RCN-UBE: Advancing CURE Teaching Assistant Professional Development via the CURE TAPESTRy Network

RCN-UBE：通过 CURE TAPESTry 网络推进 CURE 助教专业发展

• 批准号: 2217147
• 负责人: Jeffrey Olimpo
• 金额: $ 48.24万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2217147&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Advancing; CURE; Teaching; RCN; UBE; Advancing; CURE; Teaching

This project aims to serve the national interest by engaging facilitators of biology course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in the creation and evaluation of novel professional development resources and opportunities designed for laboratory coordinators and teaching assistants (TAs) who are, themselves, responsible for leading CUREs. The research-oriented nature of a CURE presents a unique set of instructional challenges for those that teach them, requiring distinct professional development (PD) opportunities. Given that no community currently exists that focuses on CURE TA PD and the literature on CURE TA PD is limited, this project aims to establish the CURE Teaching Assistant Professional Development to Enhance Scientific Teaching, Research, and Mentoring Capacity (TAPESTRy) network, with the primary goal of advancing CURE TA PD knowledge and best practices. Specifically, this project will: (1) establish the CURE TAPESTRy network and cultivate growth in the network through recruitment of diverse individuals interested in professional development for laboratory coordinators and TAs PD; (2) characterize the current landscape of PD opportunities for CURE TAs through a literature review and national survey; (3) create, implement, and evaluate an innovative year-long fellowship program for CURE TA PD facilitators, in which fellows will create and assess CURE TA PD resources; (4) generate a curated repository of field-tested CURE TA PD resources, which will be freely available to practitioners and researchers; and (5) develop, launch, and assess an edX “train-the-trainer” massively-open online course (MOOC) for CURE TA PD facilitators. By promoting PD for CURE TAs, the CURE TAPESTRy network will contribute to the professional growth of TAs while simultaneously cultivating the pedagogical knowledge and intellectual capital needed to assist undergraduates in developing their research skills. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange/finalreport/).This project is also supported by the NSF IUSE:HSI program, which has the goals of enhancing the quality of undergraduate STEM education, and increasing the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students pursuing associate’s or baccalaureate degrees in STEM.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.

该项目旨在通过与基于生物学课程的本科研究经验（治疗）的协助者参与创建和评估新型专业发展资源和为实验室协调员和教学助理（TAS）设计的新型专业发展资源和机会，他们本身负责领先的治疗方法。治疗的以研究为导向的性质为教导他们的人带来了一系列独特的教学挑战，需要独特的专业发展（PD）机会。鉴于目前没有社区专注于治疗PD，并且有关Cure Ta PD的文献是有限的，因此该项目旨在建立Cure Cure Teachersy专业发展，以增强科学教学，研究和指导能力（Tapestry）网络，其主要目标是促进Cure Ta PD知识和最佳实践。具体而言，该项目将：（1）建立Cure Tapestry网络，并通过招募对实验室和TAS PD专业发展感兴趣的各种个人来培养网络的增长； （2）通过文献综述和国家调查来表征治愈TA的当前PD机会的景观； （3）为CURE TA PD促进者创建，实施和评估一项创新的年度奖学金计划，其中研究员将创建和评估Cure Ta PD资源； （4）生成了经过策划的现场测试CURE TA PD资源的存储库，该资源将为从业者和研究人员免费提供； （5）开发，启动和评估EDX“培训者”大规模开放的在线课程（MOOC），用于CURE TA PD促进者。通过促进Cure TAS的PD，Cure Tapestry网络将有助于TA的专业发展，同时培养教学知识和智力资本，以协助大学生发展其研究技能。 This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange/finalreport/).This project is also supported by the NSF IUSE:HSI program, which has the goals提高本科STEM教育的质量，并提高STEM中追求同学或学士学位的学生的招聘，保留率和毕业率。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的审查审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来获得支持的。