Building STEM Educators for Excellence in Nevada (B-SEEN at UNLV)

该项目旨在满足国家培养和留住具有文化能力的高素质科学和数学教师的需求。由于全国范围内有色人种在STEM领域的代表性不足，迫切需要培养能够支持有色人种学生在STEM领域取得成功并发展身份的教师。项目活动，包括招募STEM学生，发展文化能力，在职前和在职STEM教师之间建立一个共享的实践社区，旨在支持STEM教师在高需求学区的课堂上坚持下去。除了在STEM专业的教师准备项目中整合文化能力外，一个吸引职前和在职STEM教师的暑期学院旨在培养利用文化相关教学法所需的知识、技能和观点，除了文化响应教学外，还包括学术卓越和社会政治意识。集体项目活动旨在支持作为一名具有文化能力的STEM教师的身份发展。此外，该项目的成果还包括为STEM教师教育工作者提供指导，指导他们如何最好地培养和支持STEM教师，使他们具备为学习者提供数学和科学成功经验的策略和方法，并将继续在高需求学区担任教师。内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校的这个项目包括与克拉克县学区和当地企业的合作。在为期五年的项目中，24名STEM领域的本科生将获得奖学金，以完成STEM学科的学士学位，并通过双修教育专业或辅修专业为新的科学和数学教师做好准备，从而获得教师资格证书。当地企业将为项目活动提供支持，如研讨会，以及在学者开始他们的教学生涯时提供财政支持。该项目将有助于研究STEM教师如何培养文化胜任身份，其实际结果广泛适用于全国STEM教师教育工作者。本项目由Robert Noyce教师奖学金项目（Noyce）资助。Noyce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，并支持经验丰富的模范K-12教师成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的有效性和留任率的研究。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 of preparing and retaining culturally competent, high-quality science and mathematics teachers. As underrepresentation of people of color persists in STEM fields nationally, there is an urgent need to prepare teachers who are able to support students of color to be successful in, and develop identities in, STEM. Project activities, including recruiting STEM students, developing cultural competence, and developing a shared community of practice among pre-service and in-service STEM teachers are designed to support the persistence of STEM teachers in classrooms in high-need school districts. In addition to the integration of cultural competence in the teacher preparation program of STEM majors, a summer institute engaging both pre-service and in-service STEM teachers aims to grow the knowledge, skills, and perspective needed to utilize culturally relevant pedagogy, which includes academic excellence and sociopolitical consciousness, in addition to culturally responsive teaching. Collectively project activities are designed to support the development of an identity as a culturally competent STEM teacher. In addition, outcomes of this project include guidance for STEM teacher educators on how best to develop and support STEM teachers equipped with strategies and approaches to provide learners with experiences in success in mathematics and science, and who will persist as teachers in high-need school districts. This project at the University of Nevada Las Vegas includes partnerships with the Clark County School District and local businesses. Over the five-year project, 24 undergraduate students in STEM fields will receive scholarships to complete bachelor’s degrees in a STEM discipline and be prepared as new science and mathematics teachers through a dual major or minor in education, leading to teaching certification. Local businesses will provide support for program activities such as workshops as well as financial support as Scholars begin their teaching careers. This project will contribute to research on how STEM teachers develop culturally competent identities, with practical results broadly applicable to STEM teacher educators nationally. 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.