Equipping Future STEM Teachers for Nashville Schools

该项目旨在满足国家培养高质量STEM教师的需求。它将通过招募本科STEM专业的学生进入生物，化学，数学和物理的STEM教学职业，并支持他们成为认证教师来实现这一目标。招聘活动力求包括社区大学转学生，并通过外联活动提供了解高需求学校的机会。 该项目旨在帮助学生制定战略，在高需求学校成功担任教师，并在教学中有长期的职业生涯。 为了实现这一目标，该项目将为学生提供在高需求学校的多种监督教学经验，以及提供来自导师教师的持续支持。大卫利普斯科姆大学的这个项目包括与大都会纳什维尔公立学校的正式合作。该项目旨在支持24名辅修师范教育的本科生，主修生物、化学、土木工程、电气工程、数学、机械工程或物理。 财政和其他支持将使这些学者获得认证，并成为高需求学校的高素质STEM教师。项目活动包括非正式聚会和外展活动，每年为期一周的夏季计划，以及一个新的研讨会系列侧重于文化上的反应教学。 这些活动旨在支持学者专业学习社区的发展。重点辅导将提供给学者，以确保充分准备执照考试。 该项目的成功评估将利用国家教师质量指标以及定性数据，如现场笔记，文件分析和采访有关使用文化敏感的教学实践。这个轨道1：奖学金和津贴项目是通过罗伯特诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）的支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师和经验丰富的模范K-12 STEM教师，成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

The project aims to serve the national need of preparing high-quality STEM teachers. It will do so by recruiting undergraduate STEM majors into STEM teaching careers in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics and supporting them as they become certified teachers. Recruiting activities seek to include community college transfer students and feature opportunities to learn about high-need schools through outreach activities. The project intends to help students develop strategies to succeed as teachers in high-need schools and to have a long-term career in teaching. To accomplish this goal, the project will provide students with multiple supervised teaching experiences in high need schools, as well as providing ongoing support from mentor teachers. This project at David Lipscomb University includes a formal partnership with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. The project seeks to support 24 undergraduates minoring in teacher education and majoring in biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, or physics. The financial and other supports will enable these Scholars to achieve certification and become highly qualified STEM teachers in high-need schools. Project activities include informal gatherings and outreach events, an annual week-long summer program, and a new seminar series focused on culturally responsive teaching. These activities are intended to support the development of a professional learning community of Scholars. Focused tutoring will be available to Scholars to ensure adequate preparation for licensure examinations. Evaluation of the project’s success will leverage state teacher quality metrics as well as qualitative data such as field notes, document analysis, and interviews regarding the use of culturally responsive teaching practices. 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.