QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK

Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Program Technical Assistance Workshop

for Minority-serving Institutions and their K-12 Partners

Embassy Suites Baltimore at BWI Airport ¥ 1300 Concourse Drive ¥ Linthicum, MD

May 20-21, 2010

 

Agenda

 

Workshop Purpose: To assist participating teams in further developing their ideas for Start and Institute Partnership proposals they are planning to submit to the National Science Foundation (NSF)Õs MSP Program by the July 8, 2010 Program Deadline.

 

Thursday, May 20

Noon/PM

12:00      Registration                                                                                              Friendship Ballroom

 

12:30      Opening Luncheon and Plenary Session                                                       Terrace–2nd Floor

               Welcome, Introductions, and Review of Workshop Purpose and Agenda

                     Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

                     Elizabeth VanderPutten, Program Director
                           Division of Undergraduate Education, Math Science Partnership (DUE/MSP)
                           Division of Research on Learning (DRL)/Education and Human Resources (EHR)  

 

  2:00      Plenary Session: The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Program                 Friendship Ballroom

               - Overview of the MSP Program

               - Review of the MSP Program Solicitation

               - Institute Partnerships – Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century and

                     MSP-Start Partnerships

                     Kathleen Bergin, Program Director, Math and Science Partnership, DUE/EHR

                     Hannah Sevian, Program Director, Math and Science Partnership, DUE/EHR

 

  2:45      Break

 

  3:00      Plenary Session: Merit Review and Competitive Proposals

               - NSF Merit Review Criteria

               - Strengths and Weaknesses of Funded/Unfunded Institute Partnership and

                     MSP-Start Partnership Proposals

                     James Hamos, Program Director, Math and Science Partnership, DUE/EHR

      Daphne Rainey, Program Director, Math and Science Partnership, DUE/EHR

 

  4:30      Concurrent Sessions: Feedback on ParticipantsÕ Concept Papers and

                                                Project Summaries (See Session Assignment Sheet)

               Sessions I and II:  Focus on ParticipantsÕ MSP-Institute Concept Papers

               Sessions III – VI:  Focus on ParticipantsÕ MSP-Start Project Summaries

 

  6:00      Working Dinner                                                                                                        Terrace–2nd Floor

               Table Discussions with NSF Program Directors, QEM Consultants, and

               QEM Senior Staff of the Key Points from the Afternoon Sessions

 

  7:00      Adjournment

 

 

Friday, May 20

 

AM

  8:30      Plenary Session:                                                                                     Friendship Ballroom

               Addressing the Research Component of an MSP Proposal

                     Patrick Sean Smith, Senior Research Associate

                           Horizon Research, Inc.

                     Introduction of Speaker: Monica Mitchell, QEM Consultant

 

  9:15      Concurrent Mock Panel Reviews of a Redacted Institute Partnership Proposal 

                     (See Panel Assignment Sheet)

 

10:00      Break

 

10:15      Plenary Session: Evaluation of MSP Institute and Start Partnerships      Friendship Ballroom

               - The Role of Evaluation

               - Logic Model

                     Patrick Sean Smith, QEM Consultant

 

11:00      Concurrent Sessions: Discussion of Revised Project Summaries and Concept Papers

               Focus:  Project Design and Evaluation (See Session Assignment Sheet)

               NSF Program Directors and QEM Consultants/Senior Staff – Co-Facilitators

 

PM

12:15      Working Lunch: Presentation on an MSP Start Partnership Grant             Terrace–2nd Floor

                     Shaik Jeelani, Director of the Center for Advanced Materials,

                           Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs, and

                           MSP-Start Principal Investigator, Tuskegee University

                     Introduction of Speaker: Monica Mitchell, QEM Consultant

 

  1:30      Plenary Session: Project Sustainability and Institutional Change           Friendship Ballroom

                     James Hamos, Program Director, MSP

 

  2:15      Break

 

  2:30      Continuation of Concurrent Sessions: Further Refinement of Project

                     Summaries and Concept Papers (See Session Assignment Sheet)

               Focus:  Project Management, Sustainability, and Institutional Change

               NSF Program Directors and QEM Consultants/Senior Staff – Co-Facilitators

 

  3:45      Plenary Session:  Budget Preparation, including Sub-awards                Friendship Ballroom

                     Costello Brown, QEM Consultant

 

  4:15      Plenary Session:  Next Steps and Reflections

                     Moderator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

 

  5:00      Adjournment