Transfer to Teaching: Accelerated STEM Teacher Preparation from Community College to Credential

该项目旨在满足国家对STEM教学队伍增长和多样化的需求。具体来说，该项目将与当地社区学院合作，促进社区学院学生进入加州大学的STEM教学证书项目CalTeach并取得成功。转学后两年内，社区学院的学生将获得理科学士学位和数学或科学单科教学证书。支持这些学生成为诺伊斯学者，将加速他们从社区大学到有资格的STEM教学的道路。该项目将为社区大学学生提供低级别CalTeach课程的交叉注册机会。它还将为CalTeach项目的转学生提供诺伊斯奖学金，并通过为期一周的未来教师暑期STEM研究所为即将到来的转学生提供支持。加州大学欧文分校的这个项目是生物科学、物理科学和教育学院之间的合作，与四所当地社区学院合作：喜瑞都、圣安娜、圣安东尼奥山和圣地亚哥峡谷。圣安娜联合学区和联合中学高中以及其他地区也作为合作地区。尽管人口多样化，南加州却有一些全国最不公平、最种族隔离的学区。该项目的主要目标是使转学生能够在四年内获得理学学士学位和教学证书，并准备和部署能够反映和了解其教学社区的K-12教师。该项目将在五年内支持至少24名职前教师。它有可能改善南加州学区的公平和机会，提高学生对STEM学生的兴趣，并将更多高效的教师安置到高需求学校。该项目更广泛的影响包括奖学金和加速计划，以支持本科转学生追求教学证书。此外，它将在高需求地区安排训练有素的实习教师，并增加来自代表性不足背景的高质量合格教师的数量。由外部评估人员进行的项目评估将决定项目是否达到其目标，以及该计划是否可以作为其他机构的典范。本项目由Robert Noyce教师奖学金项目（Noyce）资助。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富的模范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、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。

This project aims to serve the national need for growing and diversifying the STEM teaching workforce. Specifically, this project will work with local community colleges to promote the entry and success of community college students in CalTeach, the University’s STEM teaching credential program. Within two years after transfer, the community college students will earn a Bachelor of Science degree and single subject teaching credential in mathematics or science. Supporting these students as Noyce Scholars will accelerate the pathway from community college to credentialed STEM teaching. The project will offer cross-enrollment opportunities in lower division CalTeach courses for community college students. It will also provide Noyce scholarships to transfer students in the CalTeach Program and support incoming transfer students through a week-long Summer STEM Research Institute for Future Teachers.This project at the University of California-Irvine is a collaboration between the Schools of Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Education, working in partnership with four local community colleges: Cerritos, Santa Ana, Mt. San Antonio, and Santiago Canyon. The Santa Ana Unified School District and the Unity Middle College High School and other area districts also serve as partner districts. Despite its diverse population, Southern California has some of the most inequitable and segregated school districts in the nation. The project’s main goals are to enable transfer students to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree and teaching credential in four years and to prepare and deploy K-12 teachers who reflect and understand the communities in which they teach. This program will support at least 24 pre-service teachers over five years. It has the potential to improve equity and access in Southern California’s school districts, to increase interest of students in STEM students, and place more highly effective teachers into in high-need schools. The project’s broader impacts include scholarships and an accelerated program to support undergraduate transfer students' pursuit of a teaching credential. In addition, it will place highly trained student teachers in high-need districts and increase the number of high-quality, credentialed teachers from underrepresented backgrounds. Project evaluation by external evaluators will determine whether the project meets its goals and whether the program can serve as a model for other institutions. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends 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.