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QUALITY
EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK Math
and Science Partnership (MSP) Program Technical Assistance Workshop for
Minority-serving Institutions and their K-12 Partners Four Points by Sheraton Hotel at BWI
Airport 7032 Elm Road ¥ Baltimore, MD ¥ 410/859-3300 January 20-21, 2012 AGENDA |
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Workshop
Purpose: To assist participating teams in further
developing their ideas for Implementation or Prototype Targeted Partnership
or Research, Evaluation, and Technical Assistance (RETA) proposals that they
are planning to submit to the Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program. |
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 |
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8:00 |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
Crane
Ballroom Solarium |
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8:30 |
Opening Plenary Session - Welcome,
Introductions, and Review of Workshop Purpose and Agenda Shirley McBay, President, QEM
Network |
Crane BC |
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8:45 |
Plenary Session:
The Math and Science Partnership (MSP)
program -
Overview of MSP Targeted Partnerships and RETA Components -
Detailed Review of the MSP program solicitation James
Hamos, Program Director, MSP
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9:30 |
Plenary Session:
Merit Review and Competitive Proposals -
NSF Merit Review Criteria Ron
Buckmire, Program Director, MSP
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Strengths and Weaknesses of Funded/Unfunded MSP Proposals Maura
Borrego, Program Director, MSP
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10:15 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Plenary Session: Considerations
for Focus Areas for 2012 Targeted
Partnership Implementation or Prototype Proposals Vision
of the Focus Areas: Kathleen
Bergin, Program Director, MSP
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Enterprise for STEM Learning -K-12
STEM Teacher Preparation -Current Issues Related to STEM Content -Identifying
and Cultivating Exceptional Talent Comments/Reflections
on Focus Areas: Vinetta
Jones, Professor, School of Education, Howard University, and QEM
Consultant Adrienne
Bailey, Senior Consultant, Stanford UniversityÕs Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, and
QEM Consultant Group
Discussion of Focus Areas: Questions, Answers, and Comments |
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NOON/PM |
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12:00 |
Working Buffet Lunch
Panel: Experiences and Lessons Learned
from Targeted Partnership and RETA
Projects Panel
Moderator: James Hamos, Program Director, MSP Shaik Jeelani, Vice President,
Research and Sponsored Programs,
Tuskegee
University, and Principal Investigator, ÒThe
NanoBio Science Partnership for Alabama Black Belt RegionÓ Anisha
Campbell, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology,
Bowie
State University, and Principal Investigator, ÒMinority
Student Pipeline Math Science Partnership (MSP)2 Ó Carlos
Rodriguez, Principal Research Scientist
American Institutes for Research, and
QEM Consultant, ÒImpact of MSP Professional
Development on the Quality of Instruction in Middle-School
Mathematics ClassroomsÓ (RETA Project) |
Crane
BC |
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1:30 |
Concurrent Sessions: (See
assignment sheet) Focus:
Feedback on Institutional TeamsÕ Project Summaries Co-facilitators
of Concurrent Sessions: NSF/MSP
Program Officers and QEM Consultants |
Crane
A, B, C |
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2:30 |
Break |
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2:45 |
Plenary Session:
The Research Question, Data Collection,
and Evaluation Plans
for MSP Targeted Partnerships Discussion
Facilitator: Elizabeth VanderPutten, Program Director, MSP
-The Research Question(s) Carlos
Rodriguez, QEM Consultant
-Assessment
and Evaluation Plans Adrienne
Bailey, QEM Consultant
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Management Plan and the MSP Management Information System J.
Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network
Althea
Burns, Associate, QEM Network
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Crane
BC |
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3:15 |
Concurrent Sessions: Focus: Project Design, Research Question,
Data Management, and Assessment and Evaluation Plans Co-facilitators
of Concurrent Sessions: NSF/MSP
Program Officers and QEM Consultants |
Crane
A, B, C |
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4:45 |
Plenary Session: Considerations for Research, Evaluation, and Technical Assistance (RETA)
Opportunities in the 2012 Solicitation Presenter:
Kathleen Bergin, Program Director, MSP
-Research:
Sustainability and Impact of Policies; State Plans for STEM
Education -Technical
Assistance for Evaluation of MSP Projects -STEM
Education Resource Collaboratory Comments
on RETA Opportunities: Vinetta
Jones, QEM Consultant Carlos
Rodriguez, QEM Consultant |
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5:30 |
Break |
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6:00 |
Working
Buffet Dinner
Presentation:
The Math and Science Partnership Network (MSPnet) Debra Bernstein, TERC. Inc. |
Crane
BC |
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7:30 |
Adjournment |
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Overnight Assignment: Institutional Teams revise Project
Summaries based on
feedback from concurrent sessions and plenary discussions. |
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 |
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AM |
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8:30 |
Breakfast Buffet (Submission of Revised Project
Summaries) |
Crane
Ballroom Solarium |
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9:00 |
Concurrent Sessions: Focus:
Discussion of Revised Project Summaries |
Crane
A, B, C |
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10:45 |
Break |
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11:00 |
Plenary Session: Project Sustainability and Institutional
Change Adrienne
Bailey, QEM Consultant
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Crane
BC |
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11:30 |
Plenary Session: Effective
Higher Education/K-12 Partnerships and Implementation Frameworks Vinetta
Jones, QEM Consultant
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NOON/PM |
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12:00 |
Working Lunch: Presentation: Budget Preparation,
including Sub-awards Carlos
Rodriguez, QEM Consultant
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1:30 |
Plenary Session: Next Steps and Reflections |
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2:00 |
Adjournment |
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