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Conference Agenda




Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Annual Conference
Building Excellence in STEM Teaching

Co-Sponsored by
National Science Foundation (NSF)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Grand Hyatt Washington, DC
July 1-3, 2009

AGENDA

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
New Awardees Session with NSF Staff
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Registration and Poster Setup
Thursday, July 2, 2009
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Registration and Poster Setup

Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:00 am
Opening Session

Welcome: Joan Prival, Noyce Lead Program Director, NSF

Remarks: Linda Slakey, Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, NSF

Keynote:
A Conversation with Steve Robinson: Teacher, Scientist, Policy Advisor
Shirley Malcom, Head, Education and Human Resources Programs, AAAS
Steve Robinson, Special Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

9:15 am – 10:45 am
Concurrent Breakout Session 1 [PDF]
11:00 am – 12:00pm
Voices from the Field

Moderator: Linnea Fletcher, Program Director, NSF

Panelists (former NSF Noyce Scholars):

Meredith Ashbran, Poly High School (Long Beach, CA)

Bethany Filipow, Philo Junior High School (Philo, OH)

Penny McCool, Lee High School and the STEM Academy (San Antonio, TX)

William Quintana, Martin Luther King Middle School (San Bernardino, CA)

Ariel Smith, Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School (Atlanta, GA)

12:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Working Lunch and Keynote:
Adventures in Non-Euclidean Geometry

Speaker: Daina Taimina, Cornell University

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Break
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session 2 [PDF]
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Birds of a Feather Groups
Regional Caucuses:
Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
West
Noyce Scholars and Teachers
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Poster Session 1 and Networking
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Poster Session 2 and Networking
Friday, July 3, 2009
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Plenary Panel

Teacher Recruitment: Successful Strategies from the Physics Teacher Education Coalition

Moderator: Monica Plisch, American Physical Society

Panelists:

Jon Anderson, Teacher-in-Residence, University of Minnesota

Eric Benzel, Noyce Scholar, University of Colorado

Belinda Hendley, Noyce Scholar, University of Arkansas

Laird Kramer, Florida International University

Valerie Otero, University of Colorado

Annie Venturo, Noyce Scholar, University of Colorado

9:15 am – 10:45 am
Concurrent Breakout Session 3 [PDF]
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Teacher Accountability v. Teacher Autonomy: Must We Choose?

Speaker: Sheila Tobias, Author

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Closing Session

Speaker: Wanda Ward, Acting Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, NSF


 
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