high-achieving STEM majors; and (c) increase the number of new graduates who engage in new teacher induction, by providing new teacher induction program incentives to graduates. This project will be a collaboration between Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College, Metropolitan School District of Pike Township, Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township, and Muncie Community Schools. The undergraduate STEM majors participating in the CTI Inspire scholarship program as summer interns and scholarship recipients will (a) complete a six-week STEM summer teaching internship with high-need K-12 students in urban settings; (b) build ongoing mentoring relationships with STEM and STEM education faculty; (c) participate in semiannual professional development seminars with practicing teachers from partnering districts; and (d) actively engage in professional teaching associations. Teachers prepared through CTI Inspire will be trained in use of socially transformative STEM pedagogy, which aims to stimulate STEM interest among minority STEM learners and build cultural awareness among non-minority STEM learners. Finally, insights developed from the CTI Inspire scholarship program will be shared with STEM teacher educators through regional, national, and international research and practitioner conferences and through publication in STEM and STEM education journals. These dissemination efforts will position other STEM teacher educators to replicate successful approaches and to avoid unsuccessful approaches.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.