Recruiting and Preparing Undergraduate Mathematics Majors for Teaching Careers in Urban High Need Schools

该项目旨在服务于国家增加城市高需求学校高素质初中和高中数学教师的需要。为了做到这一点，该项目将招募不同的数学专业的学生加入大学的教学认证计划。它将帮助这些未来的教师发展数学知识，以及城市学校数学教学实践中的技能。当他们在高需求学校服务时，新教师将获得资源、支持和激励，以帮助他们成功并坚持教学生涯。这些高技能的数学教师可以帮助提高初中生和高中生的数学技能，帮助确保学生为STEM职业生涯奠定基础。奥特宾大学的这个为期五年的项目包括与俄亥俄州中部的哥伦布市学校合作，哥伦布市学校是俄亥俄州最大的公立学区。项目目标包括：(1)招聘、留住和毕业20名同时获得青壮年教师教学许可证的数学本科专业学生；(2)实施学术计划，支持职前数学教师在高需求的城市环境中使用基于研究的教学方法获得成就；(3)为高需求的城市学校的新数学教师提供入职支持，以促进教师的成功和留住；以及(4)通过对项目干预措施的严格评估和评估，促进职前教师准备的知识库。项目团队将对研究问题进行调查：为期五天的密集城市教学研讨会和参与专业学习社区对职前教学考生的知识、认知、兴趣和态度有何影响？这项研究的发现有助于建立关于吸引STEM学生从事教学的因素的知识库，以及为高需求的城市学校准备教师候选人的有效方法。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NSF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 increasing the number of highly qualified middle and high school mathematics teachers in urban, high-need schools. To do so, the project will recruit diverse mathematics majors into the University’s teaching certification program. It will help these future teachers develop mathematics knowledge, as well as skills in math-specific teaching practices for urban schools. As they serve in high need schools, the new teachers will receive resources, support, and incentives to help them succeed and persist in a teaching career. These highly skilled mathematics teachers can help improve the mathematics skills of middle and high school students, helping to ensure the students build a foundation for STEM careers. This five-year project at Otterbein University includes a partnership central Ohio’s Columbus City Schools, Ohio’s largest public school district. Project goals include: (1) Recruit, retain, and graduate 20 mathematics undergraduate majors who also earn an Adolescent to Young Adult Teaching Licensure; (2) Implement academic programs to support pre-service mathematics teachers to use research-based pedagogies for achievement in high-need, urban settings; (3) Provide induction support for new mathematics teachers in high-need, urban schools to foster teacher success and retention; and (4) Advance the knowledge base for pre-service teacher preparation through rigorous assessment and evaluation of project interventions. The project team will investigate the research question: “What is the impact of a five-day, intensive urban teaching workshop and participation in a professional learning community on knowledge, perception, interest, and attitudes of pre-service teaching candidates?” The findings from this research can contribute to the knowledge base regarding factors that attract STEM students to teaching and effective methods to prepare teacher candidates for high-need urban schools. 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.