Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Regional Teacher Professional Continuum Information and Technical Assistance Workshop

Marriott Metro Center ¥ Washington, DC

Friday, December 2, 2005

 

Agenda

 

AM

 

   8:00              Registration and Continental Breakfast                                  Salon A/B Foyer

 

   8:30             Opening Session                                                                                   Salon A

                           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

                     Emmett Wright, Section Head, TPC, 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

 

   9:45              - Review of Principles of Inquiry[1] and Key Proposal Components[2]

                              Michael Piburn, 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

                        Frequently Asked Program-related Questions about Fastlane

      Sarita Shephard, Program Specialist, ESIE, NSF

 

 11:15              Two Concurrent Sessions on Key Proposal Components

led by TPC Staff and QEM Consultants

Topics: Rationale & Related Research, Goals, & Projected Outcomes

 

                        Session I:                                                                                                        Tokyo

Discussion/Implications of Topics for Proposed Category A Projects

    Terry Woodin, Program Director, Division of Undergraduate

Education (DUE), and TPC, NSF

    Angelicque Tucker Blackmon, Program Director, ESIE/TPC, NSF

    Monica Mitchell, QEM Consultant

 

                        Session II:                                                                                                  London 1

Discussion/Implications of Topics for Proposed Category B Projects

                              Robert Sherwood, Program Director, ESIE//TPC, NSF

                              Patricia Freitag, QEM Consultant

 

PM

 

12:30               Lunch                                                                                                           Salon A

 

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                                                            Salon A

                  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

 

Session I:                                                                                                        Tokyo

Discussion of Topics in Proposed Category A Projects

                              Jeanne Small, Program Director, DUE/TPC, NSF

                              Monica Mitchell, QEM Consultant

 

                        Session II:                                                                                                  London 1

                        Discussion of Topics in Proposed Category B Projects

                              Julia Clark, ESIE/TPC, NSF

                              Patricia Freitag, QEM Consultant

 

  2:45               Coffee Break

 

 

  3:00               Two Concurrent Sessions (Continuation of Earlier Concurrent Sessions)

                        Topics: Evaluation and Dissemination

 

Session I:                                                                                                        Tokyo

                        Discussion of Topics in Proposed Category A Projects

                              Terry Woodin, DUE/TPC, NSF

      Jeanne Small, DUE/TPC NSF

 

Session II:                                                                                                  London 1

                        Discussion of Topics in Proposed Category B Projects

                              Angelicque Tucker Blackmon, ESIE/TPC, NSF

                              Patricia Freitag, QEM Consultant

 

  4:00               Plenary Session: TPC Budget Preparation                                                 Salon A

                              Monica Mitchell, QEM Consultant

                              Ilonka Karasz, Grant and Agreement Specialist

                                    Division of Grants and Agreements (DGA)

                                    Office of Budget, Finance and Award Management (BFA)

 

  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; Performance Indicators; and Evaluation Plan), Work Plan (Major Milestones; Timeline; Persons responsible for each major phase), Dissemination Plan

             Key Personnel and Project Management, and Role of Internal Review Board