Educating STEM Majors to Teach in High-Need Schools

教育 STEM 专业学生在高需求学校任教

• 批准号: 1660615
• 负责人: John Pecore
• 金额: $ 131.09万
• 依托单位: University of West Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1660615&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Educating; STEM; Majors; Teach; Need

The University of West Florida, in collaboration with two Florida public community colleges, Pensacola State College and Northwest Florida State College, will address the need to recruit and retain highly qualified STEM teachers for grades 6-12 with a commitment to serve in high-need school districts through funding from Track 1 of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The project will recruit, train, and retain eighteen STEM majors to serve as grade 6-12 teachers in the disciplines of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and earth environmental science. Additionally, the project will support eighteen eligible dual-enrolled, freshman, and sophomore STEM students in an early teaching experience and a summer community-based service learning internship. Each Noyce scholar will participate in activities to improve their cultural competence with working in high-need schools and to enhance their professional identity.Project goals will include 1) recruiting highly qualified STEM majors into a career in teaching, 2) increasing the number and quality of certified STEM grades 6-12 teachers, and 3) supporting Noyce Scholar graduates during their first few years of teaching. The project team will research the following questions: 1) What factors encourage STEM majors to pursue teaching careers in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs)? 2) What factors contribute to retaining graduated STEM majors as grades 6-12 classroom teachers in high-need LEAs? 3) How does the project's learning community support Scholars' professional teacher development? Each Noyce scholar will work with an average of 150 different students each year for a total of approximately 750 students every five years; therefore, 18 Noyce Scholars will impact an estimated 13,500 students in high-need school districts. Working with the districts, graduates will receive additional support to ensure their success as a novice teacher increasing the likelihood that Noyce scholars will remain in the teaching profession beyond five years, impacting thousands of students in Northwest Florida.

西佛罗里达大学与佛罗里达州两所公立社区学院彭萨科拉州立学院和西北佛罗里达州立学院合作，将解决招聘和留住 6-12 年级高素质 STEM 教师的需求，并致力于为高需求群体提供服务学区通过罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划第一轨的资助。该项目将招募、培训和保留18名STEM专业的学生，​​担任数学、物理、化学、生物和地球环境科学学科的6-12年级教师。此外，该项目还将支持 18 名符合条件的双录取大一和大二 STEM 学生进行早期教学体验和暑期社区服务学习实习。每位诺伊斯学者都将参加活动，以提高他们在高需求学校工作的文化能力，并增强他们的职业认同。项目目标将包括 1) 招募高素质的 STEM 专业人士从事教学工作，2) 提高数量和质量6-12 年级经过认证的 STEM 教师，以及 3) 在诺伊斯学者毕业生的最初几年教学期间提供支持。项目团队将研究以下问题： 1) 哪些因素鼓励 STEM 专业学生在高需求的当地教育机构 (LEA) 从事教学职业？ 2) 哪些因素有助于保留 STEM 专业毕业生在高需求的 LEA 中担任 6-12 年级的课堂教师？ 3) 项目的学习社区如何支持学者的专业教师发展？每位诺伊斯学者每年平均会与 150 名不同的学生一起工作，每五年总计约 750 名学生；因此，18 名诺伊斯学者将影响高需求学区的约 13,500 名学生。与各学区合作，毕业生将获得额外的支持，以确保他们作为新手教师取得成功，从而增加诺伊斯学者在五年后继续从事教师职业的可能性，从而影响佛罗里达州西北部的数千名学生。