The Mathematics Master Teacher Leadership Project

该项目将满足国家对培养高素质数学教师的需求，这些教师能够有效地帮助所有学生取得成功。为此，该项目将培养一支经验丰富的模范教师领导干部队伍，成为高需求学校的主要教学研究员。这位干部将扩大“GOTMath”的努力，这是一个目前的Noyce项目，正在为参加该大学的数学教师教育计划的不同社区学院的学生做准备。特别是，新的MTF将成为“GOTMath”学生学者的优秀导师，因为后者获得了STEM学士学位，并成为该地区高需求学校的新教师。硕士教学研究员将参与一项以研究为基础的领导倡议，该倡议旨在发展研究员的能力，通过提供包容性的数学经验，为不同的学生群体提供更多的机会。领导力倡议将帮助研究员成为未来的学校领导者，他们可以指导经验较少的教师变得更有效。硕士教学研究员将完成数学硕士学位，并参加由该项目的许多合作伙伴提供的教学和领导力研讨会。他们将成为下一代数学教师领导者，为所有学生创造成功的学校。该项目汇集了九个合作伙伴：中央山谷高等教育联盟；弗雷斯诺县学校负责人；圣华金山谷数学项目；加州州立大学(CSU)数学和科学教师倡议；以及五个高需求学区(弗雷斯诺、桑格、珊瑚礁-日落、中部和门多塔)，他们将从参与的学区招聘和指导18名硕士教师。该项目依赖于建立一支有效的教师队伍的四种行之有效的方法：(1)多用途辅导；(2)增加教师领导者的数量，这些人是认为STEM学科中的种族和民族人口相对于他们在总人口中的比例较低的个人；(3)投资于当地教师；以及(4)实施“课程研究”的概念，即以学校为基础的教师社区合作开发和分享改善课堂教学的方法。该项目的评估将针对三个问题：(1)活动以什么方式影响参与者对数学教师领导的理解？(2)活动如何有助于研究员作为数学教师、教育研究者和领导者的成长？(3)教师领导以什么方式影响他们学校的同事以改善数学教学？PI小组将在会议和期刊上传播项目成果，他们将与CSU教育者准备主任分享这些成果，以便向CSU所有23个校园传播。这个Track 3：大师教学奖学金项目由罗伯特·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。

This project will address the national need to prepare high-quality mathematics teachers who are effective in helping all students succeed. To this end the project will develop a leadership cadre of experienced and exemplary teachers to be Master Teaching Fellows (MTF) in high-need schools. This cadre will amplify the efforts of "GOTMath," a current Noyce project that is preparing a pool of diverse community college students to enroll in the university’s mathematics teacher education program. In particular, the new MTFs will serve as excellent mentors to the "GOTMath" Student-Scholars as the latter earn their STEM bachelor’s degree and become new teachers in the district’s high-need schools. The Master Teaching Fellows will be engaged in a research-based Leadership Initiative which seeks to develop the Fellows’ capacity to improve opportunities for a diverse body of students by offering inclusive mathematics experiences. The Leadership Initiative will help the Fellows to become future school leaders who can mentor less experienced teachers to be more effective. The Master Teaching Fellows will complete a Master of Science in Mathematics degree and participate in teaching and leadership workshops offered by the project’s many partners. They will become the next generation of math teacher-leaders vitally needed to create schools that are sites of success for all students.This project brings together nine partners: the Central Valley Higher Education Consortium; Fresno County Superintendent of Schools; San Joaquin Valley Mathematics Project; the California State University (CSU) Mathematics and Science Teacher Initiative; and five high-need school districts (Fresno, Sanger, Reef-Sunset, Central, and Mendota), who collectively will recruit and mentor 18 master’s-level teachers from the participating school districts. The project rests on four proven methods for building an effective teaching workforce: (1) multipurpose mentoring; (2) increasing the number of teacher-leaders who are individuals who identify as members of racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines relative to their numbers in the general population; (3) investing in local teachers; and (4) implementation of the concept of "Lesson Study," in which a school-based community of teachers collaborates to develop and share approaches to improving classroom instruction. The project's assessment will target three questions: (1) In what ways do activities influence the participants’ understanding of mathematics teacher leadership? (2) How do activities contribute to the growth of a Fellow as a teacher of mathematics, an educational researcher, and a leader? (3) In what ways do Teacher Leaders influence their colleagues in their schools to improve mathematics teaching? The PI Team will disseminate project findings at conferences and in journals, and they will share the findings with the CSU Director of Educator Preparation to disseminate to all 23 CSU campuses. This Track 3: Master Teaching Fellowships 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.