Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

NSF TCUP PHASE II PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Sofitel Minneapolis • 5601 West 78th Street • Bloomington, MN

August 24-25, 2007

Friday, August 24

AM

   8:30                Registration                                                                               Upper Garden Court  

                          Continental Breakfast                                                                          Garden Court   

   9:00                Opening Plenary Session                                                                 Cannes Room                

                           - Opening Prayer

                                       Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network

                           - Welcome and Introductions

                           - Review of Purpose, Agenda and Meeting Folder Contents

                                        Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

   9:30                Overview of Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) Awards

                          - Planning and Implementation Awards

                          - STEM Teachers of Excellence Education Projects (STEEP)

                          - Collaborative Partnerships

Gerald (Carty) Monette, QEM Network

 10:15                Break

 10:30                NSF Merit Review Criteria

Costello Brown, QEM Consultant

 11:00                Profiles of TCUP PHASE II, STEEP, and Collaborative Partnership Awards

J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 11:30                Presentation on Recent Phase II Award

Bob Madsen, Principal Investigator, Chief Dull Knife College

Noon/PM

 12:00                Lunch                                                                                                     

   1:00                Brief Description of Institutional Project Summaries for Phase II Awards

                                Group Discussion – Carty Monette, Moderator

   2:00                Plenary Session: Phase II Proposal Preparation       

Key ProposalComponents: Session I

                          - Rationale and Results from Prior Work

                          - Goals, Measurable Objectives, and Strategies for Achieving Objectives

Shirley McBay, QEM Network

                          - Indicators of Progress, Expected Outcomes, and Project Summary

                                      Holly YoungBear-Tibbetts, President, Tangram Consulting Services

   3:15                Break

   3:30                Plenary Session: Key Proposal Components: Session II

                          - Key Personnel, Timeline, Evaluation Plan, and Dissemination Plan

                          - Bio-sketches and References

Costello Brown, QEM Consultant

   4:30                Small Group Sessions with QEM Staff and Consultants to discuss

                          Key Proposal Components from Sessions I and II

   6:00                Adjournment and Dinner

  Evening assignment: Participants revise Project Summaries and Refine Proposal
                                    Components from Sessions I and II

Saturday, August 25

AM

   8:30                Continental Breakfast                                 

   9:00                Plenary Session: Update from Teams on Revised Proposal Components based
                                                      on Sessions I and II and Revised Project Summaries                           

                                Group Discussion – Carty Monette, Moderator

 10:00                Plenary Session: Key Proposal Components: Session III

- Budget Preparation and Budget Justification

Shirley McBay, QEM Network   (1030 Form.doc) (1030.pdf)

 10:45                Break

 11:00                Small Group Sessions with QEM Staff and Consultants to discuss

                          Key Proposal Components from Session III

PM

 12:30                Lunch                                                                                                       

   1:00                Participants refine Budget requests and Budget Justification

   2:00                Plenary Session: Institutions present updates on

                                                      Proposal Components from Session III

                                Group Discussion – Carty Monette, Moderator

   3:00                Remaining Questions and Answers                                                            

   3:30                Closing Comments – QEM Consultants and Staff

   4:00                Adjournment