Building Capacity to Close the Loop: From High School STEM Student to High School STEM Teacher

能力建设形成闭环：从高中 STEM 学生到高中 STEM 教师

• 批准号: 1950298
• 负责人: Camille Burnett
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Prairie View A & M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950298&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; Close; Loop; STEM

This project aims to serve the national need of building capacity to recruit, prepare, and support certified STEM teachers, with attention to increasing the number of certified minority STEM teachers. This problem is important given the existing shortage of qualified minority STEM teachers, the changing demographics of the K-12 student population, and the positive impacts of teachers’ with similar demographics as the students they teach. The project intends to create a pathway to close the loop from high school STEM students to high school STEM teachers, by preparing STEM teachers who will teach in the same or a similar high school from which they graduated. It also includes plans for collecting baseline data to determine need, interest, and capacity for recruiting STEM majors to become STEM teachers. The expected outcomes of the project are: (1) a plan to recruit students from partnering Early College High Schools; (2) a model for preparing these students via learning communities; and (3) a plan for a comprehensive program to support this students as they return to teach in their high schools. It is expected this work will establish a replicable model within the partnering high-need educational agencies.This project at Prairie View A&M University, a Historically Black University, includes partnerships with Aldine Independent School District, Houston Independent School District, Royal Independent School District, and Sheldon Independent School District. Project goals include: (1) developing evidence-based, innovative strategies to recruit, prepare, and support candidates from high-need local educational agencies with existing Early College High Schools to increase the diversity of the pool of STEM teachers in Texas; and (2) advancing knowledge and understanding of models and strategies for recruiting, preparing, and supporting new STEM teachers in high-need educational agencies through learning communities at a historically black university. The project has the potential to benefit society by establishing the necessary infrastructure for implementing a future Noyce Track 1 proposal to encourage the full participation of underrepresented minority groups in STEM. This Capacity Building project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在满足国家建立能力的需求，以招募，准备和支持认证的STEM教师，并注意增加认证的少数族裔STEM教师的数量。考虑到合格的少数族裔教师的现有短缺，K-12学生人口的人口不断变化以及教师与他们所教的学生相似的人口统计学的积极影响，这一点很重要。该项目旨在通过为将在同一或类似的高中教学的STEM老师做好准备，以创建从高中STEM学生到高中STEM老师的循环。它还包括收集基线数据以确定招聘STEM教师的需求，兴趣和能力的计划。该项目的预期成果是：（1）一项计划，招募与早期大学高中合作的学生； （2）通过学习社区为这些学生做好准备的模型； （3）一项全面计划的计划，以支持该学生在高中返回教学时。预计这项工作将在合作伙伴的高需求教育机构中建立可复制的模型。该项目的Prairie View A＆M大学是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，包括与Aldine独立学区，休斯顿独立学区，皇家独立学区，皇家独立学区和Sheldon独立学区的合作伙伴关系。项目目标包括：（1）制定基于证据的创新策略，以招募，准备和支持来自现有早期大学高中的高需求的地方教育机构的候选人，以增加德克萨斯州的STEM教师的多样性； （2）通过一所历史悠久的黑人大学的学习社区来促进对招募，准备和支持新的STEM教师的知识和理解。该项目有可能通过建立必要的基础设施来实施未来的Noyce Track 1提案，以鼓励代表人数不足的少数群体在STEM中的全面参与。罗伯特·诺伊斯（Robert Noyce）教师奖学金计划（NOYCE）支持该能力建设项目。 NOYCE计划支持才华横溢的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM老师，并经验丰富的K-12 STEM教师成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持有关高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的持久性，保留和有效性的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估值得支持。