Enhancement of Mathematics And Science Teachers in Rural Schools

该项目旨在满足国家为农村社区培养高质量STEM教师的需求。该项目的目标是吸引本科生从事生物学，化学，数学和物理学的STEM教学职业。 它将为这些有前途的未来教师提供奖学金，并将他们培养成为农村学校的高素质教师。教师和校友的指导将为未来的教师在开始教学生涯之前和之后提供支持。通过在农村学区的推广和指导，该项目旨在为优秀的STEM教学建立广泛的支持网络。该项目将与拥有大量美洲原住民学生的学区建立联系。通过虚拟指导，在线专业网络和年度校友会议，该项目旨在在农村STEM教师中创建社区，以便他们继续教学。南达科他州州立大学的这个项目包括与弗兰德罗学区、布鲁金斯学区和南达科他州教育部的合作。该项目旨在帮助22名生物、化学、数学或物理专业的本科生获得中学教师资格证书，并成为高素质的STEM教师。较长期的目标是通过让在农村学校服务的校友参与持续的支持和指导，增强他们的教学影响力和持久性。该项目的招聘工作包括在弗兰德罗学区的活动，这是在弗兰德罗桑蒂部落土地。该项目的设计是由早期职业教师弹性框架。研究活动旨在使用这个框架，社会网络分析和调查数据，以了解项目元素在创建一个有弹性的教师谁留在职业社区的作用。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 of preparing high-quality STEM teachers for rural communities. The goal of this project is to attract undergraduate students to STEM teaching careers in biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics. It will award these promising future teachers with scholarships and educate them to become highly competent teachers in rural schools. Mentoring by faculty and alumni will provide the future teachers with support before and after they start their teaching careers. Through outreach and mentoring in rural school districts, the project seeks to create a wide network of support for excellent STEM teaching. The project will connect with school districts that have a substantial number of Native American students. Through virtual mentoring, online professional networking, and an annual alumni conference, the project intends create community among rural STEM teachers so that they stay in teaching. This project at South Dakota State University includes partnerships with Flandreau School District, Brookings School District, and the South Dakota Department of Education. The project seeks to prepare and support 22 undergraduates majoring in biology, chemistry, mathematics, or physics to achieve secondary teacher certification and become highly qualified STEM teachers. The longer-term goal is to enhance the teaching impact and persistence of alumni serving in rural schools by including them in ongoing support and mentoring. The project's recruiting efforts include activities in the Flandreau School District, which is on the Flandreau-Santee Tribal Lands. The project design is informed by the Early Career Teacher Resilience Framework. Research activities aim to use this framework, social network analysis, and survey data to understand the role of project elements in creating a resilient community of teachers who stay in the profession. 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.