Instructional Professional Development (IPD) Subcommittee
Committee Chair: Vacant .
Next Meeting: TBA
Location: Virtual -- please call xxxx and enter passcode xxxx. Please don't forget to identify yourself when speaking, thanks.
Thanks to Kent Foster of Microsoft for hosting our virtual meetings.
IPD Mission: Increasing the capacity of teachers and faculty to deliver learning experiences that inspire and prepare students. Identifying and providing professional development programs and strategies that enhance their knowledge, skills, and mastery.
Recommendations: The three priority strategies in this focus area were to develop pooled resources for teaching engineering and applied science projects, elucidate the role of engineering in supporting core curriculum, and improve the relevance and quality of teaching at the post-secondary level.
Draft Agenda as deduced by Jo from the Meeting of April 21
| 2:30 - | Verify
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| 3:50 - 4:00 | Next Steps Next Meeting Time |
| Chair Winnie Miller | President, Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM) |
| Larry Flick | Chair, Dept. of Science and Mathematics Education, OSU |
| Kathryn Schwartz | Software Association of Oregon (SAO) Foundation |
| Carla Faini | Oregon MESA, PSU |
| Doug Stuivenga | Engineering Teacher, Salem-Keizer School District |
| Kent Foster | Academic Programs Manager, Microsoft |
| Megan Helzerman | PTE Regional Coordinator, Clackamas ESD |
| Jo Oshiro | OUS Staff Support |
Member Bios: posted April 7, 2006
Notes from February 15 meeting (the first) of the OPAS IPD Committee – Introductions to the committee members:
Winnie Miller, Retired Math Teacher, President, Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Winnie Miller currently works part time as a mathematics consultant for Clackamas ESD assisting K-12 teachers in their professional development. She taught middle school mathematics for 17 years and high school mathematics for 13 years. Other experiences include being a presenter at local, state, regional and national math conferences, scoring director for the State Math Problem Solving, and teacher advisor to the Oregon State Board of Education.
Carla M. Faini, Ph.D., Executive Director Oregon MESA. Oregon MESA is a pre-college academic program that engages 6th-12th grade students in hands-on, inquiry-based math, engineering, science and technology projects during weekly chapter meetings at school sites. A large number of these students will participate in the Intel Northwest Science at PSU on March 17, and an even larger group will gather at PSU on May 13 when students come from 17 MESA chapters. More than 43% of MESA participants are African American, Hispanic or Native American; more than 50% of MESA participants are female. Schools that participate include Portland, Gresham, Beaverton and Hillsboro. Carla also distributed a great model for professional development designed for MESA advisors and GEAR UP teachers.
Kent Foster works in Microsoft’s US Developer Group (based in Redmond, WA) on professional development programs for higher education faculty. Kent joined Microsoft in September 2005 from Apple Computer where he served in two roles – emerging markets manager for K-12 at the PowerSchool division (http://www.apple.com/education/powerschool/) and as a regional manager for a K-12 field team in Michigan. Previous to Apple, Kent worked as VP of Marketing & Business Development at HaloSource, a Redmond life sciences firm (http://www.halosource.com/). Between 1995-1999, he was a senior staff member of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Business School (http://www.wdi.umich.edu/) where Kent managed faculty/student projects in Asia as Sr. Operations Manager (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kfoster/WDIProj.doc). Between 1993-1995, while completing a two-year MPP graduate program at Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy (http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/), Kent worked in Alumni Relations for the Dean of the School of Information (http://www.si.umich.edu/) and as a Beijing based project manager for a faculty research collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences examining the Sino-US Joint Venture experience. Kent held various marketing and business development roles between 1984-1993 at NeXT Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in Asian Studies (China) and History. Kent is married with five children (ages 2 years to 26 years).
Doug Stuivenga is a classroom teacher at McNary High School, teaching Computer-aided Drafting & Design and Manufacturing classes (metal shop). He has also taught English, wood-shop, and theater set design and construction. Doug brings to the group a genuine interest in finding ways to help teachers be better prepared to introduce concepts of engineering and related careers, and also ways to attract students toward engineering-related careers.
Lawrence B. Flick, Professor & Chair, Department of Science and Mathematics Education, College of Science, Oregon State University, Editor School Science and Mathematics
http://www.oregonstate.edu/dept/sci_mth_education/people/Larry.htm
Kathryn Schwartz is responsible for advancing the mission of the Software Association of Oregon Foundation to develop and support programs that enhance the abilities and interest of K-12 teachers and students in the areas of information technology, computer science and engineering. The goals of the SAO Foundation are to provide professional development and support to Oregon technology educators and to awaken an interest in technology among Oregon students. The programs of the SAO Foundation aim at increasing not just the technical ability but also the teamwork, critical thinking, creativity, and problem solving skills of educators and students. The primary program of the SAO Foundation is SuperQuest, intensive professional development workshops of 3 to 5 days held in the summer.
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