Using a Microcredential Model to Prepare Secondary Mathematics and Science Teachers to Meet the Needs of Rural, High-need Districts

该项目旨在满足国家的需要，为中学数学和科学教师做好准备，使他们能够应对农村、高需求学区的教学挑战。该项目将与当地社区大学合作，招募未来的教师，并使用侧重于农村社区需求的微型证书模式提供专门培训。参与者将通过与以前的诺伊斯学者合作获得指导支持。通过这项支助和培训，该项目旨在提高北卡罗来纳州东部农村社区中学数学和科学教师的人数和质量。东卡罗来纳大学(ECU)的这个项目包括与格林县学校、皮特县学校、皮特社区学院和东卡罗来纳大学农村教育研究所的合作。该项目将在四年内招聘30名未来的科学和数学高中教师。学生将获得科学/科学教育或数学/数学教育的双学位。他们将在理科学士(BS)课程的最后两年获得奖学金支持。总体目标是提供培训和支助，以更好地培养中学数学和科学教师，以满足农村高需求学区的独特需求。为了实现这一目标，该项目有四个目标。首先是为使用具有虚拟现实模拟的微凭证模型的学者提供专门的教育和支持。第二，通过利用前欧洲联盟诺伊斯奖学金学者的专业知识，建立一个诺伊斯专业社区。三是通过与农村社区学院建立战略关系，优化招生。第四个也是最后一个目标是评估学者的教学，并开展研究，为高中数学和科学教师做好准备，以便在农村高需求学校有效地教学。除了培养30名新的数学和科学教师外，该项目还将提供一个机会，研究微证书和虚拟现实模拟的使用如何影响高中数学和科学教师在其临床经验和教师入职初期实施文化响应教学实践的知识、能力和自我效能。此外，作为该项目的一个产品创建的微证书可以在其他情况下实施，包括其他教育工作者准备或教师专业发展计划。这首曲目1：奖学金和津贴，项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(Noyce)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 aims to serve the national need to prepare secondary mathematics and science teachers who are equipped for the challenges of teaching in rural, high-need school districts. Working with local community colleges, the project will recruit prospective teachers and provide specialized training using a microcredential model focused on the needs of rural communities. Participants will receive mentoring support by partnering them with previous Noyce scholars. Through this support and training the project aims to increase both the number and quality of secondary mathematics and science teachers available to the rural communities in eastern North Carolina. This project at East Carolina University (ECU) includes partnerships with Greene County Schools, Pitt County Schools, Pitt Community College, and the East Carolina University Rural Education Institute. The project will recruit 30 future science and mathematics high school teachers over a four-year period. Students will earn a double major in science/science education or mathematics/mathematics education. They will receive scholarship support during their last two years of a Bachelor of Science (BS) program. The overarching goal is to provide training and support to better prepare secondary mathematics and science teachers to meet the unique needs of rural, high-need school districts. To meet this goal, the project has four objectives. First is to provide specialized education and support for scholars using a microcredential model with virtual reality simulations. Second is to build a Noyce Professional Community by leveraging the expertise of scholars from previous ECU Noyce Grants. Third is to optimize recruitment by building strategic relationships with rural community colleges. The fourth and final objective is to evaluate the teaching of scholars and conduct research that informs the preparation of high school mathematics and science teachers to teach effectively in rural, high-need schools. In addition to preparing 30 new mathematics and science teachers, this project will also provide an opportunity to study how the use of microcredentials and virtual reality simulations impact the knowledge of, competencies for, and self-efficacy of high school mathematics and science teachers to implement culturally responsive teaching practices during their clinical experiences and early years of teacher induction. Additionally, the microcredentials created as a product of this project could be implemented in other contexts, including other educator preparation or teacher professional development programs. 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.