Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Proposal Development Workshop for the

National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) and Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education Track

Four Points by Sheraton BWI Airport Hotel • 7032 Elm Road • Baltimore, MD 21240

December 2-3, 2011

AGENDA

Purpose: To assist participating institutions in further developing their ideas for Broadening Participation

Research in STEM Education proposals they plan to submit in FY2012 to NSF’s HBCU-UP Program or TCUP Program.

FRIDAY, December 2
AM
8:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast	Solarium
8:30	Plenary Session Opening Remarks and Presentations: Welcome, Introductions, Review of Workshop Purpose Meeting Packet, and Agenda Overview of the HBCU-UP/TCUP Program’s Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education (BPR) Track Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network	Crane AB
9:15	A Primer on Education Research Fundamentals J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network
9:45	Analysis of Abstracts of HBCU-UP Education Research/Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education (BPR) Awards J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network
10:15	Break
10:30	NSF’s Merit Review Criteria (Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts) and how they relate to Education Research Proposals Kimberley Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Education, Howard University, and QEM Consultant
11:00	Research Design – Asking the Right Question Emorcia Hill, Director, Research and Evaluation Converge, Office for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School, and QEM Consultant
11:30	Concurrent Session I: (See Assignment Sheet) Focus: Brief Presentations of Project Summaries and Research Questions
PM
12:30	Working Lunch Buffet: Presentation: Grounding your Research Project in Appropriate Theory (Literature Review) Patricia Campbell, President, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc., and QEM Consultant	Crane AB
2:00	Plenary Session Panel: Education Research/Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education Grantees Share Their Experiences Camelia Moses Okpodu, Professor, Department of Biology, Norfolk State University Morris J. Clarke, Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences Winston-Salem State University
2:45	Concurrent Session II: (Same locations, assignments, and session leaders as for Concurrent Session I) Focus: Continuing Discussion on Research Questions for BPR Proposals
3:30	Break
	Plenary Session: Topic One: Recent Advances in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Methodologies Emorica Hill, QEM Consultant
3:45	Topic Two: Incorporating Innovations and Advances in Research Methodologies, Conceptual Frameworks, Data Gathering, and Analytic Techniques Cheryl Leggon, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology, and QEM Consultant
4:30	Concurrent Session III: (Same locations, assignments, and session leaders as in earlier Concurrent Sessions) Focus: Selecting Appropriate Theory and Methodologies for your Project
6:00	Break
6:30	Working Dinner - Review of the Day’s Activities	Carlton Room
Overnight Assignment: Institutional Teams are to revise their project summaries as needed
SATURDAY, December 3
AM
8:30	Buffet Breakfast Institutional Teams turn in printed project summaries to QEM
9:00	Plenary Session: Preparing Timelines and Budgets for BPR Proposals Kimberley Freeman, QEM Consultant	Crane AB
9:30	Concurrent Session IV: (Same locations, assignments, and session leaders as in earlier Concurrent Sessions) Focus: Review of revised project summaries, timelines, and budgets
10:45	Break
11:00	Plenary Session: Project Assessment, Evaluation, and Dissemination Plans for BPR Proposals Cheryl Leggon, QEM Consultant
Noon/PM
12:00	Working Lunch: Special Considerations for BPR Proposals: Institutional Review Board Approval, Data Management Plans, and Dissemination of Findings Patricia Campbell, QEM Consultant	Crane A
1:15	Concurrent Session V: (Same locations, assignments, and session leaders as in earlier Concurrent Sessions) Focus: Discussion of Project Assessment, Evaluation, and Dissemination
2:15	Summary Comments by Consultants and QEM Project Staff -Observations and Recommendations by Participants -Next Steps Shirley McBay, QEM Network	Crane AB
2:30	Adjournment