Building Capacity to Address STEM Educator Shortages in Rural South Dakota

建设能力以解决南达科他州农村地区 STEM 教育工作者短缺问题

• 批准号: 2243410
• 负责人: Bentley Sayler
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Black Hills State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2243410&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; Address; STEM; Educator

This project aims to serve the national need for preparing high quality STEM teachers in rural low-income areas. More specifically, the project team will help address the STEM teacher shortage in rural South Dakota by exploring factors that inspire students to pursue STEM teaching. At the same time the project also aims to strengthen partnerships with high-need rural and tribal schools within the region. The project will survey and interview teachers and administrators at rural schools and districts, as well as recent alumni, K-12 and university students, and personnel from other Noyce-funded STEM educator preparation programs. Results will bring light upon the needs of potential partner schools in recruiting, retaining and supporting STEM educators, particularly early career teachers with backgrounds similar to the students they serve. Findings will also inform the structure of secondary STEM teacher preparation programs and will provide direction in creating a recruitment and support plan geared toward students from rural and low-income backgrounds.This project at Black Hills State University includes partnerships with the Center for the Advancement of Mathematics and Science Education (CAMSE), the Center for American Indian Studies (CAIS), and up to 10 regional school districts. Project activities include conducting two needs assessments. One will center on high needs-schools and districts with a focus on rural and tribal schools within a 150-mile radius of BHSU. The goal is to establish formal partnerships that address the identified needs. The other needs assessment will center on high school students, university students, and teacher education graduates, and will focus on the needs of rural and tribal communities. The outcomes of these assessments are intended to support the development of a recruitment plan for a future Track 1 Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program proposal. The project also aims to review the structure of STEM majors at BHSU and evaluate the feasibility of restructuring the academic programs to align with other teacher preparation programs, particularly those in rural areas. Results may inform recruitment, retention, and early career support strategies of STEM teacher preparation programs at other small, rural, primarily undergraduate institutions. 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 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.

该项目旨在满足国家需要在农村低收入地区准备高质量的STEM教师的需求。更具体地说，该项目团队将通过探索激发学生追求STEM教学的因素来帮助解决南达科他州农村的STEM教师短缺。同时，该项目还旨在加强与该地区高需求的农村和部落学校的合作伙伴关系。该项目将调查和采访农村学校和地区的老师和管理人员，以及最近的校友，K-12和大学生，以及其他NOYCE资助的STEM教育者准备计划的人员。结果将阐明潜在合作伙伴学校在招募，保留和支持STEM教育者的需求，尤其是与他们所服务的学生相似的背景的早期职业老师。调查结果还将为二级STEM教师准备计划的结构提供信息，并将为制定针对农村和低收入背景的学生的招聘和支持计划提供指导。该项目在黑山州立大学的该项目中，包括与数学和科学教育中心（CAMSE）的合作伙伴关系，包括美国印度研究中心（CAIS）（CAIS）（CAIS），以及最多10个区域地区。项目活动包括进行两项需求评估。一个人将集中在高需求学校和地区，重点关注BHSU半径150英里的农村和部落学校。目的是建立正式的合作伙伴关系来满足确定的需求。其他需求评估将以高中生，大学生和教师教育毕业生为中心，并将专注于农村和部落社区的需求。这些评估的结果旨在支持为未来赛道1 Noyce教师奖学金计划提案的招聘计划的制定。该项目还旨在审查BHSU的STEM专业的结构，并评估重组学术计划以与其他教师准备计划（尤其是农村地区的教师准备计划保持一致）的可行性。结果可能会为其他小型农村，主要是本科机构的STEM教师准备计划的招聘，保留和早期职业支持策略提供信息。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，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准通过评估来支持的。