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The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship is a program of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation that recruits, supports, and prepares individuals for teaching careers, typically in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). President Barack Obama cited the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship as a model of STEM teacher preparation in a January 2010 speech on his administration’s Educate to Innovate initiative.〔("Remarks by the President on the 'Educate to Innovate' Campaign and Science Teaching and Mentoring Awards" ) (January 2, 2010).〕 ==History== In 2007, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation began to focus on the closing of achievement gap, both at the K-12 level and also for institutions of higher education. According to studies by various researchers and organizations, improvement in teacher expertise is the best way to improve student achievement,〔(''What Matters Most'' ), pp. 6-8 (September 1996), The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, Washington, D.C.〕〔See, for example, William L. Sanders and June C. Rivers, ("Cumulative and Residual Effects of Teachers on Future Student Academic Achievement" ) (November 1996), The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Reginald Clark, ("Closing the Achievement Gaps" ) (November 2002), Learning Point Associates/North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.〕 and teacher preparation is an important factor in improving learning outcomes.〔Sean Corcoran, "Human Capital Policy and the Quality of the Teacher Workforce," in Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway, eds., ''Creating a New Teaching Profession'' (Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press, 2010), p. 31; see also Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, and James Wyckoff, ("Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement" ) (August 2008), CALDER Working Paper No. 20, The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.〕 Based on these findings, the Foundation created the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship program. Teacher candidates who are graduating from or have graduated from college, including graduating college seniors, recent graduates, and midcareer or second-career professionals, are selected to received fellowships of approximately $30,000, which they use to enroll in master's degree programs for teacher preparation at universities selected by the Foundation. They teach at associated local public secondary schools from the beginning of their master’s work. In exchange for the Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows commit to teach in high-need urban or rural schools for three years. During the three-year period they receive ongoing mentoring from both their university and the school district in which they are placed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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