Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12) Follow-Up Workshop

A Program within the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s

Division of Elementary, Secondary and Informal Education (ESIE)

Washington Marriott s1221 22^nd Street NW sWashington, DC

January 19-20, 2007

agenda

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2007

AM

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast Salon A

8:45 Opening Plenary Session

Welcome, Purpose and Introductions

   Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

9:00 Welcoming Remarks

  Julia V. Clark, Program Director, DR-K12 Program, and

     Chair of Outreach, ESIE, NSF

Overview of the NSF DR-K12Program

Paola Sztajn, Co-Lead, DR-K12 Program, NSF

Overview of the DR-K12 Preliminary Proposal Competition

Strengths and Weaknesses of Preliminary Proposals

Janice Earle, Senior Program Director, DR-K12 Program, NSF

Karen Zuga, Program Director, DR-K12 Program, NSF

9:45 Plenary Panel: Strengths and Weaknesses of Preliminary Proposals
by Component Category

Component A:

Janice Earle, Senior Program Director, DR-K12 Program, NSF

  Gregg Solomon, Program Director, REESE/DR-K12 Programs, NSF

Component B:

David Hanych, Program Director, DR-K12 Program, NSF

Component C:

   Joseph Reed, Program Director, DR-K12 Program, NSF

10:30 Break

10:45 Two Concurrent Sessions - Discussion by Participants of Intellectual Merit

Session I (Applied Research) Room 3016

Discussion Leaders:

  Julia Clark, Program Director, DR-K12, NSF

  Karen King, QEM Consultant

Session II (Development of Resources and Tools) Room 3017

Discussion Leaders:

   Joseph Reed, Program Director, DR-12, NSF

  Daniel Householder, QEM Consultant

  Monica Mitchell, QEM Associate

11:30 Two Concurrent Sessions – Discussion by Participants of Broader Impacts

(Continuation of Earlier Sessions in same locations)

PM

12:15 Working Lunch and Plenary Session Georgetown I

1:15 Mock Panel Review

  Sharon Locke, Program Director, DR-K12, NSF

  Daniel Householder, QEM Consultant

  J. Arthur Jones, QEM Senior Associate

  Karen King, QEM Consultant

2:00 Two Concurrent Sessions on Key Proposal Elements

Topics: Goals, Rationale and Anticipated Products

Session I (Applied Research) Room 3016

Discussion Leaders:

  Paola Sztajn, Program Director, DR-K12, NSF

  Karen King, QEM Consultant

Session II (Development of Resources and Tools)    Room 3017

Discussion Leaders:

  David Hanych, Program Director, DR-K12, NSF

  Daniel Householder, QEM Consultant

  Monica Mitchell, QEM Associate

3:00 Coffee Break

3:15 Two Concurrent Sessions on Key Proposal Elements

(Continuation of Earlier Sessions in same locations)

Topics: Evaluation and Dissemination

4:15 Two Concurrent Sessions on Key Proposal Elements

(Continuation of Earlier Sessions in same locations)

Topics: Work, Plan, Personnel, and Budget

5:30 Dinner (on your own)

Evening Assignment: Develop/Revise Project Summaries

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2007

AM

8:30 Continental Breakfast Salon A

9:00 Plenary Session: Requirements for Research on Human Subjects

Karen King, QEM Consultant

10:00 Two Concurrent Sessions on Project Summaries

Topic: Feedback on Revised Project Summaries

Session I (Applied Research)    Room 3016

Discussion Leaders:

  Julia Clark, Program Director, DR-K12, NSF

  Karen King, QEM Consultant

Session II (Development of Resources and Tools)    Room 3017

Discussion Leaders:

Sharon Locke, Program Director, DR-K12, NSF

Gerhard Salinger, Program Director, DR-K12, NSF

  Patricia Freitag, QEM Consultant

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15 Plenary Session: Full Proposal Development–Key Considerations Salon A

Patricia Freitag, QEM Consultant

Monica Mitchell, QEM Associate

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Noon/PM

 12:00   Lunch

Topic: Next Steps and Closing Comments         Georgetown I

1:30 Adjournment