Building Accessible Pathways for a Broad Workforce of Mathematics and Science Teachers

历史上的黑人学院和大学-本科生计划（HBCU-UP）支持旨在提高HBCU科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学生和教师的研究和教育能力的会议和研讨会。密苏里州的林肯大学与密苏里州-哥伦比亚大学合作，将举办一个研讨会，以解决STEM教师招聘、保留和缺乏多样性的问题。大学教师和管理人员，校长，督学和教师将参加为期两天的学生会议5月19日至20日，2021年在林肯大学。计划包括在必要时将会议改为虚拟形式。会议活动将以三个目标为指导：1）为数学和科学教师的在线替代认证计划提供结构和指导; 2）为替代认证计划制定多管齐下的招聘计划;和3）确定林肯大学和密苏里州大学之间关于数学和科学教师替代认证的可行研究合作颜色。会议将对林肯大学和密苏里州大学的数学和科学教育工作者之间的伙伴关系和合作产生重大影响。州代表以及各种学校和社区利益相关者参加会议可以在整个密苏里州产生更广泛的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) supports conferences and workshops that seek to increase the research and education capacity of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students and faculty at HBCUs. Lincoln University in Missouri, in partnership with the University of Missouri – Columbia, will hold a workshop to address issues of STEM teacher recruitment, retention, and lack of diversity. University faculty and administrators, principals, superintendents, and teachers will participate in the two-day student conference on May 19-20, 2021 at Lincoln University. Plans include changing the meeting to a virtual format, if needed. The conference activities will be guided by three goals: 1) to provide structure and guidance for an online alternative certification program for mathematics and science teachers; 2) to develop a multi-pronged recruitment plan for the alternative certification program; and 3) to identify a viable research collaboration between Lincoln University and the University of Missouri related to the alternative certification of mathematics and science teachers of color. The conference will have substantial impact on the partnership and collaborations between mathematics and science educators at Lincoln University and the University of Missouri. The inclusion of state representatives, as well as various school and community stakeholders, at the conference can lead to broader impacts across the state of Missouri.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.