PLENARY 1 – Opening & Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Talk
AAAS Introduction: Jennifer E. Carinci, Program Director, STEM Education Research, STEM Education, AAAS
NSF Opening and Welcome: Sandra Richardson, Program Director and Program Lead, Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, DUE, NSF (Program Lead Welcome Presentation Slides)
- Keynote Speaker: Tonikiaa Orange, Director, Institute for Cultural Sustainability & Educational Equity and Assistant Director for the Principal Leadership Institute, UCLA Center X (Opening Keynote Slides)
PLENARY 2 – Noyce Track 4 STEM Teacher Retention Research Panel
Moderator: Andrea L. Nixon, Program Director, DUE, NSF Noyce
Welcome: Rush D. Holt, Chief Executive Officer, AAAS and Executive Publisher, Science Family of Journals
Noyce Track 4 Principal Investigator Panelists:
- Grant No. DUE-1660597: Meltem Alemdar, Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist, Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (An Exploratory Study: The Role of Social Networks and Self-Efficacy in the Retention of Noyce Teachers Slides)
- Grant No. DUE-1557273: Catherine Horn, Moores Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Research and Evaluation, University of Houston (Collaborative Research: Understanding Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Outcomes in Texas Slides)
- Grant No. DUE-1758282: Douglas Larkin, Associate Professor, Montclair State University (Studying the Retention of Novice Science Teachers by Learning from School District Induction and Mentoring Programs Slides)
PLENARY 3 – Voices From the Field Panel
Moderator: Cammie Newmyer, 2018-2019 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, NSF Noyce
Former Noyce Scholars:
- Maisa Abu-Mallouh, Physics and Biology Teacher, Joliet Central High School, IL (Lewis University)
- Brandon Begay, Algebra I and II, Geometry, AP Calculus, and Financial Literacy Teacher, Shiprock High School, NM (Arizona State University and San Juan College)
- Maria Crouse, Integrated Mathematics II & III and Financial Algebra Teacher, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College, CO (Metropolitan State University of Denver)
- Keeden M. Hopkins, Biology, Earth Science, Physics and Chemistry Teacher, Innovation Early College High School at ECU, NC (East Carolina University)
- Jonathan Isozaki, Common Core Integrated Mathematics I and II Teacher, Hawthorne High School, CA (Loyola Marymount University)
- Jamie MacDonald, STEM Teacher for Second through Fifth Grades, Hayden McFadden Elementary School, MA (Bridgewater State University)
PLENARY 4 – STEM Teacher Retention Policy Panel
Moderator: Lee Zia, Deputy Division Director, DUE, NSF
Policy Panelists
- Della Cronin, Principal, Bose Public Affairs Group (STEM Teacher Retention and Federal Policy Slides)
- Erin White, Senior Director, Product Development and Research, STEMconnector (STEMconnector STEM Workforce Ecosystem Slides)
PLENARY 5 – Synthesis
AAAS Closing: Jennifer E. Carinci, Program Director STEM Education Research, STEM Education, AAAS
Keynote Speakers
- Kathleen B. Bergin, Program Director, Co-Lead Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, DUE, NSF
- Shirley M. Malcom, Senior Advisor, and Director of SEA Change, AAAS
(Synthesis: The Role of Teacher Preparation in STEM Teacher Retention in High-Need School Districts Slides)
