All-OPAS Workshop

Goals:

More college freshman in engineering, computer science, and materials science as part of ETIC's goal of doubling the number of engineering, computer science and materials science graduates

Shifting OPAS gears:

from

fact-finding
research
forming relationships
planning

detailed planning
executing to plan
producing results based on targeted funding

Bring together OPAS and ETIC allies on the Computer Science Task Force and Student Marketing Committees

Update all members on accomplishments and key learnings of workgroups and grantees

Connect members to facilitate future remote collaboration

Re-affirm, re-energize, and appreciate the work

Thank you all for a successful meeting!

Report:

Will be issued after the meeting ... in the meantime:

Key Learnings:

Deliverers (teachers, volunteers, near-peers) must be trained.

Local champions are necessary for founding and maintaining programs.

Support infrastructure increases effectiveness.

One must address the whole student in their own context -- personal knowledge and interests, school, community and family.

A variety of ongoing, meaningful opportunities for youth learning are needed.

Educators need ongoing professional development (Professional Learning Communities (PLC) are one model) and continued support

We need ways of knowing and incorporating Best Practices

Comments, corrections, ameliorations and additions welcome! -- Jo

Presentation slides here -- Roster updated for actual attendance here

Additional materials & facts referenced during the day:

Draft (Nov. 2008) Science Standards from ODE (Engineering Design on pages 26-27) - pdf

OPAS White Paper: Fostering STEM Diversity, Eda Davis-Lowe - pdf

2008 PLTW Schools -- pdf

Darling-Hammond, L & Richardson, N. (2009). Teacher learning: what matters? Educational Leadership, 66(5), 46-53 - link to abstract & purchase

WICHE graph - pdf - racial/ethnic composition of Oregon High School grads projected through 2022; previously discussed in a Steering meeting and distributed.

Assignments:

Develop concrete business plans for each segment of the Bright Future Proposal:

Segment Business Plan Template - doc - pdf - the Worksession References may also be useful

In-Class Pre-Engineering (Brower & Lyon)

In-Class CS (Brooks)

Out-of-Class High School

eCHAMP (Manny)

Internships (Cresswell & Horton)

Out-of-Class Elementary and Middle School (Davis-Lowe et al.)

Marketing (Saunders)

Ongoing:

Develop surveys for incoming university freshman in engineering & CS

formalize the Hand-off model articulating OST experiences

Support and refine the Community Conversation model

eCHAMP pilot implementation and results

cs4hs professional development implementation

Awaiting traction :

Funding - connecting to foundation and federal sources

Better Metrics

Sharing Best Practices

Program Quality

Creating a College-Going Culture

Workshop Materials:

Agenda - pdf

Annotated Roster - pdf - Corrected & Updated for actual attendees February 5, 2009

Presentation Slides - in process January 30, 2009

1 - Bright Future Proposal (Schafer) - pdf
2 - not used
3 - ODE (Thompson)- pdf
4 - Motivate (Manny)- pdf
5 - Prepare (Schafer & Knight)- pdf
6 - Succeed (Davis-Lowe)- pdf
7 - ETIC CSTF (Schafer)- pdf
8 - ETIC Student Marketing (Schafer)- pdf
9 - PLTW/OIT (Lyon for Brower)- pdf -(Jo will get this, 2/5/09) - pps
10 - PLTW at HS2, Redmond & Salem-Keizer (Cone)- pdf
11 - 4-H Tech Wizards Replication (Rennekamp)- pdf - spelling correction posted 2/12/09
12 - SMILE Career-Linking (Davis-Lowe) - pdf
13 - SMILE Engineering MS Challenge (Davis-Lowe)- pdf
14 - MESA Pre-Engineering for Diverse Students (Coronado)- pdf
15 - Planning for Next Biennium (Schafer) - pdf

ETIC Brochure

Student Engineering Brochure (note this is print-ready, so some frames appear upside down) - pdf

Worksession References:

Worksession Assignments - pdf - note that actual session attendance differed slightly
OPAS Bright Future Proposal to ETIC (part of the ETIC Policy Option Package), April 2008
- reference documents listed for individual sessions below were used to create this proposal
- Presentation to ETIC, February 2, 2008 - pdf
Metrics Forecast Table from Above (link to the last 2 pages in the Proposal)
Budget Revision for the Bright Future Proposal - EBL and additional - January 9, 2009
Segment Business Plan Template - doc - pdf

Session Group A: In-Class Engineering and Computer Science - reference documents

Engineering Segment - pdf
Computer Science Segment - pdf
Summaries:
- CS Segment
- Engineering Segment
Transcription of Session Flip-charts - docx - pdf
Participants: Chris Brooks, Terrel Smith, Jay Bockelman, Ellen Lyon, Walt Mayberry, Michal Young, Ron Tenison, Bruce Schafer

Session Group B: Out of Class High School Engineering Enrichment - reference documents

Engineering Team Challenges - pdf
Student & Teacher Internships - pdf
Summaries
- Internships - pdf
- Engineering Teams - pdf
Notes taken by Ben Manny; no Flip-charts
Participants: Ben Manny, Ryan Collay, Dianna Bancke, Mary Beth Horton, Joyce Cresswell, Don Domes

Session Group C: Out of Class Elementary & Middle School sTEm Enrichment - reference documents

Elementary & Middle School Segment - pdf
Summary: Criteria - pdf
Transcription of Session Flip-charts - docx - pdf
Participants: Dick Knight, Jennifer Lemelson, Jo Oshiro, Roger Rennekamp, Eda Davis-Lowe, David Coronado, Cathy Swider, Natasha Macdonald

Session Group D: Marketing

Marketing Segment - pdf
Notes taken by Endi Hartigan; no Flip-Charts
Participants: Endi Hartigan, Ken Cone, Jill Tucker, Marcia Fischer

Additional materials & facts referenced during the day:

Draft (Nov. 2008) Science Standards from ODE (Engineering Design on pages 26-27) - pdf
OPAS White Paper: Fostering STEM Diversity, Eda Davis-Lowe - pdf
2008 PLTW Schools
Darling-Hammond, L & Richardson, N. (2009). Teacher learning: what matters? Educational Leadership, 66(5), 46-53 - link to abstract & purchase (referred to by Eda Davis-Lowe)
WICHE graph - pdf - racial/ethnic composition of Oregon High School grads projected through 2022; previously discussed in a Steering meeting and distributed.

Logistics:

Where	Capital Center, 18640 NW Walker Rd, Beaverton Oregon, 97008 -- map & driving directions We will be in Room 1061 (where most ETIC meetings are) across from our office (1065)
Park	Free Do NOT use any space marked "William Barnhardt Center" "OUS 30 Minute" spaces are fine More parking toward the East, nearer the intersection of Walker & 185th -- past the big trees
$$	We are not at this time re-imbursing travel expenses but we will feed you a nice lunch (on the paper products left over from the ORTOP tournaments, so I got a great deal!)
Sleep	The two closest hotels are: Marriott CourtYard Hillsboro Phoenix Inn Beaverton
Eat	Morning Refreshments: Coffee, Tea, Pastry Bites & Fruit Lunch Menu: Vegetarian Minestrone Greek Salad, shrimp on the side Sandwich quarters, vegetarian & carnivore options Afternoon Refreshments: Coffee, Tea, Cookies & Fruit Please let Jo know ASAP if you have dietary requirements you have not mentioned!