Building Capacity to Improve Pathways for Students Pursuing Careers in Secondary STEM Education

该项目旨在满足国家为高需求学校培养高素质中等STEM教师的需要。该项目将确定本科生从事中等STEM教学工作的障碍，特别是在宾夕法尼亚州。这些障碍将通过学生访谈、焦点小组、调查和机构数据来确定。此外，该项目将把STEM和教育教职员工聚集在工作组中，以了解这些障碍。教职员工将制定行动计划，以改善学术途径，并增加STEM学生在该地区从事中学教师职业生涯的人数。宾夕法尼亚州米尔斯维尔大学的这个项目包括STEM与该机构教育教师之间的伙伴关系。拟议的努力是为了应对最近STEM教育途径学生毕业率的下降。该项目将创建一个教师咨询委员会，该委员会将指导教师、顾问和其他利益相关者之间的活动，以评估和解决学生在追求STEM教学生涯方面的公认障碍。该项目将通过访谈和焦点小组收集大学STEM学生的数据。此外，该项目还将召开为期两天的“所有实践”论坛，让教师分析收集到的数据并设计行动计划，以改善STEM教育，从而促进教师职业生涯的发展。评估将由一位对当地背景有洞察力的教育心理学家进行。该项目的成果可以为未来的Noyce Track 1提案提供基础基础。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。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，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 for developing highly qualified secondary STEM teachers for high-need schools. The project will identify barriers to undergraduate STEM students pursuing secondary STEM teaching careers, specifically in Pennsylvania. These barriers will be identified through student interviews, focus groups, surveys, and institutional data. Additionally, the project will bring together STEM and education faculty in working groups to understand these barriers. Faculty will develop action plans to improve academic pathways and increase numbers of STEM students pursuing secondary teaching careers in the region.This project at Millersville University in Pennsylvania includes partnerships between STEM and education faculty at the institution. The proposed efforts are in response to recent declines in student completion of STEM education pathways. The project will create a Faculty Advisory Council that will guide activities among faculty, advisors, and other stakeholders to assess and address students' perceived barriers to pursuing STEM teaching careers. The project will gather data from university STEM students through interviews and focus groups. Additionally, the project will convene a 2-day “All Hands-On” forum, which will engage faculty in the analysis of gathered data and the design of action plans to improve STEM education leading to teaching careers. Evaluation will be conducted by an educational psychologist with local insight into the context. Outcomes from this project could provide foundational groundwork for a future Noyce Track 1 proposal. 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 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.