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Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Workshop

Embassy Suites New Orleans Convention Center

315 Julia Street ¥ New Orleans, LA

Friday and Saturday, December 10-11, 2010

 

AGENDA

 

Note1: Participants are expected to take advantage of the HotelÕs complimentary breakfast each morning.

Note2: All Plenary Sessions will take place in the Bayou Jean Lafitte, Sections 1 & 2 and all Coffee Breaks

               will take place in the Foyer of Bayou Jean Lafitte.

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10

 

AM

8:30           Registration                                                                                       Foyer Bayou Jean Lafitte

                                                                                                                                           Sections 1 & 2

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

                     Meeting Packet, and Agenda

                                 Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

 

9:15           -Overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF)

                  -Overview of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

                                 Joan Prival, Lead Program Director

                                 Richard Alo, Program Director

                                            Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

                                            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

                                 J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 

10:30           Coffee Break

 

10:45           Strengths and Weaknesses in Funded/Non-funded

                      Noyce Teacher Scholarship Proposals

                                 Joan Prival, DUE/EHR, NSF

 

11:30           Best Practices: Academic Requirements and Evidence of Exemplary

                      STEM Teacher Preparation Programs

                    Panel of Noyce Principal Investigators:

                                 Larry Spears, Professor, Natural Sciences

                                            College of Sciences and Technology, University of Houston Downtown

                                 Farrah Chandler, Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

                      Elizabeth City State University

                    Moderator: Josephine Davis, Professor of Mathematics

                                            Fort Valley State University, and QEM Consultant

 

PM

12:30          Working Lunch:                                                                                              First Floor Atrium

                                 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 (See Assignment Sheet):

                                 Teams Discuss their Proposal Summaries with NSF Program Officers,

                                 QEM Consultants, and QEM Senior Staff

 

3:30           Break

 

3:45           Plenary Session:     Institutional Infrastructure Support Needed for the

                                                     Production of Well-prepared STEM Teachers

                                   Josephine Davis, QEM Consultant

 

4:30           Plenary Session:     Administration of a Noyce Scholarship Program Award

                                                       and the Student Scholarship Selection Process

                                 Joseph Meyinsse, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies

                                            Southern University at Baton Rouge, and Noyce Principal Investigator

 

5:00           Adjournment

                      Overnight Assignment: Revision of Project Summaries

 


SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11

 

AM

8:45           Plenary Session:      Report of NCATE Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation

                                                        and Partnerships for Improved Student Learning

                                 Tina Marshall-Bradley, Interim Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs,

                                            Professor, Division of Education, Paine College, and Member,

                                            NCATE Blue Ribbon Panel

 

9:45           Concurrent Sessions: Teams Discuss their Revised Proposal Summaries with

                                 NSF Program Officers, QEM Consultants, and QEM Senior Staff

 

10:45          Break

 

11:00          Plenary Session:    On-Campus Collaborations Between STEM Faculty and

                                                      Education Faculty

                                 Vinetta Jones, QEM Consultant

 

11:30          Plenary Session:     Establishing and Nurturing Partnerships Between Institutions of

                                                     Higher Education and the School Districts They Serve

                                 Farrah Chandler, Noyce Principal Investigator

 

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

 

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

                                 Gerunda Hughes, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction,

                                            and Director, Office of Institutional Assessment and Evaluation

                                            Howard University, and QEM Consultant

 

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

                                 Joseph Meyinsse, Noyce Principal Investigator

 

2:00           Plenary Session:      Closing Comments and Discussion of Next Steps

                                 NSF Program Officers, Noyce Grantees, QEM Consultants, QEM Senior Staff

 

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

                                 Evelyn Baisey-Thomas, Computer and Information Specialist         Baisey-Thomas PartB

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

                                            QEM Consultant

 

4:30           Adjournment