Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Proposal Development Workshop for the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport Hotel
1739 West Nursery Road • Linthicum Heights, MD 21090• Tel: (410) 694-0808

March 27-28, 2015

AGENDA

FRIDAY, March 27
AM

8:30       Registration/Continental Breakfast                                                         Outside Concourse C
9:00       Opening Session                                                                                              Concourse C
                 Welcome, Review of Workshop Purpose and Agenda, and Introductions
Shirley McBay, President
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

9:15         -Overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
                  -Overview of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
                  -Opportunities for Noyce Capacity Building and Research Projects
   Nicole Bennett, Co-Lead, Program Director
   Lidia Ceballos Yoshida, Assistant Program Director
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
                              Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
                              Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
                              National Science Foundation (NSF)

10:00 NSF’s Merit Review Criteria and Proposal Review Process Concourse C
Mercy Mugo, Research Assistant, QEM Network

10:30 Break

10:45 Strengths and Weaknesses in Funded/Non-funded Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Proposals
Nicole Bennett, Program Director, DUE/EHR, NSF

11:15 What Research Tells Us about Effective Teacher Preparation Programs
Luria Young, Interim Dean, College of Education
Southern University at Baton Rouge, and
External Evaluator for the QEM Noyce Technical Assistance Project

12:00         Working Lunch                                                                                            Concourse C
                  Enhancing Institutional Capacity to Produce Future STEM K-12 Teachers
                 Who Are Well-prepared and Motivated to Teach in High-Need School Districts

Presenter: Laura-Lee Davidson, Associate, QEM Network

1:30 Concurrent Noyce Track-focused Breakout Sessions (See Assignment Sheet)
Teams discuss project summaries with NSF Program Officer and QEM Consultant

Group 1: Nicole Bennett, Program Director, NSF
Carolyn Morgan, QEM Consultant

Group 2: Lidia Yoshida, Assistant Program Director, NSF
Adrienne Bailey, QEM Consultant

3:00 Break

3:15         The Nuts and Bolts: Administration of a Noyce Scholarship Program Award
   - Recruitment and Selection of Scholarship/Fellowship Recipients
                         - Contractual Obligations of Institutions and Scholarship Recipients
                         - Creating and Nurturing STEM/Education Faculty Partnerships
   - Data Collection, Analysis, Retention, and Dissemination
                         - Preparing a Budget for a Noyce Project Proposal
Carolyn Morgan, Professor of Mathematics, School of Science
    Hampton University, and QEM Consultant

4:15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions, continued:
Teams discuss project summaries with NSF Program Officers and QEM Consultants

5:45 Break

6:00         Working Dinner                                                                                                 Concourse C
                  Aligning Noyce Projects with Current K-12 Education Reform Efforts
                  Discussion Leader: Adrienne Bailey, Senior Consultant
   Panasonic Foundation and QEM Consultant

7:00 Adjournment, Day One

Overnight Assignment: Participants revise project summaries, draft goals and objectives, and prepare a preliminary budget.

SATURDAY, March 28

AM
8:00         Buffet Breakfast                                                                                     Outside Concourse C
8:30         Assessment and Evaluation Plan for Noyce Scholarship and                          Concourse C
   Noyce Capacity Building Projects
   Luria Young, External Evaluator, QEM Noyce Project

9:15 Establishing and Nurturing Institutions of Higher Education (IHE)/ School System Partnerships for a Noyce Project
Adrienne Bailey, QEM Consultant

10:00 Break

10:15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions, continued (See Assignment Sheet)
Teams discuss their revised project summaries and preliminary budgets with QEM Consultants

11:45 Sustainability of a Noyce Scholarship Project: Opportunities and Barriers
Carolyn Morgan, QEM Consultant

12:30          Working Lunch                                                                                                Concourse C
                  Special Topic: Advancing the Success of Minority Males in K-12 Education
                  Discussion Moderator: Laura-Lee Davidson, QEM Network

1:15          Group Discussion (Next Steps):
                  Institutional Teams share with the group the next steps they plan to take to
                  further assess and ensure that the essential on-campus elements are in place for
                  preparation of a competitive Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program proposal

Closing Comments from Consultants and QEM Staff

2:00 Adjournment