Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)

Leadership Development Institute (LDI)

Session II

 

Embassy Suites Airport Hotel • Atlanta, GA

February 5-6, 2010

 

AGENDA

 

Purpose: To provide feedback to LDI members on their draft STEM proposals; discuss their summer
              research appointments; and address other topics relevant to STEM junior faculty

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5

 

AM

8:00            Registration and Continental Breakfast                                                                      Ambassador

 

8:30            -Welcome, Introductions, Review of Session Purpose,

                                 Meeting Packet, and Agenda

                  -Review of the Contents of a Project Summary and a Proposal Narrative

                                  Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

 

9:15            Review of the Contents of a Logic Model

                                  J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 

9:30            Project Timelines and Budgets

                                  Fitzgerald Bramwell, Professor, Department of Chemistry

                                            University of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant

 

10:15            Break

 

10:30            Project Assessment and Evaluation

                                  Josephine Davis, Professor

                                             Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

                                             Fort Valley State University, and QEM Consultant

 

11:00            NSF’s Merit Review Criteria and Proposal Review Process                            

                                  Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network, and

                                             Former NSF Division Director

 

11:30            Concurrent Sessions I: (See Assignment Sheet)                                                         

                      Focus: Feedback on December 1 Proposals Submitted by LDI Members

 

                       Biological Sciences

                                  Costello Brown, QEM Network

                       Chemistry

                                  Fitzgerald Bramwell, University of Kentucky, QEM Consultant

                       Mathematics

                                  J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

                       Computer Sciences

                                  Wayne Lutters, Associate Professor, Information Systems Department

                                             University of Maryland, Baltimore County and QEM Consultant

                       Social Sciences

                                  Josephine Davis, Fort Valley State University, QEM Consultant

                                  Karen King, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education

                                             Department of Teaching and Learning, New York University

 

PM

12:30            Lunch                                                                                                                        Arbor

 

1:15            Concurrent Sessions II (see Assignment Sheet)                                                                   

                       (Same locations as Concurrent Sessions I)

                       Focus: Continuation of Feedback and Identification of specific steps
                                 each LDI Member should take to finalize his/her proposal

                                 

2:30            Plenary Session: Prioritizing a Research Agenda

                                  Karen King, New York University

 

3:15            Break                                                                                                                                                

 

3:30            Two Breakout Groups:

                       Group I: LDI Members with identified summer research appointment sites

                       Focus: Steps that need to be taken in preparation for the appointment

                                  Fitzgerald Bramwell, QEM Consultant

                                  Wayne Lutters, QEM Consultant

                                  Karen King, QEM Consultant

 

                       Group II: LDI Members for whom placements have not been finalized

                                  Costello Brown, QEM Network

                                  J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

                                  Josephine Davis, QEM Consultant

 

5:00            Break

 

6:00            Working Dinner - Review of the Day’s Activities                                                        Parliament

 

Overnight Assignment:

LDI members are to work on proposal timelines and initial budgets

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6

AM

8:00            Continental Breakfast                                                                                            Ambassador

 

8:30            Concurrent Sessions III (same locations as previous Concurrent Sessions):

                       Focus: LDI Members discuss their proposal timelines and initial budgets

 

9:45            Plenary Session

                       Topic: Workplace Negotiating Skills (Teaching Loads, Promotion, and Tenure)

                                  Fitzgerald Bramwell, QEM Consultant

 

10:15            Break

 

10:30            Plenary Session

                       Topic: Student Mentoring Strategies

                                 Josephine Davis, QEM Consultant

 

11:00            Plenary Session

                       Topic: Effective Strategies for Preparing Students for STEM Graduate Study/the Workplace

                                  Wayne Lutters, QEM Consultant

 

11:30            Plenary Session

                       Topic: Potential NSF Programs to which LDI Members Might Submit their Proposals

                                  Costello Brown and Shirley McBay, QEM Network

PM               

12:30            Lunch

 

1:15            Plenary Session                                                                                                                Arbor

                       Topic: Expectations During Summer Research Appointments:

                                  Deliverables and Professional Conduct

                                  Costello Brown, QEM Network

 

1:45            Overview of Session III, August 2-6, 2010, Arlington, VA

                                  Shirley McBay, QEM Network

 

2:00            Summary Comments from QEM Consultants and Staff and LDI Members

 

2:30            Plenary Session

Focus: How to Use NSF’s FastLane for Submission of Proposals

                                  Evelyn Baisey-Thomas (Part 1),                               

                                  Evelyn Baisey-Thomas (Part 2), Computer and Information Specialist   

                                  Office of Information and Resource Management, NSF (retired) and

                                  QEM Consultant

 

4:00            Adjournment