National Science Foundation Support for STEM Education

1. National Science Foundation Support for STEM Education NIH SciEd 2014 Conference May 5, 2014 Bethesda, MD Joan Prival Division of Undergraduate Education National Science Foundation

2. NSF Programs Supporting K12 STEM Education • Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program • STEM-C Partnerships • Discovery Research K-12 • Research Experiences for Teachers • Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching • Broadening the impact of NSF Research

3. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

4. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program • To encourage talented mathematics, science, and engineering undergraduates (STEM majors) to pursue teaching careers • To encourage STEM professionals to become teachers • To prepare Master Teachers

5. Noyce Scholarship Program (NSF 14-508) Three Categories : Scholarship Track • Supports undergraduate STEM majors and post-baccalaureate students/career changers • Scholarships/stipends, internships • Teaching commitment in high need school district NSF Teaching Fellowship/Master Teaching Fellowship Track (TF/MTF) • Supports post-baccalaureate preservice students/career changers • Develops Master Teachers • Fellowships and salary supplements • Teaching commitment in high need school district Capacity Building Projects • Planning, development, building infrastructure

6. Noyce Scholarship Program Projects include: • STEM faculty collaborating with Education faculty • Strong partnership with school district • Recruitment and selection strategies • Exemplary teacher preparation programs leading to certification and/or professional development programs for Master Teaching Fellows) • Support for new teachers • Mechanism for monitoring recipients • Institutional support • Evaluation

7. Noyce Scholarship Program Capacity Building Track To develop the capacity of the teacher preparation community to expand efforts to document, disseminate, and implement evidence-based practices for preparing effective STEM teachers and teacher leaders: • Development of new teacher preparation programs for STEM majors and STEM professionals • Development of new programs for developing Master STEM Teachers • Workshops, conferences focusing on challenges or effective practices in recruiting and preparing STEM teachers for high-need school districts • Knowledge syntheses, identification/dissemination of resources and evidence-based practices • Enhancing Noyce project evaluation

8. TELbio: Teaching English Learners Biology Kennesaw State UniversityPI: Jennifer Frisch • Collaboration between Kennesaw State University's (KSU) College of Science and Mathematics and the Bagwell College of Education and five high-need school districts in the metropolitan Atlanta, GA Georgia area • Teacher candidates complete the MAT Biology degree and obtain both 6-12 biology teaching certification and a TESOL endorsement. • Scholars with strong biology content knowledge are recruited into the program • Research-based best practices in biology instruction with English language support, social justice techniques, culturally relevant and culturally responsive pedagogies equip Noyce Scholars to meet the needs of all students. • In-school mentoring and KSU faculty mentorship support for new teachers • Data regarding the academic strength and commitment of the applicants, evidence of development of candidate skills during the program period, and evidence of success during the induction period for scholarship recipients are used to evaluate program effectiveness

9. Teaching as a Primary Profession (TAPP) in Biology and BiochemistryCalifornia State University-FullertonPI: Barbara Gonzalez • Collaboration between CSU-Fullerton, UCLA, Mount San Antonio College and Anaheim Union High School District • Biology or Biochemistry majors receive a teaching credential through a five year program • Provide opportunities for students to enrich their understanding of the nature of scientific inquiry through research experiences in biology and biochemistry • Develop pedagogical content knowledge with supported experiences in high school and college classrooms • Supported by Master Teachers and university field supervisors • Facilitate the use of information, communication, and educational technologies to improve teaching and learning

10. STEM Teacher as ResearcherCalifornia Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoPI: John Keller Producing teacher-researchers through: • Paid 9-week research internships at national labs (NOAA, DoE, NASA, NSF, SETI Institute, DoD) • Weekly STEM education workshops • STAR Teacher-Researcher Conferences\ STAR Fellows: • Engage in original research • Join a community of teacher-researchers • Build a professional network at a national lab • Translate research into classroom practice

11. STEM-C Partnerships

12. STEM-C Partnerships Partnership: at least one K-12 school district + at least one institution/ organization that is actively engaged in teacher education and which brings STEM disciplinary expertise PI/Co-PIs must include at least one K-12 Core Partner organizational representative and an individual with an advanced STEM degree (scientist, engineer, mathematician, or computer scientist) from a Core Partner

