A Model NSF Teaching Fellowship Program to Improve STEM Teacher Recruitment, Preparation, Professional Development, and Retention in Rural High-Need Schools

NSF 示范教学奖学金计划，旨在改善农村高需求学校 STEM 教师的招聘、准备、专业发展和保留

• 批准号: 1557320
• 负责人: Susan McKay
• 金额: $ 195万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-03-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1557320&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Model; NSF; Teaching; Fellowship; Program

This Noyce Teaching Fellows project will provide teacher certification for 22 recent STEM degree recipients and STEM professionals. The project will implement and test a model for recruitment, preparation, and support for new mathematics and science teachers in high-needs, rural districts and create a strong community of new and experienced teachers. In their first two years, fellows will receive individual mentoring and classroom coaching along with community-based professional development opportunities. In the last two years of the fellowship, they will begin to develop leadership skills by working with teachers in their schools and assisting in pre-service teacher preparation. A unique feature of the project is the opportunity that fellows will have to observe university faculty and then advise them on teaching strategies through the NSF-supported University Course Observation Program. This partnership between the University of Maine and school districts across that state, was established through a Noyce capacity Building award.This project will address the mathematics and science teacher crisis faced by remote, high-needs schools in the state of Maine by training and developing new teachers through a rigorous course of study and extending some of the project activities to include mentors and content area coaches, chosen among teacher-leaders who have been recognized for their expertise. Throughout the project mentor teachers from high-needs schools will collaborate with, advise, and support the fellows. The coaches will partner with the fellows to develop strategies for teaching in the discipline and deliver professional development workshops to propagate exemplary instructional practices across the state. By the end of the induction period, the teaching fellows will have the training and experience to take on the roles of mentors and coaches themselves. Formative and summative evaluation will focus on interviews that will examine the fellows' perceptions and experiences related to their engagement with teacher-leaders and their development as such. Findings from this work will be presented broadly at conferences of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, American Educational Research Association, and the National Association of Rural Education. Manuscripts will be prepared for the Journal of Chemical Education, the Journal of Science Education and Technology, CBE-Life Science Education and other STEM education publications.

这个Noyce教学研究员项目将为22位最近的STEM学位获得者和STEM专业人员提供教师认证。 该项目将实施和测试一个模型，以招募，准备和支持高需求，农村地区的新数学和科学教师，并创建一个由新的和经验丰富的教师组成的强大社区。 在他们的头两年中，研究员将获得个人指导和课堂教练以及基于社区的专业发展机会。 在奖学金的最后两年中，他们将通过与学校的老师合作并协助服务前教师的准备，从而开始发展领导能力。 该项目的一个独特特征是，研究员必须观察大学教师，然后通过NSF支持的大学课程观察计划就教学策略提供建议。 This partnership between the University of Maine and school districts across that state, was established through a Noyce capacity Building award.This project will address the mathematics and science teacher crisis faced by remote, high-needs schools in the state of Maine by training and developing new teachers through a rigorous course of study and extending some of the project activities to include mentors and content area coaches, chosen among teacher-leaders who have been recognized for their expertise. 在整个项目中，高需求学校的导师老师将与研究员合作，建议和支持。教练将与研究员合作，制定纪律教学策略，并提供专业发展研讨会，以在全州范围内传播典范的教学实践。 到入学期结束时，教学研究员将接受培训和经验，以扮演导师和教练的角色。 形成性和总结性评估将集中在访谈上，这些访谈将研究研究员与教师领导者的参与及其发展有关的经验。 这项工作的发现将在美国教师教育学院，美国教育研究协会和全国农村教育协会的会议上广泛提出。 手稿将为《化学教育杂志》，《科学教育与技术杂志》，《 CBE-LIFE科学教育》和其他STEM教育出版物做好准备。