Developing STEM Professionals as Educators and Teacher Leaders

在罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(NOYCE)的支持下，佐治亚州立大学的这一Track 2：教学奖学金项目专注于解决全国STEM教师短缺和教师队伍保留率低的问题。它将招聘30名拥有STEM学士学位的STEM专业人员，并支持他们完成为期14个月的教学文科硕士学位。这些毕业生将获得在初中或高中教授科学或数学的资格证书，并将在富尔顿县学校和罗克代尔县公立学校合作的高需求学校任教。预计这些教师领袖将对整个学区产生积极影响，使不同群体的学生对STEM和STEM职业产生更大的兴趣。该项目包括一项研究计划，旨在研究解决城市学校，特别是黑人和拉丁裔男性高素质STEM教师严重短缺的战略。该项目将基于研究-实践伙伴关系框架，以了解大学、学区(富尔顿县学校和罗克代尔公立学校)和与当地非营利性组织合作的南地铁100名黑人之间的关系的性质。研究计划包括一个纵向研究部分，以探讨研究-实践伙伴关系在满足合作学区的需要方面的有效性。它还包括一种混合方法的研究设计，以探索研究-实践伙伴关系对STEM教师的招聘和保留以及他们发展成为教师领导者的影响。该项目将包括对参与者的强有力的指导，从硕士课程开始，一直持续到入职和教师领导力发展，并将强调文化多样性在教师专业发展中的重要性。该项目的合作努力将提供在高等教育机构、K-12机构和非营利组织之间分享最佳做法和资源的机会，从而扩大该项目的潜在影响。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专家教师。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为是值得支持的。

With support from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce), this Track 2: Teaching Fellowships project at Georgia State University focuses on the national shortages of STEM teachers and low retention rates in the teacher workforce. It will recruit 30 STEM professionals, who have STEM baccalaureate degrees, and support them to complete a 14-month Master of Arts in Teaching degree. These graduates will become certified to teach science or mathematics in middle or high school and will teach in high-need schools in the partnering Fulton County Schools and Rockdale County Public Schools. These teacher leaders are expected to have positive impacts across the districts, leading to greater interest in STEM and STEM careers for diverse groups of students. The project includes a research plan to examine strategies for addressing the critical shortage of highly qualified STEM teachers in urban schools, especially Black and Latino males.The project will be grounded in a Research-Practice Partnership framework to inform the nature of the relationships between the university, school districts (Fulton County Schools and Rockdale Public Schools), and the partnering local nonprofit organization, 100 Black Men of South Metro. The research plan includes a longitudinal research component to explore the effectiveness of the Research-Practice Partnership in meeting the needs of partnering school districts. It also includes a mixed methods research design to explore the impact of the Research-Practice Partnership on the recruitment and retention of STEM teachers and their development into teacher leaders. The project will include robust mentoring of participants, beginning in the master's program of study and continuing through induction and teacher leadership development, and will emphasize the importance of cultural diversity in teachers' professional development. The project's collaborative efforts will provide opportunities to share best practices and resources across institutions of higher education, K-12 institutions, and nonprofit organizations, thus broadening the potential impact of the project. 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 expert teachers. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 STEM teachers in hi-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.