The Mathematics Master Teacher Leadership Project

数学名师领导力项目

• 批准号: 2243225
• 负责人: Rajee Amarasinghe
• 金额: $ 142.89万
• 依托单位: California State University-Fresno Foundation
• 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: 2023-05-01 至 2029-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2243225&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mathematics; Master; Teacher; Leadership; Project

This project will address the national need to prepare high-quality mathematics teachers who are effective in helping all students succeed. To this end the project will develop a leadership cadre of experienced and exemplary teachers to be Master Teaching Fellows (MTF) in high-need schools. This cadre will amplify the efforts of "GOTMath," a current Noyce project that is preparing a pool of diverse community college students to enroll in the university’s mathematics teacher education program. In particular, the new MTFs will serve as excellent mentors to the "GOTMath" Student-Scholars as the latter earn their STEM bachelor’s degree and become new teachers in the district’s high-need schools. The Master Teaching Fellows will be engaged in a research-based Leadership Initiative which seeks to develop the Fellows’ capacity to improve opportunities for a diverse body of students by offering inclusive mathematics experiences. The Leadership Initiative will help the Fellows to become future school leaders who can mentor less experienced teachers to be more effective. The Master Teaching Fellows will complete a Master of Science in Mathematics degree and participate in teaching and leadership workshops offered by the project’s many partners. They will become the next generation of math teacher-leaders vitally needed to create schools that are sites of success for all students.This project brings together nine partners: the Central Valley Higher Education Consortium; Fresno County Superintendent of Schools; San Joaquin Valley Mathematics Project; the California State University (CSU) Mathematics and Science Teacher Initiative; and five high-need school districts (Fresno, Sanger, Reef-Sunset, Central, and Mendota), who collectively will recruit and mentor 18 master’s-level teachers from the participating school districts. The project rests on four proven methods for building an effective teaching workforce: (1) multipurpose mentoring; (2) increasing the number of teacher-leaders who are individuals who identify as members of racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines relative to their numbers in the general population; (3) investing in local teachers; and (4) implementation of the concept of "Lesson Study," in which a school-based community of teachers collaborates to develop and share approaches to improving classroom instruction. The project's assessment will target three questions: (1) In what ways do activities influence the participants’ understanding of mathematics teacher leadership? (2) How do activities contribute to the growth of a Fellow as a teacher of mathematics, an educational researcher, and a leader? (3) In what ways do Teacher Leaders influence their colleagues in their schools to improve mathematics teaching? The PI Team will disseminate project findings at conferences and in journals, and they will share the findings with the CSU Director of Educator Preparation to disseminate to all 23 CSU campuses. This Track 3: Master Teaching Fellowships 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 effectiveness and retention 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.

该项目将解决有效帮助所有学生成功的高质量数学教师的国家需求。为此，该项目将发展经验的领导干部，并在高需求学校中成为教学研究员（MTF）的典范教师。该干部将扩大当前NOYCE项目“ GotMath”的努力，该项目正在准备一群潜水员社区的大学生来参加该大学的数学教师教育计划。特别是，新的MTF将成为“ GotMath”学生cholars的出色导师，因为后者获得了STEM学士学位，并成为该地区高需求学校的新老师。大师教学研究员将参加一项基于研究的领导力计划，该计划旨在通过提供包容性的数学经验来发展研究员的能力来改善学生的机会。领导倡议将帮助研究员成为未来的学校领导者，他们可以指导较少经验的老师提高有效性。硕士教学研究员将完成数学学位科学硕士学位，并参加该项目的许多合作伙伴提供的教学和领导研讨会。他们将成为下一代数学教师领导者，以创建为所有学生成功的学校。该项目汇集了九个合作伙伴：中央谷高等教育财团；弗雷斯诺县学校院长；圣华金谷数学项目；加利福尼亚州立大学（CSU）数学和科学老师倡议；还有五个高需求的学区（弗雷斯诺，桑格，礁石，中央和门多达），他们将共同招募和指导参与学区的18名硕士教师。该项目取决于四种可靠的方法来建立有效的教学劳动力：（1）多功能心理； （2）增加个人的教师人数，这些人的数量是，他们在STEM学科中相对于普通人群的人数不足的种族和族裔人口成员； （3）投资当地教师； （4）实施“课程研究”的概念，其中一个以学校为基础的教师社区合作开发和共享改善课堂教学的方法。该项目的评估将针对三个问题：（1）活动如何影响参与者对数学教师领导的理解？ （2）活动如何有助于成长为数学老师，教育研究人员和领导者？ （3）教师领导者在哪些方面影响学校中的同事以改善数学教学？ PI团队将在会议和期刊上传播项目调查结果，他们将与CSU教育工作者准备总监的发现分享，以将所有23个CSU校园传播。这首歌3：大师教学奖学金项目得到了罗伯特·诺伊斯（Robert Noyce）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有效性和保留的研究。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，被认为是珍贵的支持。