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Teacher Professional Continuum
INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS ON THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION’S TEACHER PROFESSIONAL CONTINUUM (TPC) PROGRAMJULY 2005
With support from the National
Science Foundation (NSF), QEM conducted a series of regional
workshops focused on the Foundation's Teacher Professional Continuum
Program (TPC). The workshops were designed to
ensure that science and education faculty at minority-serving institutions
(MSIs) with NCATE I or I and A accreditation are more aware of
the TPC Program and to offer assistance in the development of their
ideas for TPC preliminary proposals prior to the Program's May
2006 deadline for FY 2007 preliminary proposals.
QEM's TPC award
supported the participation (travel, meals, and lodging) of two
faculty members (one science faculty and one education faculty)
from an eligible minority-serving institution in the workshop being
held for institutions in a specific geographic region (see workshop
schedule below for the workshop date and location for each of
three regions).
The overall goal of the
TPC Program is to develop a research agenda that informs science,
technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) teaching practice
and supports its connection to improved learning for all students. The
TPC Program requires the submission of preliminary proposals
prior to the submission of full proposals.TPC
offers three types of support: research studies (Category A),
resources for professional development (Category B)and
conferences and symposia (Category C).
QEM's regional workshops
focused on Category A and Category B preliminary proposals.
Workshop institutional teams were required to submit a one-page
project summarythat addresses NSF's two merit review
criteria (intellectual merit and broader impacts).
Download the TPC Program Solicitation (NSF 05-580) at:http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05580/nsf05580.htm.
NSF/TPC
Program Officers and QEM consultants (former TPC Officers and
TPC grantees) assisted QEM staff in the conduct of the regional
workshops. The workshop series for MSIs that have National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accreditation
to offer Initial (I) and Initial and Advance (I&A) teacher
education programs took place as follows:
| Workshop Date |
Workshop Location |
States Reached |
Required Project Summary Due Date |
√ Friday, December 2, 2005
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Washington, DC |
DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, VA, WVA and DC
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SEE AGENDA HERE |
√ Friday, February 3, 2006
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Atlanta, GA
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AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, SC, TN and PR
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SEE AGENDA HERE |
√ Friday, March 10, 2006
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Albuquerque, NM
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CA, HI, IL, KY, LA, MO, NM, OK, and TX
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SEE AGENDA HERE |
For
more information on the workshop series, please feel free
to contact Althea Burns (aburns@qem.org),
Project Associate, or Shirley McBay, TPC Project Director
at (smmcbay1@qem.org).
Either of us can be reached by telephone at 202/659-1818. |
