8:45 a.m.

The Status of K–12 Engineering Education in the United States: Upcoming Report from the National Academies

Greg Pearson, Study Director

NAE/NRC Committee on K–12 Engineering Education

9:00 a.m.

Opportunities and Barriers to Developing Standards for K–12 Engineering

Rodger Bybee, Bybee Consulting

9:30 a.m.

Discussion

Committee and Guests

Impact of Standards: Reflections on a Paper by Harris and Goertz

Committee Panel: Jim Spohrer, IBM Almaden Research Center; Mario Godoy-Gonzalez, Royal High School, Royal, Washington; and Elizabeth Stage, Lawrence Hall of Science

The Unintended Consequences of Standards

*Deborah Meier, NYU

11:15 a.m.

Moderated Discussion: Are Standards for K–12 Engineering a Good Idea, Are They Feasible?

Committee, Presenters, and Guests

Moderator: TBD

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Engineering Concepts and Skills in State K–12 Curriculum Frameworks

The Case of Massachusetts

Jake Foster, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

The Case of New Jersey

Beth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

The Case of Minnesota

*Clark Erickson, Minnesota Department of Education (ret.)

2:00 p.m.

Engineering-Related Concepts and Skills in National K–12Standards

Documents for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education

Cary Sneider, Boston Museum of Science (ret.) and Linda Rosen (Committee Member), Education and Management Innovations

3:15 p.m.

Comments from Engineering and Business

• American Society for Engineering Education

• Division on K–12 & Pre-College Engineering: Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University College of Engineering

• Engineering Deans Council: Nicholas Altiero, Tulane University

• Business Higher Education Forum: Chris Roe

• Business Roundtable: Susan Traiman

4:00 p.m.

Q&A with Committee

4:30 p.m.

Comments from Educators

Moderated panel:

• Steve Wagner, engineering teacher, Highland Springs High School, Virginia

• Robert Willis, biology teacher, Ballou High School, Washington, D.C.

• Dayo Akinsheye, principal, Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center, Washington, D.C.

• Gladys Whitehead, director of curriculum and instruction, Prince Georges County Public Schools, Maryland

8:45 a.m.

Identification of Core Engineering Knowledge at the High School Level: Report of a Study

Rod Custer, Jenny Daugherty, and Joe Meyer, Illinois State University (National Center for Engineering and Technology Education)

Engineering and the ITEA Standards for Technological Literacy: History and Status

Kendall Starkweather, International Technology Education Association

9:45 a.m.

Q&A with Committee

10:30 a.m.

Alternatives to Traditional Content Standards: Discussion of Framing Paper by Committee Member Jim Rutherford

Summary of Paper: Christine Cunningham, Committee

Discussants:

Jan Morrison, TIES

Torrence Robinson, Texas Instruments

Gerhard Salinger, NSF

Senta Raizen (invited), WestEd

11:15 a.m.

Committee Discussion

11:30 a.m.

Fewer Concepts, Greater Depth

• NSTA “Science Anchors” Project, Francis Eberle, National Science Teachers Association

12:15 p.m.

Q&A with Committee

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Focus on College and Workplace Readiness

• American Diploma Project, Jean Slattery, Achieve, Inc.

• **Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Valerie Greenhill, e-Luminate Group

• Career Clusters, Kim Green, National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium

2:15 p.m.

Creating Consistency and Rigor

• Council of Chief State School Officers—National Governors Association

Common Standards Initiative, Scott Montgomery, CCSSO

2:45 p.m.

Q&A with Committee

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Stakeholder Comment Session

[NOTE: A variety of organizations will be invited to provide brief (5 minutes) comments for the committee’s consideration. Those who cannot attend the workshop in person may submit written comments via e-mail. Questions that might guide this input are attached as an annex to this agenda.]

4:00 p.m.

Final Thoughts and Next Steps

Bob White and Committee