Western Regional Noyce Network

该项目旨在满足国家的需要，支持STEM教师作为合作者，促进教学和学习，并坚持从事教师职业。新冠肺炎疫情加剧了全国教师短缺的局面，STEM是最难填补的教师职位之一。公平差距进一步扩大，教师的多样性还不能反映学生群体的多样性。与此同时，对教师内容和教学知识的期望也有所提高。在这种背景下，罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的目标从未像现在这样紧迫。虽然每个拥有NOYCE项目的机构都各自努力招聘、准备和留住STEM教师，但该项目支持一个更大的社区，共同努力加强和扩大努力，提高NOYCE获得者的准备质量，同时加强他们对教师职业生涯的承诺。该项目被称为西部地区诺伊斯网络(WRNN)，该项目建立在为诺伊斯接受者和诺伊斯项目领导人培养社区和支持的持续努力的成功基础上。具体地说，为了激励教师坚持并在教师职业中茁壮成长，该项目旨在扩大NOYCE获奖者，特别是当前获奖者和应届毕业生的参与，并通过有明确网络目标的有目的的活动来加强他们的社区联系。项目活动包括(1)年度会议，(2)专业发展项目，(3)与专业协会主办的全州教育工作者会议有关的区域联网，(4)开发在线学习社区，以及(5)强有力的形成性和影响力评估。这个WRNN项目整合了美国西部14个州地区的13个机构的努力。合作机构是：俄勒冈大学(牵头)，以及按字母顺序排列的加州理工州立大学、加州州立大学、弗雷斯诺、加州州立大学、北岭大学、加州州立大学、萨克拉门托、太平洋大学、行星科学研究所、莱斯大学、圣地亚哥州立大学、旧金山州立大学、波特兰大学、德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校、怀俄明大学。它旨在扩大诺伊斯项目及其学者和研究员的参与，促进专业网络，促进诺伊斯项目接受者和项目负责人之间的思想交流，并促进专业发展。WRNN预计将在三个年度会议上为大约900名参与者提供服务，总共吸引450名参与者参与专业发展机会，支持另外665名参与者参加区域网络活动，在线学习社区将向数千人开放。将探讨的问题集中在审查诺伊斯学者/研究员和校友因WRNN活动而发展的网络以及这些网络所带来的好处。各种形式的专业发展允许探索面对面和虚拟活动的负担和限制。通过在所有活动中推广网络，并提供有针对性的活动来满足Noyce教师确定的需求和兴趣，该地区高需求学校的数十万学生将在该项目结束后受益于高度准备和人脉广泛的STEM教师。本次诺伊斯会议项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目(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 supporting STEM teachers as collaborators towards advancing teaching and learning and persisting in the teaching profession. The national teacher shortage was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with STEM teaching positions among the hardest to fill. Equity gaps have worsened, and teacher diversity does not come near to reflecting the diversity of the student population. Meanwhile, expectations for teachers’ content and pedagogical knowledge have increased. Given this context, the goals of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program have never been more urgent. While each institution with a Noyce project works individually to recruit, prepare, and retain STEM teachers, this project supports a larger community that works collectively to enhance and magnify efforts to increase the quality preparation of Noyce recipients while reinforcing their commitment to teaching careers. Known as the Western Regional Noyce Network (WRNN), this project builds on the success of ongoing efforts to foster community and support for Noyce recipients and Noyce project leaders. Specifically, in order to motivate teachers to persist and thrive in the teaching profession, this project aims to expand the involvement of Noyce recipients, especially current recipients and recent graduates, and to strengthen their community ties through purposeful activities designed with explicit networking goals. Project activities include (1) annual conferences, (2) professional development offerings, (3) regional networking associated with statewide educator conferences hosted by professional societies, (4) development of an online learning community, and (5) robust formative and impact evaluation. This WRNN project integrates the efforts of 13 institutions across a 14-state region of the western United States. The collaborating institutions are: the University of Oregon (lead) and, alphabetically, California Polytechnic State University, California State University, Fresno, California State University, Northridge, California State University, Sacramento, Pacific University, Planetary Science Institute, Rice University, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, University of Portland, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Wyoming. It is designed to expand involvement by Noyce projects and their Scholars and Fellows, promote professional networking, foster exchange of ideas among Noyce recipients and program leaders, and facilitate professional development. The WRNN expects to serve approximately 900 participants over three annual conferences, to engage 450 participants in aggregate in professional development opportunities, to support another 665 participants in regional networking events, and the online learning community will be open to thousands. Questions that will be explored center on examining the networks that Noyce Scholars/Fellows and alumni develop as a result of WRNN activities and the benefits that these networks confer. Varied formats of professional development allow for exploration of affordances and constraints of in-person and virtual activities. By promoting networking throughout all activities and offering targeted activities that address identified needs and interests of Noyce teachers, hundreds of thousands of students in high-need schools across the region will benefit beyond the lifetime of this project from highly prepared and well-connected STEM teachers. This Noyce conference 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.