Recruitment and Induction of Secondary STEM Teachers Integrating Lesson-Study as a Continuous Improvement Learning Mechanism

在罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的支持下，这一Track 1奖学金和津贴项目旨在服务于培养高素质数学和科学教师的国家需求。该项目打算将36名新的STEM教师安置到马里兰州下东海岸的高需求学校，从而加强这些学校的STEM学习。此外，项目分析和研究的结果应该增加对招聘、教育和支持优秀中学STEM教师的战略的理解。该项目将利用一年级和二年级的校本实习机会，以及初级和高级奖学金，鼓励和支持STEM专业的学生成为中学数学和科学教师。所有参与该项目的STEM专业学生将在当地学校专家教师的指导下共同设计和分析课程。该项目将修订教师教育课程，以增加对学校教育技术和公平问题的学习。对奖学金获得者的支持将持续到他们执教的头几年，届时该项目将提供专家导师教师和同龄人社区，以确保他们成功地进入职业生涯。该项目旨在通过支持本科生完成生物、化学、地球科学、数学和物理等领域的专业，培养36名新的STEM教师。该项目旨在激励24名尚未参加专业教师教育计划的一年级和二年级STEM专业学生通过聘用他们进行早期实地实习来从事教学工作。该项目将向36名学术表现优异的STEM专业学生颁发诺伊斯初级和高级奖学金，每年最高可达1万美元，重点是纳入那些来自代表性不足的人群。奖学金获得者在完成学位课程后，将在STEM内容和教育学方面积累深厚的知识。该项目将提供一个入职计划，以促进熟练和反思从业者的发展，以便奖学金获得者在毕业和进入教师职业时得到支持。该项目旨在为奖学金获得者作为STEM教师在高需求学校环境中的长期保留和成功奠定基础。威科米科县公立学校是当地一家高需求的教育机构，将与索尔兹伯里大学合作，为STEM专业的学生提供校本临床经验和导师。作为一种持续改进教学的研究性方法，课堂教学将成为临床经验的重要组成部分。研究问题包括：(1)课堂学习参与如何影响STEM专业学生的教学动机？(2)课堂学习在多大程度上鼓励学业优秀的STEM专业学生追求教师职业生涯？(3)课文研究在多大程度上鼓励少数民族STEM专业学生从事教学工作？与这些研究问题有关的研究结果将在专业会议和期刊上传播，增加关于培养STEM教师在高需求学校和地区教学的有效战略的知识库。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人员成为高需求学区的有效K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富、模范的K-12 STEM教师成为STEM大师教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12教师的持久性、保留率和有效性的研究。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。

With support from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, this Track 1 Scholarships and Stipends project aims to serve the national need of preparing high-quality mathematics and science teachers. The project intends to place 36 new STEM teachers into high-need schools in the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, thus enhancing STEM learning in these schools. In addition, results of project analysis and research should increase understanding of strategies to recruit, educate, and support exceptional secondary STEM teachers. The project will use first- and second-year school-based internships, together with junior- and senior-level scholarships to encourage and support STEM majors to become secondary mathematics and science teachers. All STEM majors who participate in the project will work together to design and analyze lessons under the guidance of expert teachers in local schools. The project will revise the teacher education curriculum to increase learning about instructional technology and equity issues in schools. Support for scholarship recipients will continue into their first years of teaching, when the project will provide expert mentor teachers and peer communities to ensure their successful professional induction. The project aims to produce 36 new STEM teachers by supporting undergraduates as they complete majors in the fields of biology, chemistry, earth science, mathematics, and physics. The project seeks to motivate 24 first- and second-year STEM majors who are not yet in the professional teacher education program, to pursue teaching by hiring them for early field experience internships. The project will award junior- and senior- level Noyce scholarships of up to $10,000 per year to 36 academically high-performing STEM majors, with emphasis on including those from underrepresented populations. The scholarship recipients will develop strong knowledge in STEM content and pedagogy as they complete their degree programs. The project will provide an induction program that fosters the development of skilled and reflective practitioners, so that the scholarship recipients will receive support as they graduate and enter the teaching profession. The project seeks to lay the foundation for the long-term retention and success of scholarship recipients as STEM teachers in high-need school settings. Wicomico County Public Schools, a high-need local education agency, will partner with Salisbury University to provide school-based clinical experiences and mentors for the STEM majors. Lesson study, a research-based method for continuous improvement of teaching, will be a key component of the clinical experiences. Quantitative and qualitative data will be gathered to address research questions including: (1) How does lesson study participation influence STEM majors' motivations to teach? (2) To what extent does lesson study encourage academically talented STEM majors to pursue teaching careers? and (3) To what extent does lesson study encourage STEM majors from racial minorities to pursue teaching careers? Findings related to these research questions will be disseminated at professional conferences and in journals, adding to the knowledge base about effective strategies for preparing STEM teachers for teaching in high-need schools and districts. The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts and experienced,exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 teachers in high-need school districts.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.