Leveraging Partnerships to Increase the Number of Highly Qualified Mathematics and Computer Science Teachers

该项目旨在建设能力，为高需求的学校和学区培养高质量的STEM教师，这是国家的一项关键需求。随着国家扩大其STEM计划以满足劳动力需求，对更多高素质STEM教师的需求也在扩大。为了满足这一需求，该项目将确定战略，以增加高素质的数学和计算机科学教师的数量，并制定一个最好的实现这一目标的途径。具体而言，该项目打算开发一个STEM硕士学位课程，专注于STEM教育，从而获得教师认证。项目活动将包括设计新的STEM教育研究生课程，并修改该机构的数学和计算机科学硕士学位课程。该项目旨在期望新创建的学位课程将增加高需求学区的高素质STEM教师数量，从而丰富这些地区学生的STEM教育。该项目包括田纳西大学查塔努加分校、汉密尔顿县学校和公共教育基金会（一个专门从事STEM教师专业发展的当地非营利组织）之间的伙伴关系。这种伙伴关系将有助于项目的成功，因为设计满足每个伙伴需要的方案活动可能会提高项目将产生的教师领导人的质量。项目目标包括：（a）加强该大学STEM系和教师、汉密尔顿县学校管理部门和教师以及公共教育基金会之间现有的战略伙伴关系;（B）设计STEM教育研究生课程;（c）修订数学和计算机科学硕士学位课程，以获得教师认证;以及（d）为项目参与者设计持续的专业发展。所有的设计和规划都将以研究为基础的实践为基础，并根据教师领导文献中记录的当前从业者建议进行开发。 例如，该项目将遵循14个月的居住计划的建议。这项合作包括高等教育、当地教育机构、非营利组织和行业，将向所有利益相关者传播有关该计划的信息。这个能力建设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 build capacity to prepare high-quality STEM teachers for high-need schools and school districts, a critical national need. As the nation expands its STEM initiatives to meet workforce demands, the need is also expanding for more, highly qualified STEM teachers. To address this need, the project will identify strategies to increase the number of highly qualified mathematics and computer science teachers, and develop a pathway to best accomplish this goal. Specifically, the project intends to develop a STEM master's degree program with a concentration in STEM Education, which leads to teacher certification. Project activities will include designing new STEM education graduate courses and revising the institution’s mathematics and computer science master's degree programs. This project aims expects that the newly created degree programs will increase the number of highly qualified STEM teachers in high-need school districts, thus enriching the STEM education of students in these districts. This project includes partnerships between the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Hamilton County Schools, and the Public Education Foundation, a local non-profit organization that specializes in STEM teacher professional development. Such partnerships will support the project’s success, since designing program activities that meet the needs of each partner is likely to enhance the quality of the teacher leaders that the project will produce. Project goals include: (a) strengthening existing strategic partnerships among STEM departments and faculty at the University, Hamilton County School administration and teachers, and Public Education Foundation; (b) designing STEM Education graduate courses; (c) revising master’s degree programs in mathematics and computer science programs that will lead to teacher certification; and (d) designing ongoing professional development for project participants. All design and planning will be grounded in research-based practices and developed in accordance with current practitioner recommendations documented in the teacher leadership literature. For example, the project will follow recommendations for a 14-month residency program. This collaboration, which includes higher education, a local educational agency, a nonprofit, and industry, will disseminate information about the program to all stakeholders. 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.