Preparing Transformational Computer Science Teachers for High-need Urban Schools

该项目旨在满足国家对更多有资格教授计算机科学和残疾学生的教师的需求。该项目建议为STEM本科专业和对第二职业感兴趣的专业人员做好准备，使他们成为高素质的计算机科学中学教师，以及被确定为残疾学生的教师。该项目将为本科STEM学位第四年以及为期一年的艺术硕士课程的学生提供奖学金。该计划将为学者准备计算机科学教育和特殊教育的双重认证，因为他们获得了教学艺术硕士（MAT）学位。 这一新颖的教师培训项目将与纽约市学校建立合作伙伴关系，将这些新的、高素质的教师安置到高需求的学校，并在他们的第一年教学期间为他们提供支持。纽约大学的这一项目包括与纽约市公立学校的合作。项目目标包括：1）为所有学生，特别是那些被确定为有残疾的学生，提供关于招聘STEM专业和专业人员教授计算机科学的知识; 2）增加纽约市所有中学生获得计算机科学教学的机会; 3）支持和促进教师在计算机科学教学中的入职和留任。 该项目旨在培养30名新教师，分两批。 除了信息宣传，招聘活动还将包括与公立学校中学生的免费课外计算机科学研讨会，STEM本科生和专业人士将有机会与学生接触，并体验MAT计划支持的教学策略。该项目将汇集课程，解决一般问题的教学法，计算机科学教育，特殊教育，以及临床经验，在纽约市公立学校准备这些学者，以支持中学学习者在不同的城市环境。诺伊斯学者还将在第一年的教学中接受指导，形式是项目团队成员的观察，以及两个旨在支持计算机科学和特殊教育一年级中学教师的有偿专业发展研讨会。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。

This project aims to serve the national need for a greater number of teachers licensed to teach computer science and students with disabilities. The project proposes to prepare STEM undergraduate majors and professionals interested in a second career to become highly qualified secondary teachers of computer science, as well as teachers of students identified as having disabilities. The project will provide scholarships to students in the fourth year of their undergraduate STEM degree as well as during a one-year Master of Arts program. This program will prepare the Scholars for dual certification in both computer science education and special education, as they earn a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree. This novel teacher preparation program will work with established partnerships with New York City schools to place these new, highly qualified teachers into high need schools and support them during their first year of teaching.The project at New York University includes a partnership with the New York City Public Schools. Project goals include: 1) generating knowledge about recruiting STEM majors and professionals into teaching computer science for all students, and particularly those students identified as having disabilities; 2) increasing access to computer science instruction for all secondary students in New York City; and 3) supporting and promoting teacher induction and retention in computer science teaching. The project is designed to prepare thirty new teachers, in two cohorts. Beyond informational outreach, recruitment activities will also include free extracurricular computer science workshops with public school middle school students where STEM undergraduates and professionals will have opportunities to engage with students and experience pedagogical strategies supported in MAT program. The project will bring together coursework addressing general issues of pedagogy, computer science education, and special education, as well as clinical experiences in New York City public schools to prepare these Scholars to support secondary learners in the diverse urban settings. Noyce Scholars will also receive mentoring in their first year of teaching, in the form of observations from project team members, as well as two paid professional development workshops designed to support first year secondary teachers in computer science and special 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.