Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Robert S. Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Workshop

 

The Palomar Hotel ¥ 2121 P Street, NW ¥ Washington, DC

Friday-Saturday, January 29-30, 2010

 

AGENDA

 

Friday, January 29

 

AM

  8:30         Registration and Continental Breakfast                                             Phillips Ballroom

 

  9:00         -Welcome, Introductions, Review of Session Purpose,

                   Meeting Packet, and Agenda

                        Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

 

  9:15         -Overview of NSF and the EHR Directorate

                  -Overview of the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

                        Deborah Allen and Hannah Sevian, Program Directors

                              Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)

                              Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)

                              National Science Foundation (NSF)

 

10:00         NSFÕs Merit Review Criteria and Proposal Review Process

                        Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network, and

                              Former NSF Division Director

 

10:30         Coffee Break

 

10:45         Overview of Current Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Awards

                        J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 

11:30         Best Practices: Academic Requirements and Evidence of Exemplary STEM
Teacher Preparation Programs
 

                        Lisa Gonsalves, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

                              College of Education, University of Massachusetts Boston

                        John King, Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education, School of Education

                              Clark Atlanta University

      Joseph Meyinsse, Interim Dean of the Graduate School

                              Southern University at Baton Rouge

 

PM

12:30         Working Lunch: Table Discussion of Morning Plenary Session Topics

 

  1:30         Teacher Education Student Recruitment and Retention Strategies-Attracting
More Junior and Senior STEM Majors to K-12 Teaching

                        Vinetta Jones, Professor, School of Education

                              Howard University, and QEM Consultant

 

  2:00         Concurrent Sessions: Teams Discuss their Proposal Summaries with NSF Program Officers, QEM Consultants, Participating Noyce PIs, and QEM Senior Staff  

                        (see Assignment Sheet)

 

  3:30         Break

 

  3:45         Plenary Session: The Student Scholarship Selection Process              Phillips Ballroom

                        John King, Clark Atlanta University

 

  4:15         Administration of a Noyce Scholarship Program Award

                        Lisa Gonsalves, University of Massachusetts Boston

                        Joseph Meyinsse, Southern University at Baton Rouge

 

  5:00         Adjournment

                  Dinner (On Your Own)

                  Overnight Assignment: Revision of Project Summaries

 

 

Saturday, January 30

 

AM

  8:30         Continental Breakfast                                                                        Phillips Ballroom

 

  9:00         Concurrent Sessions: Teams Discuss their Revised Proposal Summaries with NSF

                  Program Officers, QEM Consultants, Participating Noyce PIs, and QEM Senior Staff

 

10:00         Plenary Session: On-Campus Collaborations Between                       Phillips Ballroom

                                            STEM and Education Faculty

                        Costello Brown, QEM Network, Moderator

 

10:45         Break

 

11:00         Establishing and Nurturing Partnerships Between Institutions of

                  Higher Education and the School Districts They Serve

                        Andrea Van Duzor, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

                              Chicago State University

 

11:30         Institutional Infrastructure Support Needed for the Production of

                  Well-prepared STEM Teachers

                        Walter Hill, Dean, College of Agricultural, Environmental and Natural Sciences

                              Tuskegee University

 

NOON/PM
12:00         Working Lunch: Table Discussion of Morning Plenary Session Topics

 

  1:00         Plenary Session: Assessment and Evaluation Plan for a Noyce Scholarship Project

                        Josephine Davis, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

                              Fort Valley State University, and QEM Consultant

 

  1:30         Sustainability of a Noyce Project: Opportunities and Barriers

                        Walter Hill, Tuskegee University

                        Andrea Van Duzor, Chicago State University

 

  2:00         Closing Comments and Discussion of Next Steps

                  NSF Program Officers, Noyce PIs, QEM Consultants, and QEM Senior Staff

 

  2:30         Plenary Session: Use of NSFÕs FastLane for Submitting Proposals

                        Evelyn Baisey-Thomas (Part 1)

                        Evelyn Baisey-Thomas (Part 2), Computer and Information Specialist

                            Office of Information and Resource Management, NSF (retired) and

                              QEM Consultant

 

  4:30         Adjournment