Recruiting and Transitioning Mathematics Majors into Teaching

该项目旨在通过鼓励有才华的数学专业学生成为中学教师来服务于国家利益。特别是，它寻求招聘，准备和增加高效率的中学数学教师在高需求的地方学区的数量。加州州立大学富勒顿（CSUF）是一个西班牙裔服务机构，将寻求招聘未来的数学教师谁反映机构的多样性，可以作为榜样和导师，同时提供丰富的数学教学，所有中学生在CSUF服务区。CSUF的大一和大二数学专业的学生将被招募为潜在的奖学金候选人（助理）。潜在的奖学金获得者（大三和大四学生）将来自CSUF和当地社区学院的现有同事和其他学生。学生将获得有针对性的学术培训和指导，以及在主动学习教室实习，并参加以公平数学教学为重点的研讨会。该项目将为学者提供入职支持，在他们的头两年作为实践教师，包括指导和参与数学教师圈（MTC）在CSUF。MTCs是由K-12数学教师和数学家组成的专业社区，他们定期聚会，研究丰富的数学问题，让教师丰富他们的数学知识和经验，同时与其他教师和数学家建立有意义的伙伴关系。该项目是CSUF和阿纳海姆联合高中学区（AUHSD）之间的合作项目。活动包括，但不限于，课堂观察，专业发展，并在AUHSD学校之一的学生教学。这项合作旨在为未来的中学数学教师创造一个连续的教学经验，从大学一年级到学士学位后的证书年。在该项目的五年中，CSUF自然科学和数学学院以及教育学院将确定并招募4名助理和9名学者。与此同时，项目负责人将创建一个有效的，可持续的模式，为准备谁从社区学院转移到四年制院校的未来中学数学教师，从而增加了关于如何简化这一过程的新知识。该项目将审查辅导在坚持率和成功获得学位和教学证书方面的有效性。研究结果将通过该项目的网站以及美国数学协会（MAA）、全国数学教师理事会（NCTM）和数学教师教育伙伴关系（MTE-Partnership）等专业组织进行传播。这个诺伊斯轨道1：奖学金和津贴项目是通过罗伯特诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）的支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师和经验丰富的模范K-12教师，成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。该奖项反映了NSF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 interest by encouraging talented mathematics majors to become secondary school teachers. In particular, it seeks to recruit, prepare and increase the number highly effective secondary school mathematics teachers in high-need local school districts. Cal State University Fullerton (CSUF) is a Hispanic-serving institution which will seek to recruit prospective math teachers who reflect the institution's diversity and can act as role models and mentors while providing rich mathematics instruction to all secondary students in the CSUF service area. Freshmen and Sophomore math majors at CSUF will be recruited as potential scholarship candidates (associates). Potential scholarship awardees (Juniors and Seniors) will come from a pool of current associates and other students from CSUF and local community colleges. Students will receive targeted academic advisement and mentorship, as well as internships in active learning classrooms, and also attend seminars focused on equitable mathematics teaching. The project will provide scholars with induction support in their first two years as practicing teachers, including mentorship and participation in the Math Teachers' Circle (MTC) at CSUF. MTCs are professional communities of K-12 mathematics teachers and mathematicians that meet regularly to work on rich mathematics problems, allowing teachers to enrich their knowledge and experience of math, while building meaningful partnerships with other teachers and mathematicians.This project is a collaboration between CSUF and the Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD). Activities include, but are not limited to, classroom observations, professional development, and student teaching at one of the AUHSD schools. This collaboration seeks to create a continuum of teaching experiences for future secondary school mathematics teachers, from the first year of college through the post-baccalaureate credential year. In each of the project’s five years, the CSUF College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Education will identify and recruit 4 associates and 9 scholars. At the same time, project leaders will create an effective, sustainable model for preparing prospective secondary school mathematics teachers who transfer from a community college to a four-year institution, thus adding new knowledge on how to streamline this process. The project will examine the effectiveness of mentoring on persistence rates and success in achieving a degree and teaching credential. Results will be disseminated via the project's website as well as through professional organizations such as the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and the Math Teacher Education Partnership (MTE-Partnership). This Noyce 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.