The Recruitment and Preparation of Next Generation STEM Teachers

在Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划（Noyce）的支持下，范德比尔特大学的这个Track 1：奖学金和津贴项目旨在满足全国对高需求学区招聘和培养高质量STEM教师的需求。“下一代STEM教师的招聘和准备”项目旨在增加寻求科学或数学二级执照的多样化候选人，特别是有色人种候选人的数量。pi将与代表性不足的STEM专业合作，特别是专注于菲斯克大学（Fisk University）的学生，这是一所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）。除其他事项外，该项目将使Fisk在项目管理团队中占据重要地位，为获得更早、更好指导的学生增加改进的导师模式，并在入职期间增加对这些学生的支持。该项目还计划在少数族裔参与者比例较高的其他组织中扩大招聘。关注招募有色人种候选人很重要，因为有色人种学生不太可能进入STEM领域学习并继续从事STEM专业。这项工作的更广泛影响在于它覆盖了对STEM科目有高度兴趣的中学生、本科STEM学生、支持该领域诺伊斯学者的导师教师，以及范德比尔特大学、菲斯克大学和纳什维尔地铁公立学校内外更广泛的学习社区。该项目旨在吸引、培养和支持拥有STEM学位的多元化人才。这些学士学位后的学生将获得一年的经济支持，因为他们完成了教育硕士学位（M.Ed.），并获得了教师执照。计划中的为期一年的以实践为基础的获得执照的途径旨在显著减轻教育研究生学位的经济负担。这个项目将同时有助于理解有色人种候选人必须克服的隐藏障碍，以便将教学作为一种广泛的职业。项目负责人将与hbcu和其他支持有色人种教师获得执照的专业人士合作。该项目将努力最大限度地减少障碍，最大限度地提供支持，使范德比尔特大学在招聘和留住候选人方面具有竞争力，特别是有色人种候选人进入STEM教学。奖学金金额为学费的50%以上。它还将包括在整个项目期间扩大指导支持，并将提供两年的入职支持。该项目旨在培养至少18名新的STEM教师，分三批完成教师执照课程。这些专业将广泛地从田纳西州支持的任何STEM领域的数学和科学专业中招聘。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为高需求学区有效的K-12 STEM教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的持久性、留任性和有效性的研究。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。

With support from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce), this Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project at Vanderbilt University aims to serve the national need of recruiting and preparing high-quality STEM teachers for high-need school districts. The "Recruitment and Preparation of Next Generation STEM Teachers" project aims to increase the number of diverse candidates, particularly candidates of color, who seek secondary licensure in science or mathematics. The PIs will work with underrepresented STEM majors, especially focusing on students attending Fisk University, an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) collaborating on this proposal. Among other things, the project will include Fisk significantly in the project management team, add an improved mentor model for the students with earlier and better mentoring, and increase the support for these students during the induction period. The project also plans to expand their recruitment in other organizations which have a high percentage of minority participants. This focus on recruiting candidates of color is important because students of color are less likely to enroll in STEM fields of study and carry on to STEM professions. The broader impacts of this work lie in its reach to secondary students who have a high interest in STEM subjects, undergraduate STEM students, mentor teachers who support Noyce Scholars in the field, and the broader learning communities within and across Vanderbilt University, Fisk University, and Metro Nashville Public Schools.This project aims to attract, prepare and support diverse and talented individuals who have STEM degrees. These post-baccalaureate students will receive financial support for one year as they complete a Master's of Education (M.Ed.) with teacher licensure. The planned one-year practice-based pathway to licensure is intended to significantly reduce the financial burden of a graduate degree in education. This project will simultaneously contribute to the understanding of the hidden obstacles that candidates of color have to overcome to make a commitment to teaching as a profession broadly. The project leaders will partner with HBCUs and other professionals who support teachers of color to pursue licensure. This project will work to minimize the barriers and maximize the supports to make Vanderbilt competitive in recruiting and retaining candidates, particularly candidates of color into STEM teaching. It will provide stipends in the amount of over 50% of tuition. It will also include expanded mentoring support throughout the duration of the program and will provide two years of induction support. The project aims to prepare a minimum of 18 new STEM teachers over three cohorts to complete their teacher licensure program. The majors will be broadly recruited from mathematics and science majors in any STEM field supported for licensure by the State of Tennessee. The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts. 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.