Building STEM Teachers' Capacity to Create Authentic and Original Classroom Experiences

该项目旨在满足全国对高需求学区高素质STEM教师的需求。为了实现这一目标，它打算招收STEM专业的学生，并在他们获得STEM学位以及中学数学或科学教学认证时为他们提供经济和其他支持。该项目将利用该大学不断增长的拉美裔本科生人数来增加该地区拉美裔STEM中学教师的数量。该项目将建立在现有的教育和STEM学位课程的基础上，强调“做STEM和教授STEM”，这是一种旨在创造真实的数学和科学课堂体验的方法。这一努力将包括创建教育倡议，该倡议将与诺伊斯学者组织和教职员工合作，开发多媒体STEM教学材料，用于学者的实地实习和在职教学。考德威尔大学的这一项目包括与帕塞克市和克利夫顿公立学校以及两所社区学院--联合县学院和帕塞克县社区学院--的合作。项目目标包括招募和支持四个群体中21个合格的生物、化学或数学专业的学生。这些学者将获得这些学科的学士学位，以及科学或数学方面的中级教师资格证书。该计划旨在通过在高需求地区提供实地经验，随后对新近毕业的教师进行在职观察，以及为校友和实习教师创建社交网络来支持诺伊斯学者。该计划的Create to Education部分将使Noyce Scholars与考德威尔大学的教职员工合作，开发一套多媒体STEM教学材料，供学者的现场实习和在职教学使用。更广泛地说，项目团队将调查学者们如何利用教学时间在课堂上强调和练习STEM，因为他们从任职前的专业实践发展到在职专业实践。学者和他们的教师导师将有机会在咨询会议期间讨论挑战、战略和进展。这些讨论中出现的主题将为今后招聘、支持和留住在STEM中学教育中寻求职业生涯的本科生提供参考。这个Track 1：奖学金和津贴项目由罗伯特·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 high-quality STEM teachers in high-need school districts. To accomplish this goal, it intends to recruit STEM majors and provide them with financial and other supports as they earn their STEM degree as well as certification in secondary mathematics or science teaching. The project will leverage the University's growing population of Hispanic undergraduate students to increase the number of Hispanic STEM secondary teachers in the region. The project will build upon existing education and STEM degree programs and emphasize “Doing and Teaching STEM,” an approach that is designed to create authentic classroom experiences in math and science. This effort will include the Create to Educate initiative, which will partner the Noyce Scholars with faculty members to develop multimedia STEM instructional materials to use during the Scholars’ field placements and in-service teaching.This project at Caldwell University includes partnerships with Passaic City and Clifton Public Schools and with two community colleges, Union County College and Passaic County Community College. Project goals include recruiting and supporting 21 qualified Biology, Chemistry, or Mathematics majors across four cohorts. These Scholars will advance to receive baccalaureate degrees in these disciplines, as well as secondary teacher certification in science or mathematics. The program is designed to support its Noyce Scholars by providing field experiences in high-need districts, followed by in-service observations of recently graduated teachers, and by creating a social network for alumni and practicing teachers. The Create to Educate portion of the program will engage Noyce Scholars in collaborations with Caldwell University faculty members to develop a portfolio of multimedia STEM instructional materials for use during a Scholar's field placements and in-service teaching. More broadly, the project team will investigate how the Scholars use instructional time to emphasize and practice STEM in their classrooms as they progress from pre-service to in-service professional practice. Scholars and their faculty mentors will have opportunities to discuss challenges, strategies, and progress during advising sessions. The themes that emerge from these discussions will inform future efforts to recruit, support, and retain undergraduates pursuing a career in STEM secondary education. 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.