Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining STEM Teachers in San Joaquin County, California

在NSF Robert Noyce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通过招聘20名本科STEM专业的学生并为他们成为教师做好准备，为高质量的STEM教学服务于国家利益。该项目涉及太平洋大学、圣华金三角洲社区学院、圣华金县教育局STEM办公室和圣华金县几个合作学区之间的合作伙伴关系。该项目的总体目标是解决该县STEM教师严重短缺的问题，特别是高中教师短缺的问题。该项目旨在招收STEM本科生，并为他们在高需求学区的长期教学生涯做好准备。此外，该项目旨在将项目活动制度化，作为该大学STEM教师培训计划的组成部分。诺伊斯奖学金获得者在三年级、四年级和硕士认证年度将获得最多三年的奖学金支持，每一年的经济支持将在高需求学区服务两年。项目活动和对学生成功的支持将从每个奖学金获得者的三年级开始，一直持续到完成教育文学硕士学位和第一年的教学。通过与模范课堂教师和有成就的大学研究人员的互动，诺伊斯学者将被整合到STEM教育工作者的支持网络中。奖学金获得者的招聘将主要针对从德尔塔学院转到太平洋大学STEM专业的学生。完成硕士课程后，奖学金获得者将同时获得STEM学科的学士学位和教育硕士学位。此外，太平洋大学STEM专业的一年级和二年级学生也将被录取。在完成STEM学位后，诺伊斯学者将开始学习教育课程，包括诺伊斯研讨会，该研讨会将把他们与当地的STEM硕士教师联系起来，并在整个项目中包括对他们经历的反思写作。在三年级和四年级期间，奖学金获得者将与太平洋大学STEM教员一起进行本科生研究，并将在当地社区参与与教育有关的服务学习活动。在他们的教育硕士年度，他们将获得圣华金县高需求学校的督导学生教学经验。太平洋大学和县STEM办公室将与伙伴学区合作，通过现场指导关系和学年/暑期专业发展活动，支持诺伊斯学者早年的教学。该项目将调查这些职前活动和入职支持在多大程度上有助于留住该专业的新STEM教师。这些信息有助于解决在圣华金县和其他急需培训的学校和学区培养高效STEM教师的迫切需要。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人员成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富、模范的K-12 STEM教师成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。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 NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, this Track 1 Scholarships and Stipends project aims to serve the national interest in high-quality STEM teaching by recruiting 20 undergraduate STEM majors and preparing them to become teachers. This project involves a partnership between the University of the Pacific, San Joaquin Delta Community College, the San Joaquin County Office of Education STEM Office, and several partner school districts in San Joaquin County. The overarching goal of the project is to address an acute shortage of STEM teachers in the county, particularly at the high school level. The project is designed to recruit STEM undergraduates and prepare them for long-term teaching careers in high-need school districts. In addition, the project aims to institutionalize the project activities as components of the University's STEM teacher preparation program. Noyce Scholars will receive up to three years of scholarship support for their junior, senior, and master's certification year, and will serve two years in a high-need school district for each year of financial support. Project activities and supports for student success will begin in each Scholar's junior year, continue through completion of a Master of Arts in Education and the first years of teaching. Through their interactions with exemplary classroom teachers and accomplished University researchers, the Noyce Scholars will be integrated into a supportive network of STEM educators. Recruitment of scholarship recipients will primarily target students from Delta College who transfer into STEM majors at the University of the Pacific. Upon completion of the master's program, the Scholars will receive both a baccalaureate degree in a STEM discipline and a master's degree in education. In addition, first- and second-year STEM majors at the University of the Pacific will also be recruited. While they complete their STEM degrees, Noyce Scholars will begin taking education coursework, including a Noyce seminar that will connect them with local Master STEM teachers and include reflective writing about their experiences throughout the program. During their junior and senior years, the Scholars will have undergraduate research experiences with University of the Pacific STEM faculty and will engage in education-related service-learning activities in the local community. During their Master of Arts in Education year, they will gain supervised student teaching experience in high-need schools in San Joaquin County. The University of the Pacific and the county STEM office, in collaboration with partner school districts, will support the Noyce Scholars in their early years of teaching through on-site mentoring relationships and school year/summer professional development activities. The project will investigate the degree to which these pre-service activities and induction supports help retain new STEM teachers in the profession. This information can contribute to addressing the critical need to prepare highly effective STEM teachers in San Joaquin County and in other high-need schools and districts. The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master 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.