Creating and Sustaining Noyce Mentors en la Frontera: a HSI Collaborative Capacity Building Grant

在拉弗龙特拉创建和维持诺伊斯导师：HSI 协作能力建设补助金

• 批准号: 2345011
• 负责人: Jennifer Miller
• 金额: $ 14.95万
• 依托单位: Sul Ross State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2345011&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Creating; Sustaining; Noyce; Mentors; en

The project aims to serve the national need to build greater understanding of what it means to be an effective STEM teacher leader serving rural high-need schools, with a specific focus on the Texas-Mexico border and on students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM fields. As increasing national efforts continue to enhance STEM student-learning experiences in isolated underrepresented communities, there is a critical need to not only increase the number of STEM teacher leaders but also develop best practices for their preparation. The project seeks to pilot a mechanism for identifying and providing professional development for an initial group of STEM teachers and involving them in the delivery of STEM outreach activities. This project at Sul Ross State University aims to establish partnerships with Midland College and surrounding high need schools in Eagle Pass, Del Rio, Midland, and rural southwest Texas communities, and with the non-profit Science Mill Museum. The project also seeks to deepen relationships with existing partners Southwest Texas Junior College and high need schools located in Presidio, Marfa, Alpine, and Uvalde, Texas. The project plan includes working with an advisory board to define characteristics of a STEM teacher leader, examining existing graduate programs for alignment with these characteristics and Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 3 proposal requirements, and delivering a teacher professional development institute for 15 STEM teachers in collaboration with the Science Mill Museum. Each participating STEM teacher will also have an opportunity to practice skills developed via the institute while assisting with the delivery of one of three planned week-long STEM outreach camps. This project aims to produce insights regarding how collaborative networks in rural Texas can be leveraged to create a self-sustaining regional ecosystem for effective STEM teaching. This capacity 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求，更好地理解成为一名有效的 STEM 教师领导者为农村高需求学校服务意味着什么，特别关注德克萨斯州和墨西哥边境以及历史上在 STEM 领域代表性不足的群体的学生。随着国家不断加大努力，继续在偏远的代表性不足的社区中增强 STEM 学生的学习体验，迫切需要不仅增加 STEM 教师领导者的数量，而且还需要为他们的准备制定最佳实践。该项目旨在试行一种机制，为首批 STEM 教师确定并提供专业发展，并让他们参与 STEM 外展活动。苏尔罗斯州立大学的该项目旨在与米德兰学院以及伊格尔帕斯、德尔里奥、米德兰和德克萨斯州西南部农村社区的周边高需求学校以及非营利性科学磨坊博物馆建立合作伙伴关系。 该项目还寻求加深与现有合作伙伴西南德克萨斯初级学院以及位于德克萨斯州普雷西迪奥、马尔法、阿尔派恩和尤瓦尔迪的高需求学校的关系。该项目计划包括与咨询委员会合作，定义 STEM 教师领导者的特征，检查现有研究生项目是否符合这些特征以及罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划 Track 3 提案要求，并为 15 名 STEM 教师提供教师专业发展学院。与科学磨坊博物馆合作。每位参与的 STEM 教师还将有机会练习通过学院开发的技能，同时协助举办三个计划为期一周的 STEM 外展营之一。该项目旨在深入了解如何利用德克萨斯州农村地区的协作网络创建一个自我维持的区域生态系统，以实现有效的 STEM 教学。该能力项目得到罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（Noyce）的支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的 STEM 本科专业和专业人士成为高效的 K-12 STEM 教师，并支持经验丰富、堪称典范的 K-12 教师成为高需求学区的 STEM 大师级教师。它还支持对高需求学区 K-12 STEM 教师的有效性和保留率的研究。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。