noon–1:00 pm

Informal Lunch with NSF Program Officers (For New PIs)

1:00–3:00

NSF’s “Nuts & Bolts” for New TPC PIs
Facilitator: Robert Sherwood, National Science Foundation
Panelists: Fred Gross, Education Development Center, Inc.; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Susan Jansen Varnum, Temple University
Robert Sherwood will guide new TPC PIs through the basic components and practical aspects of leading a TPC project. Several experienced PIs also will share their experience as new PIs.

3:00–6:00

Registration

3:30–5:30

7:30–8:30

New PI (Cohort 3) Poster Session
Informal Networking Opportunity

8:00–8:45 am

Continental Breakfast
Informal Networking

9:00–9:30

Welcome and Presentation: Responding to America's Challenge
Speaker: Donald Thompson, Assistant Director (Acting) of EHR, National Science Foundation

9:30–10:30

Mapping Teacher Professional Development for Math and Science Educators: Findings and Possibilities
Speaker: Hilda Borko, University of Colorado-Boulder
Hilda Borko will discuss her landscape survey, Professional Development and Teacher Learning: Mapping the Terrain. She will use it as background to discuss her current research on teacher learning, and identify findings and possibilities for future research.
Reading
Powerpoint Presentation (PDF)

10:45–11:45

Small, Facilitated Sessions (Concurrent)

• Research, Science I: Tamara H. Nelson, Washington State University, Vancouver
• Research, Science II: Mary Kennedy, Michigan State University
• Materials Development, Science: Karen Worth, EDC
• Research, Math: Judith Warren Little, University of California, Berkeley
• Materials Development, Math: Judy Mumme, WestEd
• Research and Materials Development: Combined Math and Science: Charles Parsons, University of Akron
• Scale-Up Discussion: Hilda Borko, University of Colorado, Boulder

These small-group sessions will focus on the implications of presented research for the different projects.

11:45–12:30 pm

Networking Lunch

1:00–2:00

Cohort 1 Poster Session
Informal Networking Opportunity

Early Findings and Challenges

2:00–3:00

Pre-service Education: Phase I of Teacher Professional Continuum
Moderator: Terry Woodin, National Science Foundation
Panelists: Doug Lapp, Central Michigan University; Julie Luft, Arizona State University; John Tillotson, Syracuse University
PIs will report on their early research designs, findings, and challenges as a “jump off” point for discussion.
Reading

3:15–4:15

Small, Facilitated Roundtables (Concurrent)

• Continuing Discussion: Pre-service: Mary Whitfield, Green River Community College
• Curriculum-Specific Research and Support: Mark Driscoll, EDC
• Instructional Leadership: Barbara Scott Nelson and Cathy Grant, EDC
• Instrument Development: Gillian Puttick, TERC
• Language Development and English-Language Learners: Michael Lang, Maricopa Community Colleges
• Online Professional Development and Pre-service Courses: Michele Spitulnik, University of California, Berkeley
• Professional Development Designs and Strategies: Jonathan Singer, University of South Carolina
• Teacher Induction: Attracting and Retaining New Teachers: Randy McGinnis, University of Maryland, College Park
• Web- and Video-Based Resources and Tools: Stamatis Vokos, Seattle Pacific University

PIs will lead roundtable sessions in which participants have the opportunity to share their own findings and challenges, and to exchange experiences and needs for future collaboration and support.

4:30–5:30

Cohort 2 Poster Session
Informal Networking Opportunity

5:30–6:30

Reception
Meetings with Program Directors

Dinner on Your Own

8:00–8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

10:00–11:15

• Can We Prepare Teachers to Close the Student Achievement Gap? Okhee Lee, University of Miami; Angelicque Tucker-Blackmon, National Science Foundation
  Reading
• Is Hands-On, Minds-On Enough? What Does the TIMSS Video Study Have to Say? Kathy Roth and Karen Givvin, LessonLab
  Reading
• Is It Possible to Measure Teacher Quality?Patrick Callahan, University of California
• Science Testing—AYP or Not: Implications for the TPC Work: Judith Opert Sandler, Education Development Center, Inc.; Elaine Wood, Seattle Public Schools; Robert Gibbs, National Science Foundation
• Traditional and Alternative Routes for Teacher Preparation: Jodie Galosy, Michigan State University; Paola Sztajn, National Science Foundation
  Reading
• What Professional Development Resources Should NSF Support? David Campbell, National Science Foundation
• What Teacher Professional Development Research Should NSF Support? Robert Sherwood, National Science Foundation

Each session will raise the key ideas embedded in the issues identified above with the goal of a thoughtful and productive conversation.

11:30–noon

Large-Group Report-Out and Discussion
Representatives from each of the previous sessions will share with the whole group the highlights of their discussion.

noon–1:15 pm

Working Lunch
Presentation: Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States: An NRC Study
Speaker: Michael Allen, Study Director, Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States (National Research Council)
Michael Allen will provide an overview of the study begun in June 2005.
Powerpoint Presentation

1:30–2:30

Conversation about the National Landscape for Mathematics and Science
Speaker: Jo Anne Vasquez, National Science Board
Jo Anne Vasquez will discuss the NSB’s role and push for STEM education and provide an update on the NSB’s Commission/Hearings on 21st Century Education in Science, Mathematics and Technology and 2006 STEM Indicators and Companion Piece—the National Report to the President and Congress.

2:30–3:00

Concluding Remarks and Evaluation