Collaborative Research: Strengthening Pathways to Diversity through Professional Development for Minority-Serving K-12 Science Educators-Expanding GeoFORCE Texas

合作研究：通过为少数族裔服务的 K-12 科学教育工作者的专业发展加强多元化之路 - 扩大 GeoFORCE Texas

• 批准号: 1105737
• 负责人: Eleanour Snow
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-12-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1105737&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Strengthening; Pathways; Diversity

The project will expand The Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin (JSG) efforts in educational outreach to the K-12 community by providing high quality geoscience professional development to 8th to 12th grade minority and minority-serving science teachers and teacher mentors throughout Texas. The overarching project goals are to (1) develop a rigorous geoscience professional development program for minority and minority-serving teachers for a new Texas high-school level capstone Earth and Space Science course that can serve as model for other states; (2) ensure that all teacher participants attain the basic foundation for the new capstone course, helping this course to remain a viable option for core credit to satisfy the fourth science; and (3) support teachers from the JSG GeoFORCE program's network of educators in southwest Texas who receive this professional development to implement improved Earth science instruction in their own classrooms. Professional development will be provided through several activities, including:1) Professional Development Academies (PDA's), with The Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching (TRC), to train 70 teacher mentors each semester, who will in turn bring the training to 25 teachers at each of the 35 Regional Collaboratives. Eight different PDA's of 70 teachers each.2) Summer Institutes for 25 highly motivated TRC teacher mentors. These institutes will comprise two 2-week sessions. They will train the teacher mentors to train other teachers to implement the new Earth and Space Science course in Texas high schools. Two 2-year institutes of 25 students each.3) GeoFORCE Education Academies. Similar to the summer institute, these academies are designed to help teachers from SW Texas who are part of the GeoFORCE network to implement the new Texas Earth and Space Science course. Rather than bring these teachers to Austin, training will be brought to them in the form of 8 professional development workshops. Two 8-unit academies will serve 25 participants each.4) On-Line Learning Communities, designed to keep the teachers in contact with facilitators and fellow teachers between and after training, and to share best practices, and new information.The project will directly impact 140 TRC teacher mentors (2 cohorts of 35 TRC teacher teams representing each of the 35 Regional Collaboratives, or 70 teacher mentors, over 4 years = 140 teacher mentors) and 50 GeoFORCE southwest Texas teachers (2 cohorts of 25 teachers over 4 years = 50 teachers). Each two-person TRC teacher-mentor team is expected to reach 25 additional teachers each year, for a total of 3,500 additional TRC teachers directly impacted by the project.

该项目将通过向 8 至 12 年级少数族裔和少数族裔服务的科学教师和教师提供高质量的地球科学专业发展，扩大德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校杰克逊地球科学学院 (JSG) 在 K-12 社区的教育推广工作德克萨斯州各地的导师。项目的总体目标是（1）为少数族裔和为少数族裔服务的教师制定严格的地球科学专业发展计划，以开设新的德克萨斯州高中水平顶点地球和空间科学课程，该课程可以作为其他州的典范； (2) 确保所有教师参与者都获得新顶点课程的基础，帮助该课程仍然是满足第四科学要求的核心学分的可行选择； (3) 支持来自德克萨斯州西南部 JSG GeoFORCE 计划教育工作者网络的教师，他们接受这一专业发展，以便在自己的课堂上实施改进的地球科学教学。 专业发展将通过多项活动提供，包括：1) 专业发展学院 (PDA) 与德克萨斯州科学教学卓越地区合作组织 (TRC) 合作，每学期培训 70 名教师导师，这些导师将依次将培训带到35 个区域合作组织各有 25 名教师。八个不同的 PDA，每个有 70 名教师。2) 为 25 名积极主动的 TRC 教师导师举办的暑期学院。这些机构将包括两次为期两周的课程。他们将培训教师导师，培训其他教师在德克萨斯州高中实施新的地球和空间科学课程。两个 2 年制学院，各有 25 名学生。3) GeoFORCE 教育学院。与暑期学院类似，这些学院旨在帮助来自德克萨斯州西南部、GeoFORCE 网络一部分的教师实施新的德克萨斯州地球和空间科学课程。将以 8 个专业发展研讨会的形式为他们提供培训，而不是将这些教师带到奥斯汀。两所包含 8 个单元的学院将分别为 25 名参与者提供服务。4) 在线学习社区，旨在让教师在培训期间和培训结束后与辅导员和其他教师保持联系，并分享最佳实践和新信息。该项目将直接影响 140 名 TRC 教师导师（代表 35 个区域合作组织的 2 组 35 名 TRC 教师团队，或 70 名教师导师，为期 4 年 = 140 名教师导师）和 50 名 GeoFORCE 德克萨斯州西南部教师（4 年期间 2 组 25 名教师 = 50 名教师）。每个 TRC 教师-导师两人团队预计每年将增加 25 名教师，受该项目直接影响的 TRC 教师总数将达到 3,500 名。