Increasing and Inspiring Highly Effective Secondary STEM Teachers for High-Need, Culturally Diverse School Districts

为高需求、文化多元化的学区增加和激励高效的中学 STEM 教师

• 批准号: 2243169
• 负责人: Martha Parrott
• 金额: $ 117.34万
• 依托单位: Northeastern State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2028-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2243169&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Inspiring; Highly; Effective; Secondary; Increasing; Inspiring; Highly; Effective; Secondary

This project aims to serve a national need by increasing the number of highly effective secondary STEM teachers in high-need, culturally diverse schools in rural and urban areas of northeastern Oklahoma. The State currently faces teacher shortages, including teachers qualified for instruction in mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics. This project aims to attract, prepare, and inspire prospective teachers to select diverse areas in which to teach upon graduation and will provide 20 scholarships to high-achieving students, significantly reducing the financial burden of becoming a STEM teacher. These prospective teachers will receive enhanced programming through diverse experiential learning opportunities, enhanced mentoring, summer workshops, and after graduation, scholars will continue to receive high-quality induction support. An innovative feature of the project is its integration of instruction in place-based education - the immersion of students in local heritage as a foundation for learning, to prepare STEM teachers for careers in high-need school districts. By utilizing place-based education and other effective and engaging STEM instruction, this project promises to improve learning outcomes for the Scholars, better prepare the students they teach for college, and increase those students’ interest and engagement in the STEM fields.Over the course of five years, 20 undergraduate students will be awarded scholarships to earn a bachelor’s degree in their STEM fields as well as Oklahoma secondary teaching certification. Towards this end this project will rely on Northeastern State University collaborating closely with two K-12 partners: Tahlequah Public Schools and Union Public Schools. These partnerships provide ideal settings for the innovative preparation of prospective STEM teachers for high-needs school districts while combating the teacher shortage crisis. High quality, research-informed practices to enhance prospective teachers’ learning include experiential learning, which provides opportunities that extend beyond required internships; mentoring by highly effective practicing teachers from high-needs school districts; workshops focusing on best practices with a goal of preparing prospective teachers for their role as educators; and science and mathematics demonstration workshops facilitated by faculty and other STEM experts. This project has the potential to increase retention of graduating STEM teachers while also preparing effective teachers for tomorrow’s workforce. The intellectual merit of the proposed project is embedded in the integration of instruction to support teacher efficacy and in place-based education and its coursework as an innovative way to prepare STEM teachers for careers in high-need school districts. Results of this project will be used to develop evidence-based recommendations for enhancing the training of STEM educators at other higher education institutions and to investigate the impact of recruitment measures in recruiting scholars and the impact of programming in retaining scholars, especially those from minority populations. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends 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 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.

该项目旨在通过增加俄克拉荷马州东北部的高需求，文化多样化的学校中高效，文化多样的学校的高效二级教师的数量来满足国家需求。该州目前面临教师短缺，包括有资格获得数学，生物学，化学和物理学指导的教师。该项目旨在吸引，准备和激发潜在的教师选择在毕业时教书的潜水区，并将为高名的学生提供20个奖学金，从而大大减少成为STEM老师的经济燃烧。这些准教师将通过潜水员经验丰富的学习机会，增强的心理，夏季研讨会以及毕业后，学者们将继续获得高质量的入职支持。该项目的一个创新特征是将教学融入基于基于教育的教育 - 将学生沉浸在当地遗产中作为学习的基础，为在高需求学区的职业中做好准备的STEM教师。通过利用基于地方的教育和其他有效且引人入胜的STEM指示，该项目有望改善学者的学习成果，更好地为他们教学的学生做好准备，并增加这些学生在STEM领域的兴趣和参与度。在五年的过程中，将获得20名本科生的奖学金，以获得STEM Fields奖学金，并获得STEM Fields的学位，并获得良好的教学认证。为此，该项目将依靠东北州立大学与两个K-12合作伙伴紧密合作：塔勒奎公立学校和工会公立学校。这些合作伙伴关系为与教师短缺危机作斗争的高需求学区的潜在STEM教师的创新准备提供了理想的环境。高质量，研究的实践以增强潜在教师的学习，包括专家学习，提供的机会超出了所需的本权；由高需求学区的高效执业教师指导；专注于最佳实践的讲习班，目的是为潜在的教师做好教育的角色做好准备；以及由教师和其他STEM专家准备的科学与数学演示研讨会。该项目有可能增加即将毕业的STEM教师的保留率，同时还为有效的老师做好了明天的劳动力。拟议项目的智力优点嵌入了教学的整合中，以支持教师有效性和基于教育的教育及其课程，作为一种创新的方式，可以为STEM教师做好高需求学区的职业的创新方式。该项目的结果将用于制定基于证据的建议，以增强其他高等教育机构对STEM教育的培训，并调查招募措施在招募学者中的影响以及编程对保留学者，尤其是来自少数人口的学者的影响。这首歌1：奖学金和津贴项目得到了罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（NOYCE）的支持。 NOYCE计划支持有才华的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老师，成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持有关K-12 STEM教师在高需求学区的持久性，保留和有效性的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为通过评估被认为是宝贵的支持。