13. STEM-C Partnerships (NSF 14-522) Focal Areas: • Community Enterprise for STEM Teaching & Learning • Current Issues Related to STEM Content • Teaching & Learning In Computer Science • Identifying & Cultivating Exceptional Talent • K-12 STEM Teacher Preparation

14. STEM-C Project Attributes • Center on improving STEM learning by K-12 students • Contribute to the literature on STEM teaching and learning, with an explicit research agenda? • Involve at least one K-12 school district and at least one institution/organization that is actively engaged in teacher education (pre-service and/or in-service) and which brings STEM disciplinary expertise in a mutually beneficial Partnership • Utilize expertise of STEM disciplinary experts, educational researchers, and K-12 teachers and administrators, with individuals from the learning sciences • Address a National Priority—the project should address both identified local needs and issues of national import

15. Discovery Research K-12 (DRK-12)

16. DRK-12 The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students, teachers, administrators and parents. All DRK-12 projects should be framed around a research question or hypothesis that addresses an important need or topic in preK-12 STEM education. The emphasis in DRK-12 is on research projects that study the development, testing, deployment, effectiveness, and/or scale-up of innovative resources, models and tools

17. Resources, Models and Tools • Resources – wide variety of research-based materials, information sources or services that enhance or empower effective teaching and learning • Models – frameworks for organization, action or engagement in teaching and/or learning • Tools – wide range of devices, procedures, and processes that enable students, teachers, administrators or parents to pursue specific goals

18. DRK-12’s Four Strands • The Assessment Strand: projects that develop and study valid and reliable assessments of student and teacher knowledge, skills, and practices • The Learning Strand: projects that develop and study resources, models and tools to support all students' STEM learning, enhance their knowledge and abilities, and build their interest in STEM fields • The Teaching Strand: projects that develop and study resources, models and tools to help pre- and in-service teachers provide high quality STEM education for all students • The Implementation Strand: projects that develop and study the factors that contribute to implementation of RMTs or that develop rigorous evidence about their efficacy or effectiveness

19. Research Experiences for Teachers

20. Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) • NSF supports Research Experiences for Teachers (RETs) via the Directorates for Engineering (ENG), Geosciences (GEO), Biological Sciences (BIO), Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) and others through: • RET supplements to ongoing awards, and • RET Site awards • The goal is to help build long-term collaborative partnerships between K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers, community college faculty, and the NSF university research community by involving teachers in research and helping them translate their research experiences and new knowledge into classroom activities http://www.retnetwork.org/about.php

21. Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching • The Nation’s highest honors for teachers of mathematics and science. • Awardees serve as models for their colleagues, inspiration to their communities and leaders in the improvement of mathematics and science education

22. Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching • Awards given to mathematics and science (including computer science) teachers from each of the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Department of Defense Education Activity schools, and the U.S. territories as a group (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). • The award recognizes those teachers who develop and implement a high-quality instructional program that is informed by content knowledge and enhances student learning. • Applications for current competition (K-6 Teachers) must be completed by May 15, 2014. • Nominations for mathematics and science teachers of grades 7-12 will open in Fall of 2014.

23. NSF Review Criteria NSF Merit Review Criteria • Intellectual Merit: encompasses the potential to advance knowledge • Broader Impacts: encompasses the potential to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes Additional Program specific review criteria, dependent on proposal type

24. NSF Resources Supporting K12 STEM Education • Broadening the impact of NSF funded research • Resources for STEM Education http://www.nsfresources.org/home.cfm • Successful K12 STEM Education http://successfulstemeducation.org/ http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13158 • Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K12 STEM Education http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13509

25. Common Guidelines for Educational Research The Guidelines were jointly developed by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to “establish cross-agency guidelines for improving the quality, coherence, and pace of knowledge development in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education” (NSF 13-126) The Common Guidelines (NSF 13-126): http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf13126

26. Common Guidelines • The Guidelines describe six types of research studies that can generate evidence about how to increase student learning. • For each research type, there is a description of the purpose and the expected empirical and/or theoretical justifications, types of project outcomes, and quality of evidence.

27. www.nsf.gov jprival@nsf.gov