支持K-12教育

菠菜网lol正规平台 faculty and staff are sharing rich professional development opportunities and rigorous curriculum designs with local K-12 educators. 这些伙伴关系有助于 to academic success, open doors to applied learning, and introduce students to the world of work. Thanks to these dedicated Spartans, Silicon Valley’s underserved students 会为上大学做更好的准备吗.

卡蒂亚·阿吉拉尔，马克·费尔顿

Katya Karathanos Aguilar and Mark Felton share a commitment to advancing academic 英语学习者读写能力. 在创建Trio项目时，这些教授 built a consortium between 菠菜网lol正规平台, partner school districts and local schools, one where shared knowledge between new and veteran teachers supports the academic needs of high-school-age English learners.

“What is unique about our program is that our ‘clinical residency teams’ consist of one 菠菜网lol正规平台 student teacher, a veteran mentor teacher, university supervisors, and content-area facilitators, working together to advance academic language development,” explains Aguilar. “Our student teachers bring the latest research and strategies they have acquired in 菠菜网lol正规平台’s student teaching program to the partnership, and the mentor teachers 在高中分享他们的课堂经验.”

The resulting teams jointly participate in university-based professional development and instructional coaching that is aligned with school district curriculum. The trio then coplan and implement curriculum, observe one another’s lessons, and map student progress.

“It is a collaborative learning process for beginning and veteran teachers,” adds Felton. “The program richly enhances teachers’ professional skills, but ultimately benefits the students."

Grant Funding: U.S. 教育部

Ferdinand Rivera

Ferdinand Rivera’s partnership with the Franklin-McKinley Union School District (FMSD) has resulted in a rigorous math curriculum that engages 3rd to 6th grade students, 尤其是那些英语学习者. 将项目落实到位的是团队 由菠菜网lol正规平台学生教师和FMSD资深教师组成. 他们已经实现了数据驱动 instructional plans that incorporate Rivera’s research on integrating mathematics 识字教学.

“My research is about mathematical curriculum changes that impact underrepresented 少数民族学生，”里维拉解释道. “每当我开发研究问题，影响
students, I take into account the issues they have with academic language and connect them with math. One cannot separate English-learner needs and mathematical content needs.”

Rivera’s research specifically focuses on the acquisition of algebra skills, and teaching 初中生的代数概念. “代数之间有很强的相关性 performance in the early grades and later success in high school, college, and careers.”

资助:美国国家科学基金会

苏珊·阿里亚斯，伊莱恩·柯林斯

The 菠菜网lol正规平台 Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program introduces educationally disadvantaged and first-generation middle- and high-school students to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers using a combination of school site programs, activities at 菠菜网lol正规平台, and visits to technology partner sites like NASA, IBM, and GE.

“When kids use math and science to build something tangible, they find the subjects to be compelling and fun,” explains Director Susan Arias, who works with College of Science Associate Dean Elaine Collins to administer the program.

MESA-trained teachers also introduce the students to the college admission process, and working Silicon Valley engineers and scientists take part in their projects and events.

“Our goal is to increase the number of historically underrepresented K-12 students 在大学里学习STEM科目，”柯林斯说. “我们希望他们获得STEM学位 so that they can work in those professions in Silicon Valley.”

资助:加州大学

Karen Philbrick & MTI

根据美俄两国联合发布的一份报告.S. 劳工部，教育部， and Transportation, 4.6 million transportation workers will be needed between 2012 2022年填补劳动力空缺. 菠菜网lol正规平台的Mineta交通研究所 (MTI), in the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business, is addressing this need in a practical way: by introducing high school students to careers in the industry 通过暑期交通学院(STI).

"Developing a robust workforce starts with educating young citizens about transportation careers. To that end, we founded the MTI Summer Transportation Institute,” explains MTI执行董事Karen Philbrick.

The institute consists of three weeks of classroom study at 菠菜网lol正规平台, augmented by work-based learning experiences. A job-shadowing field trip to United Airlines at SFO introduced the students to careers in air traffic control, piloting, baggage handling and security. Participants also earned three units of college credit from 菠菜网lol正规平台’s Department of Environmental Studies.

The STI program will be offered again in Summer 2017. 感兴趣的高中生 can contact MTI Director of Research and Technology Transfer Hilary Nixon (hilary.nixon@ctv365.net) for more information.

Grant funding: U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers 项目(批准号:DTRT12-G-UTC21)

上海外国语大学研究基金2016-17年度报告