A Collaborative Approach to Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining STEM Teachers from Community College to University and Beyond

该项目旨在满足国家的需要，为高需求的学区培养多样化、高效、适应文化需求的中学科学和数学教师。为此，该项目将利用与Gateway社区学院的现有合作伙伴关系，并利用南康涅狄格州立大学几个办公室、中心和部门倡议的资源，招聘不同的教师候选人。作为这一项目的结果，至少30名本科生将成为高需求STEM领域的认证教师，包括化学、物理和数学。教师候选人将在他们的初中和高中获得奖学金支持，并将获得STEM学科的学士学位，以及在中学水平任教的证书。项目活动和支持将帮助这些诺伊斯学者学会使用学术和社会干预的综合系统来增加学生的STEM学习。该项目将通过与K-12学区的现有关系以及同行和教职员工的支持，帮助留住这些新教师。该项目的结果将为改进STEM教师招聘、准备和留用的国家模式提供参考。因此，该项目将有助于满足美国日益多样化的学生群体的迫切需求，特别是传统上服务不足的学生。南康涅狄格州立大学的这个项目包括与Gateway社区学院、三个当地高需求公立学校区(纽黑文、哈姆登和梅里登公立学校)和一个地区教育服务中心(合作教育服务)的合作伙伴关系。项目目标包括：开发转学和双重录取途径，以增加对更多样化的STEM教育专业本科生的招聘；通过协同支持网络满足该州的STEM教师队伍需求，以严格培养高效的STEM教师，并利用独特的大学-地区入职合作伙伴关系，支持和留住高教师流动率学校的新教师；以及建立每一项创新招聘、准备和保留计划的可扩展性，适用于全州和全国的其他两年制和四年制院校和高需求地区。战略项目活动包括合作的STEM和教育教师指导和建议，同行和校友指导，以及在STEM和教育领域的广泛实践经验。入职活动包括利用现有的全州培训计划，并增加通过该计划准备的导师教师的数量。项目成果将包括为在高需求地区有效招聘、培养和留住更多样化的STEM教师提供模式，以及知识对STEM教师教育领域的贡献。这个Track 1：奖学金和津贴项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(Noyce)提供支持。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人员成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富、模范的K-12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、保留率和有效性的研究。 该奖项反映了国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 diverse, highly effective, culturally responsive secondary science and math teachers for high-need school districts. To do so, the project will recruit diverse teacher candidates by leveraging an existing partnership with Gateway Community College and by using resources of several Southern Connecticut State University offices, centers, and departmental initiatives. As a result of this project, at least 30 undergraduates will become certified teachers in high-demand STEM areas, including chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Teacher candidates will receive scholarship support in their junior and senior years and will earn a baccalaureate degree in a STEM discipline, as well as certification to teach at the secondary level. The project activities and supports will help these Noyce Scholars learn to use an integrated system of academic and social interventions to increase their students’ STEM learning. The project will assist in retaining these new teachers via existing relationships with K-12 school districts and through peer and faculty support. Results of the project will inform national models for improving STEM teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention. As a result, the project will help to meet the vital need of serving the nation’s increasingly diverse student population as a whole and traditionally underserved students in particular.This project at Southern Connecticut State University includes partnerships with Gateway Community College, three local high-need public school districts (New Haven, Hamden, and Meriden Public Schools), and one regional education service center (Cooperative Educational Services). Project goals include: developing transfer and dual-admission pathways that will increase recruitment of a more diverse pool of undergraduate STEM education majors into teaching; addressing the STEM teacher workforce needs of the state through a synergistic web of support to rigorously prepare highly effective STEM teachers, and by utilizing a unique university-district induction partnership to support and retain new teachers in high teacher turnover schools; and establishing the scalability of each of these innovative recruitment, preparation, and retention initiatives for other two- and four-year institutions and high-need districts both statewide and nationally. Strategic program activities include collaborative STEM and education faculty mentorship and advising, peer and alumni mentoring, and extensive practical experiences in both STEM and education fields. Induction activities include leveraging the pre-existing statewide training program and increasing the number of mentor teachers prepared through this program. Project outcomes will include the generation of models for the effective recruitment, preparation, and retention of more diverse STEM teachers in high-need districts, and the contribution of knowledge to the field of STEM teacher 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 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.