Capital Area Science Educator Development

该项目旨在通过在乔治城大学建立一个中级科学认证轨道，满足培养更多中级科学教育工作者的能力建设的需要。中等科学教育者的短缺是严重的：在全国范围内，初中和高中有大约250,000个STEM教师职位空缺，~⅓的学校报告至少有一个科学学科的教师职位空缺。在‘23-’24学年中期，大华盛顿特区都会区有150多个科学教师职位空缺。这一新的硕士课程将为未来的科学教师做好准备，以开发和教授符合文化和语言要求的高中科学课程，反过来，这些课程可以在中学为传统上被剥夺科学权利的学生群体创造友好的课堂。此外，通过将当地高中科学教师和大学科学教授聚集在一起创建教育者准备课程，该项目可以打开高中和大学科学教育工作者之间经常缺失的有意义的沟通渠道。乔治敦大学的这个项目包括与哥伦比亚特区公共和公共特许学校的合作。这项能力建设提案的项目目标包括：(1)在乔治城大学的教育转型硕士计划中建立一个新的中学科学教师认证轨道；(2)与地区学校合作伙伴进行需求评估，以确保该计划设计明确反映其科学教育者的需求；(3)为寻求转行的STEM专业人员制定有针对性的招聘计划，因为在大华盛顿特区，已经致力于公共服务的地区有许多STEM专业人员，这一机会对他们特别有吸引力；以及(4)设计一门课程，融合乔治城大学在科学方面的教育专长，为英语学习者培养教育者，以及响应文化和语言的教育学。该能力建设项目由罗伯特·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。

The project aims to serve the national need of building capacity to educate more secondary science educators through creation of a secondary science certification track at Georgetown University. The shortage of secondary science educators is significant: nationally there are ~250,000 unfilled STEM teacher positions in middle and high schools, with ~⅓ of schools reporting an unfilled teaching position in at least one science subject. In the middle of the ‘23-’24 academic year, the greater Washington, DC Metropolitan area has over 150 unfilled science teaching positions. The curriculum in this new master’s program will prepare prospective science teachers to develop and deliver culturally and linguistically responsive high school science curricula that can, in turn, create welcoming classrooms in secondary schools for traditionally disenfranchised student populations in the sciences. Additionally, by bringing local high school science teachers together with university science professors in the creation of the educator preparation curriculum, the project can open a meaningful channel of communication that is often missing between high school and college science educators.This project at Georgetown University includes partnerships with the District of Columbia Public and Public Charter Schools. Project goals of this capacity-building proposal include: (1) Establish a new secondary science teacher certification track in the Masters in Educational Transformation program at Georgetown University; (2) Conduct a needs assessment with regional school partners to ensure that the program design maps explicitly onto their science educator needs; (3) Develop a targeted recruitment plan for STEM professionals seeking to change careers as there are many STEM professionals in the greater Washington, D.C., area already committed to public service for whom this opportunity will be particularly attractive; and (4) Design a curriculum that integrates Georgetown University's educational expertise in science, the preparation of educators for English learners, and culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogies. This Capacity Building 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.