Clemson University Middle Grades Noyce Phase II Proposal

克莱姆森大学中年级诺伊斯第二期提案

• 批准号: 1834287
• 负责人: Lienne Federico Medford
• 金额: $ 71.47万
• 依托单位: Converse College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-03-28 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1834287&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Clemson; University; Middle; Grades; Noyce

There is an established need for highly qualified K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers, especially in high-need schools. It can be particularly challenging to recruit middle grades STEM teachers who have a strong content background in a specific STEM discipline. With funding from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, the Preparing and Mentoring Middle Grades STEM Educators to Teach in High-Need South Carolina School Districts project is recruiting career changers from STEM fields and preparing them to become middle grades STEM teachers. The project is funding 40 scholarships over 4 years. In this project, Clemson University is collaborating with Greenville County Public Schools. Recipients will be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program that includes initial teacher certification for Middle Grades Education. The Noyce Scholarships will expand opportunities for STEM career changers to complete the MAT program and hence also expand the number of middle grades STEM teachers in the state.The project will investigate the impact of the Noyce Program by analyzing 16 years of data from the Clemson MAT in middle grades program, which has enrolled more than 250 individuals, 86 of whom have been or will be Noyce Scholars. Research questions include: (1) How do teacher efficacy and other personal characteristic affect teacher retention and success among STEM instructors? (2) Do STEM career changers possess different characteristics than STEM majors who come directly out of undergraduate majors? (3) How does the performance of the students of Noyce Scholars and non-Noyce-Scholars compare? (4) How does the performance of the students of STEM majors and non-STEM majors compare? The goal is to identify characteristics of successful STEM teachers and to determine the extent to which a STEM background strengthens the impact of a middle grades teacher.

对高素质的K-12科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教师，尤其是在高需求的学校中，有一个既定的需求。在特定的STEM学科中招募具有强大内容背景的STEM老师的中级STEM教师尤其具有挑战性。在国家科学基金会罗伯特·诺伊斯（Robert Noyce）教师奖学金计划的资助下，准备和指导中级的STEM教育工作者在高需求的南卡罗来纳州学区项目中教书是从STEM领域招募职业改变者，并准备成为中级老师。该项目在4年内为40项奖学金提供了资金。在这个项目中，克莱姆森大学正在与格林维尔县公立学校合作。接收者将入学教学硕士（MAT）计划，其中包括初级教育教育的初始教师认证。 NOYCE奖学金将为STEM职业改变者完成垫子计划的机会，从而扩大了该州的中级STEM教师的数量。该项目将通过分析来自Clemson Mat In Middle Grife级计划的16年数据来调查NOYCE计划的影响，该计划已招募了250多个人，其中86多名或者没有或者没有人。研究问题包括：（1）教师功效和其他个人特征如何影响教师保留和STEM教师的成功？ （2）STEM职业改变者是否具有直接来自本科专业的STEM专业的特征？ （3）Noyce学者和非Noyce-Scholars的学生的表现如何？ （4）STEM专业学生和非茎专业学生的表现如何比较？目的是确定成功的STEM教师的特征，并确定STEM背景增强中级教师影响的程度。