Hello, K-12 and Precollege colleagues!
I hope this finds you well. If you are like me, this is that time of year and semester when things seem to really speed up as the day shortens. I appreciate that you are taking a few minutes to look at news and upcoming deadlines for a number of opportunities below.
Are you participating in an effective partnership between a university and K-12 schools? If so, we want to hear about it! Please see information below about the call for proposals for the K-12 and Precollege Division’s Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships Panel at the San Antonio conference.
Please read on to find information about the following:
- Call for Proposals: Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships Panel
- ASEE K-12 Workshop Call for Proposals
- NSTA STEM Forum and Expo Call for Proposals
- Call for Nominations: DiscoverE Educator Awards
- Call for Nominations: Albert Einstein Fellowship Program
As you are putting together your conference schedule in the coming months, please include the K-12 and Precollege Division’s business meeting, open to ALL K-12 and Precollege members and those interested in joining, which will be a breakfast meeting at 7 am on Monday, June 11, 2012. We are a member driven organization, so we need you to participate and share your expertise and experience. I hope you will start your conference with us.
Thanks for all you do and as always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Liz
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: PRACTICES IN K-12 AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS PANEL
The K-12 AND PRE-COLLEGE ENGINEERING DIVISION of ASEE intends to recognize exemplary K-12 – university partnerships in engineering education at the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in San Antonio, TX. To do this, the division will sponsor a panel session on Best Practices in K-12 and university partnerships. Submissions chosen for participation in this session will demonstrate a true partnership between a K-12 school (or schools) and an engineering or engineering education school/college at a university. The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 9, 2011.
Selected partnerships will have data to support proven success in the classroom and will demonstrate engineering engagement and knowledge acquisition by K-12 students through age appropriate activities and lessons. Best Practices Partnership Panel submissions authored collaboratively between engineering and technology education faculty and K-12 teachers are encouraged. Details on the partnership’s structure and goals, the strategies employed to overcome challenges and obstacles, and successes and lessons learned must be included.
One proposal winner will be chosen at each of the following levels: pre-school or elementary school; middle school; high school. The three winning abstracts will be used to create a conference paper for this session. The submitting K-12 teachers will each be given a 15-minute time slot to present her/his work to the conference session attendees. The presentations will be followed by a 30-minute panel discussion. In order to offset the costs of attendance, the winning K-12 teachers will have their conference registration and publication fees paid for by the K-12 Division and will receive a travel stipend. (Proposal form attached; please contact K-12 and Precollege Division Executive Board member Christine Schnittka for additional information.)
K-12 WORKSHOP – PROPOSALS SOUGHT
ASEE’s Ninth Annual Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education – “Employing Engineering for STEM Learning” will be held on Saturday, June 9, in San Antonio, Texas, one day before the opening of the annual conference. Proposals will be accepted through January 27, 2012.
Individual workshops should prominently feature hands-on classroom activities, provide take-home or classroom-ready materials and be designed to engage participants in interactive exercises. Workshops that offer tangible material to attendees, in addition to written material, are specifically solicited. Proposals addressing 1) elementary/primary grades and 2) demonstrated methods for involving practicing engineers and engineering students in the classroom are also sought.
Watch the K-12 Workshop website for updates: http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/2012-asee-workshop-on-k-12-engineering-education/.
DISCOVERE EDUCATOR AWARDS
Apply today for the The DiscoverE Educator Awards! The DiscoverE Educator Awards are shining a spotlight on the educators who are inspiring tomorrow’s innovation generation. Winners will be recognized at event in Washington DC (all expenses paid), receive $2,000, and a 3M digital projector. Unique to this program, engineers and engineering students are part of the nomination process. The application is available at http://www.eweek.org/NewsStory.aspx?ContentID=256 and the deadline is December 1, 2011. Send completed applications to info@eweek.org.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NSTA STEM FORUM AND EXPO
Submit a session proposal for NSTA’s first-ever Forum & Expo: Tools for STEM Education….Preparations and Applications for Elementary and Middle School Educators in Atlantic City, NC, May 17-19, 2012. Proposal deadline is January 15, 2012. Overall objectives of the event are to (1) Identify research-based practices and teaching strategies/projects where STEM education has been successfully integrated into the elementary and middle school curricula/programs; (2) Identify outreach and informal projects where STEM education has been successfully integrated into after-school programs and informal education venues; and (3) Identify STEM skills that are lacking in students at the high school/college levels. Get full information on the conference and proposal criteria at www.nsta.org/conferences.
2012-13 ALBERT EINSTEIN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATIONS
The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program offers current; public or private; elementary and secondary; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classroom teachers with demonstrated excellence in teaching an opportunity to serve in the national public policy arena. Fellowships increase understanding, communication, and cooperation between legislative and executive branches and the science, mathematics, and technology education community. Albert Einstein Fellows bring to Congress and appropriate branches of the federal government the extensive knowledge and experience of classroom teachers. During the Fellowship, each Einstein Fellow receives a monthly stipend of $6000.00 plus a $1000.00 monthly cost of living allowance. In addition, there is a moving/relocation allowance as well as a professional travel allowance. The Einstein Fellowship program is administered by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education; full information and the application can be found at http://www.trianglecoalition.org/einstein-fellows. Deadline is January 5, 2012.
Thanks,
Liz
Liz Parry
North Carolina State University College of Engineering
Coordinator, K-16 STEM Partnership Development
Chair, American Society for Engineering Education K-12 and Precollege Division