TSETS: E Kukulu Ke Kahua a Paa: Build the Foundation Until Firm

部落学院和大学计划(TCUP)的目标是1)提高服务于全国土著学生的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教学和研究能力，2)促进TCUP机构内部智力领导的发展，以支持它们解决部落、社区或美国广大地区的STEM优先事项。支持这两个目标的是被称为TCUP的STEM中小学教师计划(TSETS)，该计划为TCUP机构提供资金，与当地的大学前教育工作者合作，加强他们的STEM教学和研究能力，从而加强学生为高级STEM教育和进入STEM劳动力市场的准备。TSETS：E Kukulu Ke Kahua a Paa：建立基金会，直到坚定的项目通过其工作与TCUP的目标保持一致，为在考艾岛上为夏威夷原住民(NH)学生服务的学校工作的当地K-12教师提供数学内容和教学知识。该项目将雇用两组教师，每组为期三年，将雇用一系列活动，与夏威夷大学-考艾社区学院STEM(UH-KCC)教职员工、NH知识保管员和当地大学前教育工作者在一个学习社区合作，该社区也强调发展文化能力，以进一步提高教师与NH学生合作的有效性。这个TSETS项目将为两个教师组提供三年的持续专业发展，旨在提高大学前教育工作者与数学教学相关的技能和知识。该项目将采用循证做法，包括参加数学课程工作，由教师导师定期和按需进行指导，开发适应文化的STEM课程，并通过参与课堂研究深入审查现场教学实践。项目参与者将沉浸在这些活动中，作为被称为数学会的学习社区的一部分，与UH-KCC STEM教员和来自当地NH社区的文化知识传播者密切合作。从这个迭代行动研究项目中学到的经验教训将在专业论坛上分享，以进一步推进有效STEM教育的知识库，特别是与支持夏威夷原住民学生STEM成果相关的知识库。该奖项反映了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 Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) goals are to 1) increase the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's Indigenous students, and 2) promote the advancement of intellectual leadership within TCUP institutions to support them in addressing the STEM priorities of their tribes, communities, or broadly of the United States. Supporting both goals is the program’s funding strand known as TCUP for Secondary and Elementary Teachers in STEM (TSETS) which provides funding for TCUP institutions to work with local precollege educators in strengthening their STEM instructional and research capacity to thereby enhance students’ preparation for advanced STEM education and entry into the STEM workforce. The TSETS: E Kukulu Ke Kahua a Paa: Build the Foundation Until Firm project aligns with TCUP goals through its work to build the mathematical content and instructional knowledge of local K-12 teachers who work in schools serving Native Hawaiian (NH) students on the island of Kauai. Engaging two cohorts of teachers for three years each, the project will employ an array of activities partnering University of Hawaii - Kauai Community College STEM (UH-KCC) faculty, NH knowledge keepers and local precollege educators in a learning community that also emphasizes the development of cultural competence to further enhance teachers’ effectiveness in working with NH students.This TSETS project will provide three years of ongoing professional development for two teacher cohorts, designed to improve precollege educators’ skills and knowledge relevant to mathematics instruction. The project will use evidence-based practices that include enrollment in mathematics course work, regular and as-needed coaching by teacher mentors, the development of culturally responsive STEM curriculum, and deep examination of in-situ instructional practice through engagement in Lesson Study. The project participants will be immersed in these activities as part of a learning community known as a Math Hui, collaborating closely with UH-KCC STEM faculty members and cultural knowledge bearers from the local NH community. Lessons learned from this iterative action research project will be shared in professional forums to further advance the knowledge base on effective STEM education, particularly relevant to supporting Native Hawaiian students’ STEM outcomes.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.