Transforming Effective Educators of Mathematics and Science in Southeast Virginia

该项目旨在满足国家培养高效数学和科学教师的需要。教育和支持未来的教师，提高他们在中等STEM教育队伍中的保留率是该项目的核心重点。参与的准教师将参加一系列活动，为成为有效的教育工作者做准备。项目活动将包括STEM实习，在学生群体多样化的高需求学区的实地工作，面试和就业安置援助，内容领域支持，教学和内容领域考试的准备，以及教育和STEM教师有目的的建议和指导。该项目的入门课程将提供在线模块，夏季研讨会，以及大师级教师的观察和指导。这些活动有可能通过纳入重点关注课堂管理的有针对性的支持，解决高需求公立学校的教师流动问题，具有文化敏感性的教学战略和国家内容标准。项目成果将满足弗吉尼亚州东南部和全国范围内对合格的STEM中学教育工作者的迫切需求。弗吉尼亚卫斯理大学（VWU）的这个项目与朴茨茅斯公立学校（PPS）合作。项目目标包括：（1）招聘和毕业15名中学STEM教育工作者，他们拥有数学，化学，生物学或地球科学的教学许可证;（2）增加VWU STEM和教育毕业生的多样性;（3）为未来的教师提供文化能力和文化敏感的课程所需的准备。参与的潜在教育工作者将获得长达三年的奖学金支持，两年作为本科生，同时完成STEM学士学位，并在完成中学教师认证期间获得研究生阶段的第三年支持。该项目将衡量招聘活动，PPS实习和VWU KEEP计划（旨在减少教师流动率的3年入职计划）以及其他项目组成部分的有效性和影响。招聘活动旨在教育PPS，当地社区学院和VWU的学生了解STEM教学的好处和可用的机会。该项目的成果将在当地和STEM教育社区传播。这个轨道1：奖学金和津贴项目是通过罗伯特诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）的支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师和经验丰富的模范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，并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，被认为值得支持。

The project aims to serve the national need of developing highly effective mathematics and science teachers. Educating and supporting prospective teachers and improving their retention in the secondary STEM education workforce are central foci of the project. Participating prospective teachers will engage in a range of activities for preparation as effective educators. Project activities will include STEM internships, field work in high-need school districts with diverse student populations, interview and job placement assistance, content area support, preparation for teaching and content area exams, and purposeful advising and mentoring from education and STEM faculty. The project’s induction program will provide online modules, a summer workshop, and observation and coaching from master teachers. These activities have potential to address teacher turnover in high-need public schools through inclusion of targeted supports focused on classroom management, culturally responsive teaching strategies, and state content standards. Project outcomes will respond to the critical need for well-qualified STEM secondary educators in southeast Virginia and nationwide.This project at Virginia Wesleyan University (VWU) is in partnership with the Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS). Project goals include (1) recruiting and graduating fifteen secondary STEM educators with teaching licensure in mathematics, chemistry, biology, or earth science; (2) increasing the diversity of VWU’s STEM and education graduates; and (3) providing prospective teachers with needed preparation in cultural competence and culturally responsive pedagogies. Participating prospective educators will receive up to three years of scholarship support, two years as an undergraduate while the STEM baccalaureate degree is completed and a third year of support at the graduate level during completion of secondary teacher certification. The project will measure the efficacy and impact of recruitment activities, internships at PPS, and the VWU KEEP Program, a 3-year induction program designed to reduce teacher turnover, as well as other project components. Recruitment activities are designed to educate students at PPS, local community colleges, and VWU about the benefits of STEM teaching and the opportunities available. Results from the project will be disseminated locally and to STEM education communities. 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 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.