Dear ASEE K12 and Precollege Engineering Division Members,
Nominations for the upcoming K12 and Precollege Division executive board are now open! These positions will begin immediately following the June ASEE conference. Please take a minute to review the open positions below and consider nominating yourself or a colleague. Nominations are due February 26. Contact Liz Parry, Immediate Past Chair of our division, if you have questions.
Registration for ASEE K12 Workshop is open. It will be held Saturday, June 14, at the Indianapolis Convention Center. Take advantage of discounted rates now, and please encourage K12 teachers you know to attend!
Mark your calendar for these great division-wide activities at the ASEE Conference itself. The K-12 division is very proud to have our very own Christine Cunningham giving one of the conference’s Distinguished Lectures! Please note that both our business meeting and the reception request advanced registration. Don’t forget to add these tickets to your conference registration now. As you might guess, the business meeting is free and we do provide coffee! J
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Saturday, June 14 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | K-12 Workshop | Indianapolis Convention Center
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| Monday, June 16 | 7:00 – 8:30 AM | Business Meeting | JW Marriott Hotel
Grand Ballroom 4 |
| 2:15 – 3:45 PM | Interdivisional Town Hall Meeting | Indianapolis Convention Center
ICC-Room 236 |
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| 7:00 – 9:00 PM | K-12/MIND/WIED Reception | JW Marriott Hotel
Grand Ballroom 1 |
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| Tuesday, June 17 | 12:30 – 2:00 PM | K-12 Poster Session | Indianapolis Convention Center
ICC-Exhibit Hall A B C |
| Wednesday, June 18 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Distinguished Lecture | Indianapolis Convention Center
ICC-Room 116 |
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 Nominating Committee shall annually nominate two or more candidates for each of the offices of Program Chair-Elect; K-12 Representative-Elementary; K-12 Representative-Secondary; K-12 Representative-Other, and for two seats as Member-at-Large (term is 2 years); and Secretary-Treasurer.
Nominations are due February 26, 2014.
The Program Chair – Elect shall serve for one year and shall:
• Assist the Program Chair with advance planning for Division programming, including programming for the annual conference.
• Conduct other duties as requested by the Program Chair.
• Succeed the Program Chair upon completion of his or her term of office as Program Chair-Elect.
The K-12 Representative-Elementary shall serve for one year and shall:
• Ensure that Division initiatives align with evolving K-12 trends and meet evolving needs of the K-12 education community.
• Be currently engaged in teaching engineering-related content in a PreK-5th grade school.
• Serve for a one-year term, ending at the end of each annual meeting of the Society.
The K-12 Representative-Secondary shall serve for one year and shall:
• Ensure that Division initiatives align with evolving K-12 trends and meet evolving needs of the K-12 education community.
• Be currently engaged in teaching engineering-related content in a 6-12th grade school.
• Serve for a one-year term, ending at the end of each annual meeting of the Society.
The K-12 Representative-other shall serve for one year and shall:
• Ensure that Division initiatives align with evolving K-12 trends and meet evolving needs of the K-12 education community.
• Be currently engaged in PreK-12 engineering education as a teacher, administrator, counselor, coordinator, or informal educator.
• Serve for a one-year term, ending at the end of each annual meeting of the Society.
NOTE: IN THE EVENT THE BYLAWS CHANGE FOR K-12 REPRENTATION IS NOT APPROVED, THE K-12 NOMINEE RECEIVING THE MOST VOTES (TOP VOTE GETTER FROM ALL THREE CATAGORIES COMBINED) WILL SERVE AS THE K-12 REPRESENTIVE.
The Members-at-Large shall:
• Serve two-year terms, staggered so as to have two replaced by election each year.
• Serve on the Executive Committee and, upon appointment, on such other standing and ad hoc committees as the unit may establish.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall be elected in even-numbered years to serve a two-year term, and will take over the role at the end of the ASEE annual meeting in the year of their election and shall:
• Be responsible for official records and correspondence of the Division and Executive Committee.
• Be responsible for financial records and the payment of bills of the Division and Executive Committee.
• Record minutes of the annual business meeting and meetings of the Executive Committee and distribute copies to appropriate Society and Division officers.
• Secure copies of papers presented at the Annual Meeting sessions, submit same to the Executive Committee for recommendations on publication, and transmit these recommendations to the appropriate editor.
• Report to the secretary of the Society or other appropriate office on Division finances and proceedings of the annual meeting sessions.
Please use this link for all nominations:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ASEE_K-12_2014_NOMINATIONS
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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
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences/k-12-workshop/2014/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.
Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Ph.D.
Adjoint Associate Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
Adjoint Associate Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences
Adjoint Associate Professor of Teaching & Learning
Vanderbilt University
PMB 351631
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, TN 37235-1631