Dear ASEE K12 and Precollege Engineering Division Members,
Please remember that workshop proposals for our annual K12 Workshop to be held in Indianapolis this summer are due Friday, January 24! I hope that many of our members will offer to present their work to the 250 local K12 teachers we expect to attend. If you haven’t participated before, why not offer something this year? Registration is open now as well, so go ahead and sign up to attend. See below for more information.
We’ve also extended the call for proposals for the Best Practices in K12 and University Partnerships deadline to this Friday, January 24. I know that many of you have exemplary programs. Please take the time to share them during this featured session.
I am excited to announce some of the specific plans for the USA Science and Engineering Festival April 25-27 in Washington, DC. Thanks to many division members for offering to take part in the professional development workshop for that Saturday and for volunteering to man our K12 Division booth at the festival all three days. If you are interested in attending the PD workshop or have teachers in the area who might attend, please share with them our registration link: http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/39/registration/new
Serving in the booth:
| Mary Phelps | Old Dominion University, WIED, SWE |
| Tricia Berry | Texas Girls Collaborative Project & UT Austin Women in Engineering Program |
| Melinda Higgins | Harpeth Hall School & 2013-2014 Einstein Fellow |
| Tanner Huffman | K-12 Representative |
| Lynn Albers | North Carolina State University |
| Nancy Ruzycki | University of Florida |
| Barbara M. Moskal | Colorado School of Mines |
| Sharon Campbell Waters | CHROME, Inc. |
| Monica Cardella | Purdue University |
Providing Professional Development:
| Merredith Portsmore and Lija Yang | Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach |
| Elizabeth Parry | NCSU |
| Monica Cardella | Purdue University |
| Jason Sayres | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Barbara M. Moskal | Colorado School of Mines |
| Tricia Berry | Texas Girls Collaborative Project & UT Austin Women in Engineering Program |
| Laura Bottomley | NCSU |
| Pius Wong and Jesse Dewald | UTeach Engineering |
| Stacy Klein-Gardner | Harpeth Hall School and Vanderbilt University |
| Mary Phelps | Old Dominion University, WIED, SWE |
Thanks to those of you who are working away on reviewing draft manuscripts for the main ASEE Conference. Your service is greatly appreciated. Please email Sharlene Yang directly at sharleneyang@yahoo.com if you have any questions or concerns about this task.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly with information that should be shared with the division or if you have questions or concerns about division work. It’s easiest to reach me by email at stacy.klein-gardner@vanderbilt.edu.
All the best,
Stacy
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The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is holding its
11th Engineering in K-12 Classrooms – ASEE Annual Teachers Workshop:
Saturday, June 14, 2014
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Indianapolis Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
Proposals are now being accepted. The proposal deadline is January 24, 2014.
– See more at: http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences/k-12-workshop/2014/call-for-proposals#sthash.awLNsLc2.dpuf
This daylong program for teachers and engineering educators from Indiana and across the country will provide an energizing, interactive overview of successful engineering education instruction for the K-12 classroom that – among many other attributes – emphasizes the development of engineering habits of mind (e.g., creativity, teamwork, optimism, systems thinking, persistence). Attendees will: learn engaging hands-on lessons and interactive activities to share with students, receive takeaway materials ready for use in the classroom, and have opportunities to network with other engineering educators.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
- Workshop Proposals may be submitted for review November 8, 2013 – January 24, 2014.
- To submit a proposal, download the proposal form. Click here.
- Return the form to the Review Committee at k12workshop@asee.org. Only emailed submissions of this form will be accepted—no faxes please.
- Individual workshops should prominently:
- feature hands-on classroom activities
- provide take-home or classroom-ready materials, in addition to written materials
- engage participants in interactive exercises
- explicitly feature strategies, activities and/or curricula that encourage two or more engineering habits of mind
All workshops must be linked to national standards (e.g., the ITEEA Technological Literacy Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics).In particular, we are seeking proposals addressing elementary/primary grades or demonstrated methods for involving practicing engineers and engineering students in the classroom. Note that presenters must register and pay the registration fee to support their workshop attendance and audio/video costs.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:
- Early online registration – for attendees and presenters – opens December 6, 2013 and closes May 30, 2104.
- After May 30, registration must be done onsite at non-discounted rate.
For additional details, please contact Stephanie Harrington-Hurd, Manager K-12 Activities, at k12workshop@asee.org
– See more at: http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences/k-12-workshop/2014/call-for-proposals#sthash.awLNsLc2.dpuf
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Call for Proposals: Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships Panel
The K-12 and Precollege Division of ASEE intends to recognize exemplary K-12 – university partnerships in engineering education at the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Indianapolis, Indiana. 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 submission is Monday, January 13, 2014.
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 winning 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.
Please contact K-12 and Precollege Division Program Chair Elect, Dr. Merredith Portsmore (mportsmo@tufts.edu) for additional information.
NOTE: Your submission should be e-mailed directly to Merredith Portsmore and not submitted via the ASEE website (monolith).