Working to Improve STEM Educator Recruitment and Retention through Relationships

轨道1诺伊斯项目旨在满足国家需要，增加具有高质量准备的STEM教育工作者的数量，并提供支持，提高他们的保留率。长期以来，吸引STEM专业和专家从事教学工作一直是一项挑战，而低保留率使这个问题变得更加困难。WISER 3旨在通过关注STEM教育工作者之间的关系和社区来解决这些问题。该项目为STEM专业学生提供早期专业经验，以探索特定内容的研究和STEM职业，使他们与所在领域的专业人士（包括教师）建立联系。奖学金支持STEM专业的学生通过配对学生教师和纳入跨队列指导小组的计划来寻求教师认证。学者参与系统和数据知情的方法来STEM教育工作者招聘跨越P-12和大学水平的观众。在准备计划之外的支持继续通过跨队列辅导在学者的教学生涯的早期。温斯洛普大学（WU）的这一项目包括与克林顿学院（附近的HBCU）和三个当地高需求学区的合作伙伴关系：切斯特县、约克第一区和石山学校（约克第三区）。项目目标包括增加WU的STEM教育计划的参与;确保WISER 3学者是有效的课堂教师;在合作区的高需求学校保留这些STEM教育工作者;通过近同行和跨队列设计加强指导支持，跨越准备计划并持续到入职年;并通过定期的专业发展和社会活动实施社区建设组件。在为期五年的资助期内，WISER 3将通过奖学金为成绩优异的学生提供42名新的STEM教育工作者，以获得教师资格证书。其中，6人将从克林顿学院的生物专业招聘。其余36名将是生物、化学或数学专业的吴学生。该项目有可能对实施（a）现场和临床经验的配对放置和（B）跨队列指导提供更多的研究见解。这个轨道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。

The Track 1 Noyce project aims to serve the national need to increase the numbers of STEM educators with high-quality preparation and provide support that increases their retention rates. Attracting STEM majors and specialists to teaching careers has long been challenging, and low retention rates make this problem more difficult. WISER3 intends to address these issues by focusing on relationships and community among STEM educators. The project provides early professional experiences for STEM majors to explore content-specific research and STEM careers so that they connect with professionals in their field, including teachers. Scholarships support STEM majors who pursue teacher certification through a program enhanced by pairing student teachers and incorporating cross-cohort mentoring groups. Scholars participate in a systemic and data-informed approach to STEM educator recruitment that spans P-12 and university-level audiences. Support beyond the preparation program continues through cross-cohort mentoring in the early years of a scholar’s teaching career. These components intend to attract STEM majors to the teaching field and increase STEM educator retention rates by developing an enduring support community.This project at Winthrop University (WU) includes partnerships with Clinton College (a nearby HBCU) and three local high-need school districts: Chester County, York District 1, and Rock Hill Schools (York District 3). Project goals include increasing participation in WU’s STEM education programs; ensuring WISER3 scholars are effective classroom teachers; retaining these STEM educators in high-need schools in the partner districts; enhancing mentoring supports through near-peer and cross-cohort design that spans the preparation program and continues through induction years; and implementing community-building components through regular professional development and social events. Across the five-year funding period, WISER3 will produce 42 new STEM educators through scholarships for high-achieving students to obtain teacher certification through a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. Among these, six will be recruited from biology majors at the Clinton College. The remaining 36 will be WU students with majors in biology, chemistry, or mathematics. The project has the potential to contribute additional research insights on implementing (a) paired placements in field and clinical experiences and (b) cross-cohort mentoring. 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.