Noyce Teacher Preparation Program for Upstate New York

在罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(Noyce)的支持下，这一Track 1：奖学金和津贴项目旨在满足全国对高需求学区具有文化能力的STEM中学教师的需求。了解学生文化和学习环境的教师是在高需求学校和地区成功实施K-12 STEM教育的关键。该项目将探讨职前教师对文化能力的理解以及文化能力与性别之间的关系。此外，它还将考察早期实地经验对当前STEM教师、STEM职前教师和K-12学生社区建设的影响。项目活动将包括一项教学艺术硕士教师认证计划，该计划的特点是在一所多样化的高需求学校进行为期一年的教学实习。在教学实习期间，诺伊斯奖学金获得者将进行行动研究，参与文化活动，参加与STEM教师社区的圆桌会议合作，并完成早期的实地体验。该项目的成果有可能为教师教育实践提供信息，提高对教师文化能力的理解，并增加关于早期实地研究经验如何影响教师能力和社区建设的知识。通过这个Noyce项目，克拉克森大学将招聘20名STEM专业的学生，并为他们在纽约州北部农村和城市首府地区的高需求学区担任科学和数学教师做好职业准备。该项目将在本科四年级和学士/硕士研究生学年为这些本科生提供奖学金，并提供额外的支持，以帮助诺伊斯学者：1)在农村和城市环境中培养文化能力；2)开展合作研究；3)参与STEM教育社区。在诺伊斯学者执教的最初几年，还将提供入门资源和支持。该项目将与纽约Schenectady市学区和Gouverneur中心学区合作，分享在高需求学校和学区招聘、培训、安置和支持有才华的教师方面的有效做法。项目评估将通过焦点小组讨论和既定的工具进行，重点是STEM教学的自我效能感、能力、态度和跨文化敏感性。该项目具有造福社会的潜力，通过整合教师准备和研究，以招聘、准备和留住一支有才华和有效的STEM教育队伍，这些教师对文化做出了回应。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 STEM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 (Noyce), this Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project aims to serve the national need for culturally competent STEM secondary teachers in high-need school districts. Teachers who understand the culture of their students and the learning environment are critical to successful K-12 STEM education in high-need schools and districts. This project will address pre-service teachers' understanding of cultural competency and the relationship between cultural competency and gender. In addition, it will examine the impact of early field experiences on community building among current STEM teachers, preservice STEM teachers, and K-12 students. Project activities will include a Master of Arts in Teaching teacher certification program that features a one-year teaching internship in a diverse, high-need school. During the teaching internship, Noyce scholarship recipients will conduct action research, engage in cultural activities, participate in roundtable collaborations with a STEM teacher community, and complete an early field experience. The outcomes of the project have the potential to inform teacher education practices, improve understanding of teachers' cultural competency, and increase knowledge about how early field research experiences affect teacher capability and community building. Through this Noyce project, Clarkson University will recruit 20 STEM majors and prepare them for careers as science and mathematics teachers in high-need school districts in the rural north and urban capital region of New York state. The project will provide these undergraduates with scholarships during the undergraduate senior year and the post-baccalaureate/MAT degree year, as well as additional supports to help the Noyce Scholars to: 1) develop cultural competency in rural and urban settings; 2) conduct collaborative research; and 3) engage in STEM educational communities. Induction resources and support will also be provided during the Noyce scholars' early years of teaching. The project will partner with Schenectady City School District and Gouverneur Central School District in New York to share effective practices in recruiting, training, placement, and support for talented teachers in high-need schools and districts. Project evaluation will be conducted through focus group discussions, together with established instruments focusing on STEM teaching self-efficacy, competency, attitudes, and multicultural sensitivity. The project has the potential to benefit society by integrating teacher preparation and research to recruit, prepare, and retain a talented and effective STEM education workforce of culturally responsive teachers. 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 STEM 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.