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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
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