SIUE Noyce Scholarship Program: Preparing Future Science Teachers for Southwestern Illinois

SIUE 诺伊斯奖学金计划：为伊利诺伊州西南部培养未来的科学教师

• 批准号: 1340042
• 负责人: Susan Wiediger
• 金额: $ 121.43万
• 依托单位: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1340042&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SIUE; Noyce; Scholarship; Program; Preparing

The NSF Noyce Scholarship Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is graduating and certifying 36 secondary science teachers serving in high-need rural and urban communities in the southwestern Illinois region. The project is a partnership of the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, SIUE STEM Center, master teachers, community-based organizations, and the cooperating school districts. The objectives of the project are to: 1) recruit highly qualified STEM students that demonstrate an aptitude for teaching, 2) provide students with an enhanced experience in STEM education and research, 3) supply high-need middle and high schools with exemplary science educators, 4) increase outreach in the communities of southwestern Illinois, and 5) disseminate project findings for use in other STEM education settings. The project is implementing strategies for recruiting and nurturing cohorts of STEM teacher candidates during their college years and into their early teaching careers in high-need schools. Key components of the project are: 1) a self-efficacy framework that imparts confidence and skills to developing teachers, 2) a two-phased recruitment strategy that exposes underclassmen to the rewards and challenges of education and offers scholarships and research opportunities to upperclassmen, and 3) the development and support of a STEM teacher network in southwestern Illinois high-need school districts. Ten internships are awarded each year to freshmen and sophomores with an intended or declared major in STEM disciplines who show promise to be strong teachers. Interns teach in a variety of educational outreach programs at SIUE or with community partners for 200 hours during the summer. They receive training in science pedagogy for informal learning, meet regularly with project staff to reflect on their experiences, and give a culminating presentation at the end of the summer. Competitive Noyce Scholarships are awarded to juniors and seniors with a STEM major who are committed to pursuing STEM education careers. Noyce Scholars conduct outreach with disadvantaged middle and high school students, observe master teachers in high-needs schools, and take on the challenges of formal research in their content area or STEM education. They are participating in professional organizations and monthly meetings as they build a professional learning community. The activities are sequenced in order to build scholars' self-efficacy for teaching in a high-need school. After graduation, new teacher support includes a summer face-to-face workshop, online mentoring and support, and professional development events to maintain a collaborative network of peers and supportive master teachers in southwestern Illinois. The new teachers have access to and support from the SIUE STEM Center, which provides numerous services to educators including a lending library and professional development opportunities.The SIUE Noyce Scholarship program is graduating candidates with a high self-efficacy for science teaching and strong STEM content background, connecting new teachers with other STEM educators in order to strengthen the network of STEM teachers in the region. The evaluation is examining the project's ability to effectively attract, train, place, and retain STEM students in teaching careers in high-need schools. Three novel elements of the project design are a self-efficacy framework, a focus on recruitment of pre-health professional students, and regional capacity building. The results of the evaluation are presented at national conferences to inform other Noyce programs and teacher preparation programs about the effectiveness of the model.The project addresses a need for high quality teachers in underperforming urban and rural districts in southwestern Illinois. The scholars are teaching in schools in depressed small cities on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, which have a large minority population, as well as in rural districts with high poverty rates and low high school graduation rates. Through outreach activities built into the project design, the Noyce interns and scholars reach an additional 2,500 middle and high school students, providing minds-on STEM activities designed to generate interest and enthusiasm in STEM and STEM careers.

伊利诺伊州南部大学爱德华兹维尔（SIUE）的NSF NOYCE奖学金计划正在毕业并认证36位伊利诺伊州西南部高需求农村和城市社区服务的中学科学教师。 该项目是艺术与科学学院，教育学院，SIUE STEM中心，硕士教师，社区组织和合作学区的合作伙伴关系。 该项目的目标是：1）招募高素质的STEM学生，这些学生证明了教学能力，2）为学生提供STEM教育和研究方面的增强经验，3）供应高需求的中学和高中，具有示例性的科学教育者，4）增加伊利诺伊州西南伊利诺伊州社区的外展活动，以及5）在其他STEM教育设置中使用其他STEM的项目。 该项目正在实施策略，以招募和培育STEM教师候选人在大学期间，并进入高需求学校的早期教学职业。 Key components of the project are: 1) a self-efficacy framework that imparts confidence and skills to developing teachers, 2) a two-phased recruitment strategy that exposes underclassmen to the rewards and challenges of education and offers scholarships and research opportunities to upperclassmen, and 3) the development and support of a STEM teacher network in southwestern Illinois high-need school districts. 每年有十项实习授予新生和大二学生，其中有望在STEM学科中宣布专业，他们有望成为强大的老师。 在夏季，实习生在SIUE或社区合作伙伴的各种教育外展计划中教授200小时。 他们接受科学教育学的培训，以进行非正式学习，定期与项目人员会面以反思他们的经历，并在夏季结束时进行最终表现。 竞争性的NOYCE奖学金将授予致力于从事STEM教育职业的STEM专业的大三学生和老年人。 Noyce学者与处境不利的中学生和高中生进行宣传，观察高需求学校的硕士教师，并在其内容领域或STEM教育中应对正式研究的挑战。 在建立专业学习社区时，他们正在参加专业组织和每月会议。 这些活动进行了测序，以建立学者在高需求的学校中教学的自我效能感。 毕业后，新的教师支持包括夏季面对面的研讨会，在线指导和支持以及专业发展活动，以维持同龄人的协作网络和伊利诺伊州西南部的支持大师教师。 新教师可以从SIUE STEM中心获得和支持，该中心为包括贷款图书馆和专业发展机会在内的教育工作者提供了众多服务。SiueNoyce奖学金计划正在毕业，毕业具有高度自我效能科学教学和强大的STEM教师背景的候选人，将新教师与其他STEM教育者联系起来，以增强该地区的STEM教师网络。 评估正在研究该项目有效吸引，训练，放置和留住STEM学生在高需求学校的教学职业中的能力。 项目设计的三个新颖要素是一个自我效能框架，专注于招募健康前专业学生以及区域能力建设。 评估的结果在全国性的会议上提出，以告知其他有关模型有效性的Noyce计划和教师准备计划。该项目满足了伊利诺伊州西南部表现不佳的城市和农村地区高质量教师的需求。学者们正在密西西比河伊利诺伊州伊利诺伊州一侧的小城市的学校教书，那里有少数人口，以及在贫困率高和高中毕业率低的农村地区。 通过在项目设计中内置的外展活动，Noyce实习生和学者们又获得了2,500名中学生和高中生，提供了旨在引起对STEM和STEM职业的兴趣和热情的STEM活动。