Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education (2020)

Chapter: Appendix B: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 1 Agenda: April 1820, 2017

Previous Chapter: Appendix A: Committee Biographies
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 1 Agenda: April 1820, 2017." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25612.

Appendix B

Educator Capacity Building in PreK–12 Engineering Education Workshop 1 Agenda April 18–20, 2017

TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017
KECK 101

3:15 Setting the Stage

David Evans, National Science Teachers Association

  • The political landscape for STEM education policy in the Trump era
  • Opportunities for engineering education related to the Every Student Succeeds Act
  • Opportunities for engineering education related to NGSS
4:00–5:30 Overarching Issues and Opportunities Facing US STEM
Education: Implications for the Project
Moderator: Rodger Bybee, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study

Equity/inclusion/diversity/English language learners

Okhee Lee, Professor of Childhood Education, NYU

STEM learning in children

Douglas Clements, University of Denver

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 1 Agenda: April 1820, 2017." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25612.

Students with disabilities and STEM education

James Basham, University of Kansas

Rural and urban settings

Matthew Irvin, University of South Carolina

5:30 Adjourn

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
KECK 100

7:30 am Breakfast available
8:00–8:15 Welcome and Overview of Workshop Objectives
Ellen Kullman, Committee Chair
8:15–9:30 Diverse Implementations of PreK–12 Engineering Education
Moderators: David Crismond, City College of New York, and Brian Reiser, Northwestern University
  1. Christine Cunningham, Engineering is Elementary
  2. Bryan Kind, PLTW
  3. Bernie Zubrowski, EDC
9:30–10:45 Pathways into PreK–12 Engineering: Educator Stories Part I
Moderator: Bruce Wellman, Olathe Public Schools Engineering Academy
  • A career changer with an engineering/engineering technology degree

    Jose Rivas, Science Teacher, Lennox Math, Science and Technology Academy, Inglewood, CA

  • A middle school or high school science and engineering teacher

    Amy Morriss, Academy of Our Lady, New Orleans, LA

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 1 Agenda: April 1820, 2017." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25612.
  • A middle school or high school math and engineering teacher

    Brandon Hernandez, Engineering Academy, Olathe, KS

  • A middle school or high school technology and engineering teacher

    Glenn Bradbury, Bozeman High School, Bozeman, MT

10:45–11:00 Break
11:00 am–12:15 pm Pathways into PreK–12 Engineering: Educator Stories Part II
Moderator: Chentel Neat, Colbert Elementary
  • A middle school teacher

    Julia Harth, HB Whitehorne Middle School, Verona, NJ

  • An elementary school teacher

    Christopher Kohnke, Colbert Elementary, Broward County, FL

  • Educators working in an informal setting (both museum/science center and an after-school setting)

    Adrianne Wheeler, Project SYNCERE, Chicago, IL

    Angie Brayford, SHINE, Shenandoah District, PA

12:15–1:30 Working Lunch (Table topics?)
  • Staff and Committee will have some topics for discussion and others would be gathered using the “parking lot” method.
1:30–2:30 What works in educator professional development and what are common practices that don’t?
Moderator: Suzanne Wilson, University of Connecticut

Jim Short, Carnegie Corporation of NY

A look more specifically at engineering education:
Pam Lottero-Perdue, Towson University
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 1 Agenda: April 1820, 2017." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25612.
2:30–4:00 Methods courses for science and engineering preservice teachers: Similarities, differences, and implications
Moderator: David Crismond, City College of New York
  • Elementary teacher education

    Pam Lottero-Perdue, Towson University

    Karen Worth, Wheelock College

  • Secondary teacher education

    Robin Adams, Purdue University

    Ken Welty, University of Wisconsin–Stout

4:00–5:30 Breakout Sessions with Reporting Out (Topics/Questions Provided)
Adjourn

THURSDAY, APRIL 20
KECK 105

9:30–10:45 State Standards for Engineering and Technology Education: Implications for Preparation of PreK–12 Educators
Moderator: Jen Gutierrez, K–12 STEM Education Consultant

Tanner Huffman, The College of New Jersey (TE standards)

Tamara Moore, Purdue University (NGSS/Professional Development)

Deidre Sessoms, Professor of Education, CSU Sacramento (NGSS, Preservice Education)

10:45–11:30 Methods for demonstrating/determining K–12 educator competency to teach about engineering (to include formal and informal approaches to credentialing)
Moderator: Maria Simani, California Science Project

Pat Yongpradit, Code.org (to describe challenges and issues in CS teacher credentialing)

Michael de Miranda, Texas A&M University

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 1 Agenda: April 1820, 2017." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25612.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 1 Agenda: April 1820, 2017." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25612.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 1 Agenda: April 1820, 2017." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25612.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 1 Agenda: April 1820, 2017." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25612.
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Next Chapter: Appendix C: Educator Capacity Building in PreK12 Engineering Education: Workshop 2 Agenda: August 30, 2017
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