Noyce Ambassadors Program

莫洛伊学院的第一轨道诺伊斯大使计划旨在增加纽约长岛地区STEM教师（特别是双语STEM教师）的数量。增加双语和代表性不足的STEM教师的数量可能会提高学生的成绩，并导致高中毕业的学生更加多样化，追求STEM专业，以及教STEM或在STEM领域工作。莫洛伊周围地区对STEM教师的需求预计将增加，因为很大一部分现任教师接近退休年龄。此外，双语教师的需求很高，因为莫洛伊附近县的英语学习者（ELLs）/多语言学习者（MLL）是一个稳步增长的亚群，占该州所有ELLs/MLL的14%。诺伊斯大使计划的目标是培养新认证的STEM教师，其中三分之二来自代表性不足的背景，第一代大学生和/或双语。诺伊斯大使计划将包括各种活动，以招募成绩优异的STEM学生，并激励他们成为高需求学区的教师。活动包括为期两周的介绍性研究靴子营地举行了一个星期的莫洛伊的校园和一个星期的拿骚社区学院（NCC）校园。在这个研究靴子训练营，学生将学习教师以及在职教师。一旦进入该计划，诺伊斯大使将参加两个夏季实习经验，一个在莫洛伊的校园，另一个在莫洛伊的环境研究和沿海海洋监测中心（CERCOM）外地站。CERCOM野外站致力于马蹄蟹的圈养繁殖，全球沿海环境和近岸海洋的探索，以及通过数据分析对这些环境的解释。这些经验将向诺伊斯大使展示如何在现实生活中的问题中应用和教授STEM概念。在本学年，诺伊斯大使将完成密集的课程和基于学校的实地经验，这些课程和经验是为他们成为高效教师而量身定制的。Molloy还将提供专业发展，以支持Noyce Ambassadors完成他们的教学要求。Noyce Ambassadors计划旨在培养18名新的STEM教师，并将招募数学，生物或地球与环境科学专业的学生。Molloy将与NCC合作招募高中和社区大学的学生。通过这种伙伴关系，该项目旨在形成未来STEM学生和教师以及潜在的诺伊斯大使的管道。Molloy和NCC还将与四个地方教育机构合作：拿骚县的自由港和尤宁代尔学区，以及萨福克县的布伦特伍德和阿米蒂维尔学区。这些机构将作为临床教学经验的网站。该项目将进行一项研究，以评估旨在维持课堂上每个诺伊斯大使的战略的有效性。这项研究旨在通过深入了解哪些支持和活动最有效，为什么教师选择离开高需求的教学环境，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.

The Track 1 Noyce Ambassadors Program at Molloy College seeks to increase the number of STEM teachers (particularly bilingual STEM teachers) in the Long Island, New York area. Increasing the number of bilingual and underrepresented STEM teachers may improve student performance as well as lead to a more diverse pool of students graduating from high school, pursuing STEM majors, and either teaching STEM or working in a STEM field. The need for STEM teachers in the areas surrounding Molloy is expected to increase as a large percentage of current teachers approach retirement age. Further, bilingual teachers are in high demand as English Language Learners (ELLs)/Multilingual Learners (MLLs) in Molloy's nearby counties are a steadily growing subpopulation, accounting for 14% of all ELLs/MLLs in the state. The goal of the Noyce Ambassadors Program is to produce newly certified STEM teachers, with two-thirds from underrepresented backgrounds, first-generation college students, and/or bilingual. The Noyce Ambassadors Program will include a variety of activities to recruit high-achieving STEM students and inspire them to become teachers in high needs school districts. Activities include a two-week introductory research boot camp held for one week on Molloy's campus and for one week on Nassau Community College's (NCC) campus. At this research boot camp, students will learn from faculty as well as in-service teachers. Once admitted into the program, the Noyce Ambassadors will participate in two summer internship experiences, one on Molloy's campus and another at Molloy's Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring (CERCOM) field station. The CERCOM field station is dedicated to the captive breeding of horseshoe crabs, exploration of global coastal environments and nearshore oceans, and interpretation of these environments through data analysis. These experiences will show the Noyce Ambassadors how to apply and teach STEM concepts in the context of real-life problems. During the academic year, the Noyce Ambassadors will complete an intensive curriculum and school-based field experiences that are tailored to prepare them to be highly effective teachers. Molloy will also provide professional development to support Noyce Ambassadors as they complete their teaching requirements.The Noyce Ambassadors Program aims to produce 18 new STEM teachers, and will recruit students majoring in mathematics, biology or earth and environmental science. Molloy will collaborate with NCC to recruit high school and community college students. Through this partnership, the project aims to form a pipeline of future STEM students and teachers, as well as potential Noyce Ambassadors. Molloy and NCC will also collaborate with four Local Education Agencies: Freeport and Uniondale school districts in Nassau County, and Brentwood and Amityville school districts in Suffolk County. These agencies will serve as sites for clinical teaching experiences. This project will conduct a research study to assess effectiveness of strategies that are intended to sustain each Noyce Ambassador in the classroom. This research seeks to benefit the STEM teaching and education communities by providing insight into what supports and activities are most effective, why teachers opt to leave high-needs teaching settings, and what academic skills and experiences lead to higher teacher retention in STEM.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.