Building Capacity for Recruiting STEM Undergraduates for Lifelong Teaching in Illinois

该项目旨在满足地区和国家对更多高素质STEM教师的需求，这些教师可以教授不同的学生群体。全国许多地区都面临着STEM教师日益短缺的问题。此外，许多在职STEM教师缺乏解决学生独特经历和潜力所需的培训。该项目旨在通过加强与三所地区社区学院的关系，为未来的Noyce Track 1提案建立框架。一个关键目标是制定一项计划，将STEM教学课程整合到面向高中生的暑期STEM学院中。该学院旨在激发高中学生对数学和科学的兴趣和能力。该学院向所有学生开放，重点是包括来自代表性不足群体的学生。该项目还打算制定方法，将文化反应教学法纳入埃尔姆赫斯特学院的科学和教育课程。这些修订有望提高STEM教育毕业生的社会文化理解以及科学和数学素养。埃尔姆赫斯特学院的这个项目包括与两家高需求的当地教育机构（芬顿100和莱顿212）和三家社区学院合作伙伴（杜佩奇学院、哈珀社区学院和特里顿学院）的合作。所有合作伙伴都位于埃尔姆赫斯特学院附近，并将帮助确定教师和教授参加文化响应教学法研讨会。项目的一个主要目标是收集数据，以确定应采用哪些策略将文化响应教学法和内容领域素养纳入K-12和中学以上的课堂。其他项目目标包括加强社区大学合作关系，开发学位地图，规划桥梁项目。评价计划将调查项目活动的效力。项目成果将在区域和国家会议上发布，如2021年芝加哥大都会数学俱乐部会议和2021年美国国家科学教师协会STEM论坛博览会。该能力建设项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目（诺伊斯）支持。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 regional and national need for more STEM teachers who are highly qualified to teach diverse student populations. Many regions across the country are experiencing a growing shortage of STEM teachers. In addition, many in-service STEM teachers lack the training needed to address the unique experiences and potentials of their students. This project intends to establish the framework for a future Noyce Track 1 proposal by strengthening relationships with three area community colleges. A key goal is to develop a plan for integrating curriculum about STEM teaching into the Summer STEM Academy for high school students. This Academy is designed to stimulate high school students’ interest and abilities in mathematics and science. The Academy is open to all students, with an emphasis on including students from underrepresented groups. The project also intends to develop methods to incorporate culturally responsive pedagogy in both science and education courses at Elmhurst College. These revisions are expected to improve both socio-cultural understanding and scientific and mathematics literacies of STEM education graduates. This project at Elmhurst College includes partnerships with two high-needs local education agencies (Fenton 100 and Leyden 212) and three community college partners (the College of DuPage, Harper Community College, and Triton College). All partners are located close to Elmhurst College and will help identify teachers and professors to participate in the culturally-responsive pedagogy workshops. A major project goal is to collect data to inform which strategies should be used to integrate culturally responsive pedagogy and content area literacies into both K-12 and post-secondary classrooms. Other project goals include fortifying community college partnerships, developing degree maps, and planning for a bridge program. The evaluation plan will investigate the efficacy of project activities. Project outcomes will be disseminated at regional and national conferences such as the 2021 Conference of the Metropolitan Mathematics Club of Chicago and the 2021 National Science Teachers Association STEM Forum & Expo. This Capacity Building 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.