Idaho Making Progress Against Critical Teacher Shortages

该项目旨在满足国家培养和留住高素质中学科学、技术、工程和数学教师的需要，特别是在农村地区。该项目以爱达荷州东南部为中心，将评估学生对STEM教育事业的看法和感知障碍。该项目还将致力于为潜在的STEM教育工作者开发一种基于研究的，高效的，负担得起的途径，使其成为并继续成为高需求学校的有效K-12教师。爱达荷州大约25%的收入来自科技。投资STEM教育和建立当地劳动力对该州有明显的经济影响。通过使用数据，该团队将开发更有效的STEM教学方法，提高STEM教育学生的招聘和保留率，最终目标是改善整个地区学校的STEM教学。爱达荷州州立大学（ISU）的这个项目包括与南爱达荷州学院以及波卡泰洛、美洲瀑布和肖肖尼-班诺克学区的合作。项目目标包括通过数据收集和分析确定当地学区在招聘，保留和支持中学STEM教师方面的需求，重点关注服务不足的农村人口，包括西班牙裔和美洲原住民人口。这些信息将揭示STEM教育者短缺的可能原因和影响。该项目的结果将为轨道1奠定基础：奖学金和津贴提案，该提案将简化和现代化ISU STEM教育计划，并对爱达荷州和该地区现有的高质量STEM教育工作者的数量产生积极影响。爱达荷州东南部和山间西部地区在多样性和地理上是独一无二的，但从这个项目中吸取的经验教训可以推广到其他农村地区，包括那些美洲原住民和西班牙裔人口较多的地区以及那些受贫困影响的地区。这个能力建设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。

This project aims to serve the national need for preparing and retaining highly qualified secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers, particularly in rural areas. Centered in southeastern Idaho, this project will assess student perceptions and perceived barriers to STEM education careers. The project will also work to develop a research-based, efficient, and affordable pathway for potential STEM educators to become and continue as effective K-12 teachers in high-need schools. Roughly 25% of Idaho’s revenue comes from science and technology. Investing in STEM education and building a local workforce has clear economic implications for the state. Through the use of data, the team will develop more effective approaches to STEM teaching and improve recruitment and retention of STEM education students with the ultimate goal of improving STEM instruction in schools throughout the region.This project at Idaho State University (ISU) includes partnerships with the College of Southern Idaho, as well as Pocatello, American Falls, and Shoshone-Bannock School Districts. Project goals include determining local school district needs in recruiting, retaining, and supporting secondary STEM teachers through data collection and analysis, focusing on underserved rural populations including Hispanic and Native American populations. This information will shed light on possible causes of and influences on the STEM educator shortage. Results from this project will lay the foundation for a Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends proposal that will streamline and modernize ISU STEM education programs and positively impact the quantity of available high-quality STEM educators in Idaho and the region. Southeastern Idaho and the Intermountain West regions are unique in diversity and geography but the lessons learned from this project could be extrapolated to other rural areas, including those with higher Native American and Hispanic populations and those impacted by elevated poverty. 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.