Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Teacher Professional Continuum Information and Technical Assistance Workshop
Atlanta Airport Marriott ¥ 4711 Best Road ¥ Atlanta, GA
Friday, February 3, 2006
8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 Opening Session
Welcome, Introductions, and Review of Purpose and Agenda
Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network
Welcoming Remarks
Julia Clark, Program Director, Teacher Professional Continuum (TPC)
Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education (ESIE)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
8:45 -Overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
-Overview of the ESIE Division and the TPC Program
Julia Clark, Program Director and Chair, TPC Outreach, NSF
9:15 -The Mechanics of Proposal Submission
-NSF Merit Review Criteria and the NSF Review Process
Patricia Freitag, QEM Consultant and Former TPC Program Officer
George Hammons, Philander Smith College and NSF Review Panelist
9:45 -Review of Principles of Inquiry[1] and Key Proposal Components[2]
Angelicque Tucker Blackmon, Program Director, ESIE/TPC, NSF
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 Strengths and Weaknesses in Funded and Un-funded TPC Proposals
Julia Clark, Program Director, ESIE/TPC, NSF
Monica Mitchell, QEM Consultant, and Former TPC Program Officer
11:15 Two Concurrent Sessions on Key Proposal Components
led by TPC Staff and QEM Consultants (See Session Assignments)
Topics: Rationale & Related Research, Goals, & Projected Outcomes
Discussion/Implications of Topics for Proposed Projects
Session I Discussion Leaders:
Angelicque Tucker Blackmon, Program Director, ESIE/TPC, NSF
Monica Mitchell, QEM Consultant
Session II Discussion Leaders:
Julia Clark, Program Director, ESIE/TPC, NSF
Patricia Freitag, QEM Consultant
George Hammons, QEM Consultant
12:30 Lunch
Note: A Special Session on the Submission of Proposals via NSFÕs FastLane
will be conducted from 1:30 – 4:00 pm. One member of each institutional team
should attend the FastLane session while the other continues to participate
in the appropriate concurrent session on project summaries.
1:30 Proposal Submission and FastLane
Evelyn Baisey-Thomas, Computer Specialist
Division of Information Systems
Office of Information and Resource Management, NSF
1:30 Two Concurrent Sessions (Continuation of Earlier Concurrent Sessions)
Topics: Work Plan and Personnel
Discussion/Implications of Topics for Proposed Projects
Session I Discussion Leaders:
Jeanne Small, Program Director, DUE/TPC, NSF
Monica Mitchell, QEM Consultant
Session II Discussion Leaders:
Patricia Freitag, QEM Consultant
George Hammons, QEM Consultant
2:45 Coffee Break
3:00 Two Concurrent Sessions (Continuation of Earlier Concurrent Sessions)
Topics: Evaluation and Dissemination
Discussion/Implications of Topics for Proposed Projects
Session I Discussion Leaders:
Julia Clark, ESIE/TPC, NSF
Jeanne Small, DUE/TPC NSF
Session II Discussion Leaders:
Angelicque Tucker Blackmon, ESIE/TPC, NSF
Patricia Freitag, QEM Consultant
George Hammons, QEM Consultant
4:00 Plenary Session: Budget Preparation
Monica Mitchell, QEM Consultant
4:45 Closing Comments
NSF Staff, QEM Consultants, and QEM Staff
5:00 Adjournment
[1] Principles of Inquiry*
-Pose significant questions that can be investigated
-Link research to relevant theory
-Use methods that permit study of the question
-Provide a coherent and explicit chain of reasoning
-Explain how data will be analyzed
-Discuss dissemination
*National Research Council (2001) Scientific Inquiry in Education
National Academy Press (www.nap.edu)
[2] Key Proposal Components:
Project Summary, Goals, Rationale and Related Literature,
Research Questions and/or Hypotheses, Research Design (Objectives; Strategies
for Achieving Objectives;
Key Personnel and Project Management, and Role of Internal
Review Board
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