Building Capacity for Recruiting and Effectively Preparing Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science Teachers for Urban, High-Need Schools

该项目旨在满足国家能力建设的需要，以培养高素质的数学、科学和计算机科学教师。通过教育伙伴关系，该项目的目标是修订和开发课程，为未来的数学、科学和计算机科学教师做准备。此外，本项目还建议完善城市公立学校未来教师的招聘、教育和留住途径。这将通过了解城市环境下当地对数学、科学和计算机科学教师的需求来实现，包括了解如何改进教师培训计划以满足这些需求。这一能力建设项目预计将为今后准备和提交罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划提案奠定基础。德克萨斯卫斯理大学(TWU)是一所私立的本科生为主的大学，该项目包括与塔兰特县学院区(一个开放访问的社区大学区)、沃斯堡独立学区(一个高需求学区)、领导力学院网络(一个社区组织)和德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校(一所公立研究型大学)的合作。项目目标是(1)加强现有的数学和科学教师认证课程，并在东华大学开发一个新的7-12年级计算机科学教师认证课程；(2)加强和扩大与沃斯堡K-12和中学后教育机构的伙伴关系，重点是STEM教师的招聘、准备和保留；以及(3)建立、维持和扩大以沃斯堡为基础的社区STEM外联伙伴关系。为了实现这些目标，该项目将利用广泛的需求评估目录来促进知识，提高STEM教师的效率，加强基础设施，并为代表不足的人群进行宣传。该项目将建立一条从城市学区招聘未来STEM教师进入两年制和四年制院校的最佳做法，目标是将这些学生作为高素质的STEM教师返回城市学区。这样，该项目将为教师准备工作创造一个积极的反馈循环。此外，该项目旨在研究领导力学院网络模式，这是一所公立特许学校，作为对STEM教育感兴趣的一年级和二年级本科生进行早期实地体验的教学实验室。该能力建设项目由罗伯特·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教师的有效性和留住的研究。这一奖项反映了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。

The project aims to serve the national need of building capacity for the purpose of preparing high-quality teachers in mathematics, science, and computer science. Through an educational partnership, the goal of this project is to revise and develop curricula for preparing future teachers of mathematics, science, and computer science. In addition, this project proposes to improve the pathway for the recruitment, education, and retention of those future teachers in urban public schools. This will be accomplished by understanding the local needs for mathematics, science, and computer science teachers in urban settings, including understanding how to improve teacher preparation programs to meet such needs. This Capacity Building project is expected to lay the groundwork for the future preparation and submission of a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program proposal. This project at Texas Wesleyan University (TWU), a private primarily undergraduate serving university, includes partnerships with Tarrant County College District, an open-access community college district; the Fort Worth Independent School District, a high-need school district; Leadership Academy Network, a community-based organization; and the University of Texas at Arlington, a public research university. Project goals are to (1) strengthen the existing mathematics and science teacher certification tracks and develop a new Grade 7-12 computer science teacher certification track at TWU; (2) strengthen and expand partnerships with Fort Worth K-12 and postsecondary institutions, with an intentional focus on the recruitment, preparation, and retention of STEM teachers; and (3) establish, maintain, and expand Fort Worth community-based STEM outreach partnerships. To accomplish these goals, this project will utilize an extensive catalog of needs assessments to advance knowledge, increase STEM teacher effectiveness, enhance infrastructure, and advocate for underrepresented populations. This project will build an understanding of best practices for building a pathway for recruiting future STEM teachers from urban school districts into two-year and four-year institutions, with the goal of returning these students to the urban school districts as highly qualified STEM teachers. In this way, the project will create a positive feedback loop for teacher preparation. Additionally, this project seeks to examine the Leadership Academy Network model, a public charter school, as a teaching laboratory for early field experiences with first- and second-year undergraduate students who have interests in STEM education. 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 teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the effectiveness and retention 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.