Hello, K-12 and Precollege colleagues!
Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed some well-deserved time off, if even for a little while. Things have rapidly returned for our normal fast pace!
Tomorrow, January 12, at 5 PM is the deadline for draft papers! So dot all those I’s and cross all those T’s and then take a little time to relax tomorrow night. J
This notice is full of opportunities to share your work with numerous colleagues. Please note many of the deadlines are coming up quickly.
Early registration for the San Antonio conference is now open. Check out the details on registration and housing at www.asee.org under Conferences.
And while you are making your conference plans, be sure to include the K-12 and Precollege Business meeting at 7 am on Monday, June 12, 2012. I’ll include more details as the conference approaches.
Please read on to find information about:
- Announcement of winners of K-12 and University Partnerships Best Practices Panel!
- Reviewers Needed
- Mark your calendars: 2012 Colloquium on P12 STEM Education
- Call for Proposals: ASEE Annual Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education
- Call for abstracts: Frontiers in Education 2012 Conference
- Call for Proposals: NSTA STEM Forum and Expo
- Call for Papers: IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference
Thanks for all you do and as always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. Have a wonderful start to the new semester!
Thanks,
Liz
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K-12 and Precollege News/Opportunities
Announcing K-12 and University Partnerships Best Practices Panel for 2012
It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners for our K-12 & University Partnerships Best Practices Panel for 2012:
Preschool / Elementary School: Engineering an Elementary School: Rachel Freeman School of Engineering
K-12 Partner: Lizette Day, Rachel Freeman School of Engineering, Wilmington, NC
University Partner: Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University
Middle School: Promoting 21st Century Skills Through Science and Engineering Education
K-12 Partner: Albert Padilla, Dr. Michael Conti School #5, Atlantic City, NJ
University Partner: Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology
High School: The Skyline TEAMS Program: An Engineering-Focused High School Feeder System Designed to Broaden Participation in Post-Secondary STEM Studies
K-12 Partner: Patricia A. Quiñones, Skyline High School, Longmont, CO
University Partner: Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado Boulder
Thanks very much to all of our reviewers! Look for the session at the 2012 conference to hear more about what these teams are doing to advance K-12 and Precollege engineering.
Best regards,
Christine Schnittka
ASEE K-12 & University Partnerships Best Practices Panel Chair
Reviewers needed!
Want to be a part of determining our program? Looking for an opportunity to learn more about new innovations in K-12 and Precollege? Well, join our team of paper reviewers for the San Antonio conference. Papers will be assigned to reviewers very soon so please contact our program chair, Laura Bottomley, at laurab@ncsu.edu.
Mark your calendars!
We are excited to announce the partnership of the ASEE K-12 and Precollege Division along with The Engineering Place at North Carolina State University and the STEM Education Center at the University of Minnesota to lead the 2012 Colloquium on P-12 STEM Education!
The Colloquium on P-12 STEM Education is an interactive national forum bringing together educators, researchers, STEM professionals, and other STEM stakeholders in a dynamic two-day colloquium. Sessions are hands-on, participatory, and/or experiential. This is an opportunity to learn about the newest research in STEM education, bridge the gap between research and practice to implement effective practices, see and experience what is working in P-12 STEM education classrooms, and discuss next steps and potential solutions for the issues encountered in STEM education.
The ASEE K-12 and Precollege Division and The Engineering Place at North Carolina State University will be providing scholarships and travel grants to K-12 teachers across the United States to attend and present at the Colloquium. Scholarship information and applications will be available January 15, 2012. These groups will also help plan the conference with a specific interest in how to make engineering accessible for K-12 students.
Mark your calendar to join us July 9-10. 2012 at the McNamara Alumni Center in lovely Minneapolis, Minnesota! More information, including registration, is available at: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/STEM/colloquium2012/default.html .
ASEE News/Opportunities
Call for Proposals: ASEE Annual Workshop on K-12 Education
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/.
Abstracts Being Accepted: Frontiers in Education Conference
The 42nd Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2012) is the major international conference on educational innovations and research in engineering and computing. FIE 2012 continues a long tradition of disseminating results in these areas. It is an ideal forum for sharing ideas; learning about developments in computer science, engineering and technology education; and interacting with colleagues in these fields.
Whether through a full paper, a work in progress, proposals for panels, special sessions, or workshops, this is an opportunity to share your work with colleagues from around the world. For a list of paper formats and topics of interest, conference information and more, visit
http://fie2012.org/general/call-papers. Abstract Submission Deadline: January 30, 2012.
Additional Opportunities
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. 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. Proposal deadline is January 15, 2012.
Paper Submission Opportunity: IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference
We welcome submissions for the 2nd IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC ’12), which will be held Friday, 9 March 2012 starting at 10 am at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in Ewing, NJ. This year’s theme is “Integrate by Design.” While all papers on methods of and experience with integrating education (or interdisciplinary education) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are welcome, we are very interested in papers on the use of design activities to teach STEM issues and concepts. “Design” is not limited to engineering or technical design activities; for example, experiences of those using art pedagogies to help students learn STEM concepts (or, as it’s being called, STEAM) would be appropriate. We are also interested in hearing from all parties involved in STEM education, including students and parents. Papers discussing STEM education experiences, especially concerning best and worst practices, from those points of view, are encouraged. We would like to have a student, faculty, and parent track at this year’s conference. For full information please go to: http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/stem. Paper Submission Deadline: January 29, 2012.
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Thanks,
Liz
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Elizabeth Parry
Coordinator, K-20 STEM Partnership Development
North Carolina State University College of Engineering
Chair, K-12 and Precollege Division, American Society for Engineering Education
919-413-7313