Developing Elementary and Secondary Master Teachers in Mathematics and Science

该项目旨在满足国家对高需求学校的特殊数学和科学硕士教师的需求，特别是与他们所服务的社区具有相似人口统计特征的教师。硕士教师满足了表现不佳、工作人员困难的学校的关键需求，这些学校招收的低收入学生比例很高，而这些学生在数学和科学职业中的比例历来较低。该项目将招聘30名具有很强领导潜力的在职教师。这些教师将在完成严格的五年计划以获得教师硕士资格时获得经济和其他支持。该项目将支持一批中学数学和科学教师以及一批小学教师。该项目将测试面向STEM大师教师的研究型培训模式的有效性，该模式鼓励跨学科、基于标准和基于项目的方法。这些大师教师将准备共同提高南洛杉矶23所学校的STEM教学和成绩，这些学校招收超过18,200名学生，其中85%是低收入学生，74%是拉丁裔，10%是非洲裔美国人。加州州立大学多明格斯山庄的这个项目包括与洛杉矶联合学区和洛杉矶县自然历史博物馆的合作伙伴关系。在六年的时间里，该项目将招聘、支持和培养30名硕士教师，其中包括第一批15名中学生物、化学和数学教师，以及第二批15名小学教师。该项目的创新方面包括：(I)基于项目的学习、制造实验室技术、下一代科学标准和共同核心数学标准的微证书；(Ii)大学制造实验室的暑期实习；(Iii)为期三年的行动研究项目；以及(Iv)选择从事研究、国家委员会认证或计算机科学授权。该项目将通过在专业会议和出版物上发表演讲，在区域和国家范围内传播成果。项目评估的目的是增加对有效培养优秀教师的方法的了解，这些方法可以加强高需求学校的STEM教育，发展职前和在职教师的技能，并帮助形成未来教师领导力发展的战略。这个Track 3：大师教学奖学金项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(Noyce)提供支持。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。

This project aims to serve the national need for exceptional mathematics and science master teachers in high-need schools, particularly teachers with similar demographics as the communities they serve. Master teachers fill a crucial need in low-performing, hard-to-staff schools that enroll high percentages of low-income students who are historically underrepresented in mathematics and science careers. This project will recruit 30 in-service teachers with strong leadership potential. These teachers will receive financial and other supports as they complete a rigorous five-year program to achieve master teacher competencies. The project will support one cohort of secondary mathematics and science teachers and one cohort of elementary teachers. The project will test the effectiveness of a research-based training model for master STEM teachers that encourages interdisciplinary, standards- and project-based approaches. These master teachers will be prepared to collectively improve STEM teaching and achievement in 23 schools in South Los Angeles that enroll more than 18,200 students, of which 85% are low-income, 74% are Latinx, and 10% are African American.This project at California State University, Dominguez Hills includes partnerships with the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Over a six-year period, the project will recruit, support, and prepare 30 master teachers, including 15 secondary biology, chemistry, and mathematics teachers in cohort one and 15 elementary teachers in cohort two. Innovative aspects of the project include: (i) micro-credentials in project-based learning, fabrication lab technology, Next Generation Science Standards, and Common Core mathematics standards; (ii) summer internships in the university’s Fabrication Lab; (iii) three-year action research projects; and (iv) the choice to pursue a pathway in research, National Board certification, or computer science authorization. The project will disseminate results regionally and nationally via presentations at professional conferences and publications. Project evaluation aims to increase understanding of the approaches that are effective in developing exceptional master teachers who can enhance STEM education in high-need schools, develop the skills of preservice and in-service teachers, and help shape future strategies for teacher leadership development. This Track 3: Master Teaching Fellowships project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). 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.