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Preparing NOYCE Scholars in the Rocky Mountain West to
Teach Mathematics & Science
Jacqueline LeonardSaman Aryana
Joy JohnsonMonica Mitchell
University of Wyoming
Grant # 1439546
❧❧ 9th Largest State by land area
❧ Lowest Population in US (584,153 residents)
❧ 48 School Districts (365 schools)❧ 7,349 Teacher Workforce
predominantly white & female
❧ 91,533 Students (81% White, 12% Latin@, 3% Native American, 3% Asian, & 1% Black)
❧ Enrollment expected increase❧ 31,578 (6.3%) in 2003 to
38,455 (6.6%) in 2013
Rocky Mountain Region: Wyoming Schools Context
Data Source:Wyoming QuickFacts
National Center for Education Statistics
❧❧ Mission
❧ Recruit & retain diverse STEM teachers to increase number of highly qualified teachers in science and math who are committed to serving high-need students in rural towns in Wyoming and beyond
❧ A Robert NOYCE Scholarship Program❧ Targets STEM undergraduates, graduates, &
professionals interested in K-12 Teaching Certificate❧ WITS targets future K-6 teachers
http://www.witsnoyce.com/
Wyoming Intern to Teacher Scholars (WITS)
❧❧ Early recruitment activities
in regional high schools
❧ Training and summer STEM education research internships during sophomore year
❧ Mathematics tutoring and mentoring
❧Partner institutions for sustained professional learning communities
WITS Four Components
❧❧ What are the barriers to success and mitigating
factors for underrepresented minority STEM majors in WITS program?
❧ What types of academic support are most effective in alleviating stereotype threat?
❧ How did the summer research internship influence WITS participants’ teacher efficacy and retention in STEM?
❧ How did the tutoring/mentoring activities provided throughout the WITS program impact Noyce Scholars’ teacher efficacy and retention?
WITS Study:Research Questions
❧Theoretical Framework
❧ Self Efficacy Beliefs (Bandura, 1977; 1997)
❧ Science Teachers (Riggs & Enochs, 1990)
❧ Mathematics Teachers (Enochs, Smith & Huinker, 2000)
❧Culturally relevant pedagogy (Gay, 2000; Ladson-Billings, 2009; Leonard 2008)
❧ Place-Based Education (hooks, 2009)
❧ Science Education (Aikenhead, Barton & Chinn, 2006)
❧ Mathematics Education (Long, 2009)
❧Stereotype threat (Steele, 1997; 2010)
❧ Mitigation through mentoring (Ek et al., 2010)
❧Methods
Qualitative❧ Participant
reflections❧ Focus groups
(formal)❧ Near-peer mentoring
(informal)❧ On-campus
mentoring (hybrid)
Quantitative❧ Internship program
evaluation survey❧ STEBI-B (pre-service
science teachers)❧ MTEBI (pre-service
mathematics teachers)
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Preliminary Data:STEBI-B & MTEBI
Overall Means:❧ STEBI-B ~ 4.17
(n = 5)
❧ MTEBI ~ 4.25 (n = 4)
Teaching Self-Efficacy
❧ Science ~ 4.5❧ Math ~ 4.5Teaching Outcome Expectancy
❧ Science ~ 3.8❧ Math ~ 4.0
❧Year 1 Focus
❧ Established RECRUITMENT protocols❧ Denver are high school
and community college students
❧ Established relationships with UW admissions offices
❧ Established SUMMER INTERNSHIPS❧ Developed a model❧ Recruited 2 White females
and 2 African-American Males
❧Year 2 Focus
❧ Established MENTORING opportunities❧ Formal with STEM
Education professionals
❧ Informal with near-peer education advocates
❧ Hybrid with STEM/STEM Education research team
❧ Hybrid community outreach
❧WITS Mentorship
❧ Safe & supportive environments
❧ A learning process❧ Mitigate systematic
disadvantages❧ Boost self-efficacy❧ Alleviate
discrimination and prejudice
❧❧ Develop a model for replication in Rocky Mountain
West
❧ Address recruitment & retention of STEM professionals (specifically of color)
❧ Change educational landscape by preparing diverse teachers of color in STEM fields
❧ Improve learning opportunities in high-need classrooms
Significance of Study
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WITS Noyce Research Team of the University of Wyoming
Jacqueline Leonard, Principal [email protected]