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MSP LNC 2009


2009 MSP Learning Network Conference Agenda


Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Learning Network Conference

Research Findings in Teacher Education: New Approaches -> Transformative Possibilities?

January 25 - 27, 2009
Renaissance Hotel Washington, DC
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Orientation for New Awardees
Monday, January 26th, 2009
7:30 am - 8:30 am Refreshments and Registration
8:30 am - 8:45 am Opening Plenary
Daniel Maki, MSP Program Lead, and Kathleen Bergin and James Hamos, MSP Program Officers, National Science Foundation
8:45 am - 9:45 am Introduction: James Hamos, MSP Program Officer, NSF

Keynote Address- How Do We Attain Better Quality Math and Science Teachers?
Arthur E. Levine, President
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
9:45 am - 10:00 am Break, Refreshments and Move to Breakout Session #1
10:00 am - 11:15 am Breakout Session #1
Pre-Service Strand - 2 sessions
Teacher Leaders Strand - 2 sessions
Learning Communities Strand - 3 sessions
Other In-Service Strand - 5 sessions
11:15 am - 11:25 am Transition to Breakout Session #2
11:25 am - 12:40 pm Breakout Session #2
Pre-Service Strand - 2 sessions
Teacher Leaders Strand - 2 sessions
Learning Communities Strand - 2 sessions
Other In-Service Strand - 4 sessions
Special Interest Session - 2 sessions
12:40 pm - 1:50 pm Lunch: Greet and Meet New Awardees
Introduction of Activity: Ginger Rowell, MSP Program Officer, NSF
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm Transition to Breakout Session #3
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Breakout Session #3
Pre-Service Strand - 2 sessions
Teacher Leaders Strand - 2 sessions
Learning Communities Strand - 2 sessions
Other In-Service Strand - 4 sessions
Special Interest Session - 2 sessions
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break with Refreshments
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Introduction: Lance Perez and Daphne Rainey, MSP Program Officers, NSF

Plenary - The MSP Program at the U.S. Department of Education: What Do the Projects Look Like and What Are We Learning?
Patricia O'Connell Johnson, Team Leader, MSP Program, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
Meera Chandrasekhar, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri
Roger Verhey, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Michigan - Dearborn
Carolyn Siebers, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency
Fredi Frost, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Project Networking Time
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Refreshments - Remarks on Program Coordination: MSP Programs at the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education
Daniel Maki MSP Program Lead, National Science Foundation
Patricia O'Connell Johnson Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast On Your Own - Hot Beverages Provided
8:30 am - 10:00 am Introduction: Elizabeth VanderPutten, MSP Program Officer, NSF

Plenary - Determining What We Know and How Well We Know It: The Promises and Perils of Knowledge Management
Iris Weiss, President, Horizon Research, Inc. and Barbara Miller, Co-Director, Center for Leadership and Learning Communities, Education Development Center, Inc.
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break with Refreshments
10:15 am - 11:15 am Introduction: Kathleen Bergin, MSP Program Officer, NSF

Keynote Address - Improving the Teaching of Science through Discipline-based Education Research: An Example from Physics
Lillian C. McDermott, Professor of Physics and Director
Physics Education Group, University of Washington
11:15 am - 11:30 am Move to Breakout Session #4
11:30 am - 12:45 pm Breakout Session #4
Pre-Service Strand - 2 sessions
Teacher Leaders Strand - 2 sessions
Learning Communities Strand - 2 sessions
Other In-Service Strand - 4 sessions
Special Interest Session - 2 sessions
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm Lunch and Introduction to Panel: Joan Prival, MSP Program Officer, NSF

Panel - New Directions in Teacher Education at NSF
Cora B. Marrett, Acting Deputy Director, National Science Foundation
Linda Slakey, Division Director, Division of Undergraduate Education
Joan Prival, Lead Program Officer, Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, Division of Undergraduate Education

2:15 pm Adjourn