Note On Invoices – Invoices are due on the 15th of every month, beginning with September 15, 2017. Final invoice is due on August 15, 2018.
| Sept 21-22, 2016 | Project Directors Meeting |
| Oct 16, 2017 | Report #1 Due |
| Dec 15, 2017 | Invoice Benchmark #1 – At least 20% of total project budget must be invoiced by this date |
| Feb 1, 2018 | Report #2 Due |
| Feb 8, 2018 | Project Directors Webinar |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Invoice Benchmark #2 – At least 40% of total project budget must be invoiced by this date |
| Apr 19-20, 2018 | Project Directors Meeting |
| May 15, 2018 | Report #3 Due |
| June 15, 2018 | Invoice Benchmark #3 – At least 75% of total project budget must be invoiced by this date |
| June 26-28, 2018 | TRC 24th Annual Meeting |
| Aug 15, 2018 | Final Report Due |
| Final Invoice Due – 100% of total project budget must be invoiced by this final invoice due date |
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This is a list of dates for the TRC’s training events (both PDA and non-PDA) for the 2017-18 grant year. This list is subject to change.
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February 8, 2017
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location
Online
Eligible Attendees
At least one Project Director from each Mathematics and Science Collaborative for the Texas Regional Collaboratives is required to attend this meeting.
Description
Project Director Meetings familiarize Directors with the expectations and requirements of their grant. As a part of each project’s Statement of Work, at least one person must attend each of the Project Director Meetings held during the grant year. Topics such as data collection, reporting, invoicing, and professional development academies will be discussed.
Webinar Log-In Information
LINK to Webinar: https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/r345ztbos5ny/
Please log on 5-10 minutes early for roll call. The meeting will be recorded, and can be accessed using a new link which will be posted here after the meeting. All documents related to this meeting will be uploaded to the TRC Project Director Resources 17-18 file in google drive which has been shared with you.
Webinar Agenda
- Welcome
- Introductions
- TRC Annual Meeting
- Ongoing Events-Center for STEM Education at The University of Texas
- TRC Grant Activities
- Science/Math Upcoming Events
- Reporting/Evaluation/Assessments
- Report Cards and Future Funding
- Budget and Invoicing
Webinar Recording
https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/pppy145pimuu/
Contact
Debra Plowman, Ph.D.
Coordinator for Mathematics Initiatives
512.232.0880
[email protected]
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9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Renaissance Austin Hotel
Glass Oaks Ballroom
9721 Arboretum Blvd, Austin, TX 78759 (Map / Directions)
Overview
There are unique challenges to leading and supporting the work of K-12 STEM. The STEM Leadership Summit will immerse attendees in collaborative experiences focused on the unique needs of STEM teachers and learners. Topics will include:
- T-TESS in the STEM Classroom
- Building an Inclusive K-12 Computer Science Pipeline
- Leadership in STEM schools: Principal Panel
- Math Pathways: Practical Strategies for Preparing ALL Students for Post-Secondary Success
The STEM Leadership Summit will be co-located with the 2017 TRC Annual Meeting. All Leadership attendees will also participate in the following events with Annual Meeting attendees
- Luncheon featuring Dr. Penny Schwinn, Deputy Commissioner of Academics, TEA – Texas STEM priorities in the era of ESSA
- Showcase and Reception celebrating Texas STEM Superheroes – teachers and TRC projects
- Dinner featuring inspirational Keynote Speaker Liz Murray, author of Breaking Night, her memoir of going from homeless to Harvard. Click for a bio of Liz Murray (PDF)\
Agenda
- 8:30 – 9:00 Registration/Coffee
- 9:00 – 11:45 Sessions
- 12:00 – 1:45 Luncheon Keynoted by Dr. Penny Schwinn, TEA Deputy Commissioner
- 2:00 – 4:30 Sessions
- 5:00 – 7:00 Celebrating STEM Superheroes Showcase and Reception
- 7:00 – 9:00 Dinner Keynoted by Liz Murray
Eligible Attendees
Participants will include superintendents, principals, curriculum specialists, teachers, professors and professional development providers who are interested in leadership in STEM. Attendees do not have to be TRC or WeTeach_CS participants.
Certificates of Participation
Certificates stating 12 hours of Continuing Professional Education hours (CPE credits) earned will be sent electronically after the participant has completed the online course evaluation. Participants should receive the certificate two to three weeks after the event. Any questions about certificates should be directed toward the contact person listed on this page.
Contact
- Carolina Cardenas
- [email protected]
Accommodations
A block of sleeping rooms is available to book for our event at the Renaissance Austin Hotel at the Austin state rate. Rooms must be booked and confirmed by June 12, 2017 or until sold out—whichever happens first.
Reservations should be made and managed by going here.
- In the drop down menu, select “attendee” when creating a new reservation, and you can also change or cancel an existing reservation by selecting “manage existing reservation.”
- If you opt to contact the hotel directly, reference the “TRC Annual Meeting 2017” to ensure the proper occupancy charges (contracted at Austin state rate of $141/single, $215/double, $235/triple, and $255/quad).
Parking
Free and valet parking is available at the Renaissance Hotel.
Registration
Cost
- $200/person ( includes all meals)
- TRC members who are also registered for the TRC Annual Meeting may attend at a discounted rate of $100/person. Please contact Carolina Cardenas for details regarding discounted registration.
Payment Instructions
- Participants can pay by credit card or check. The registration confirmation email will contain all the necessary information you need to provide to your business offices regarding credit card payment records and check processing instructions.
- Checks for registration need to be made out to The University of Texas at Austin. Please mail checks to the attention of Jeff Early, along with the printed registration confirmation email, to the following address.
- Center for STEM Education
- 1912 Speedway, D5500
- SZB 340
- Austin, TX 78712
- Attn: Jeff Early
Payment Questions?
Please email Jeff Early ([email protected]) with any payment questions you may have.
Online Registration Instructions
Click the registration button below to register your attendance. You will be asked your name, email, and collaborative. If you are not the project director, you will need to enter your project director’s email address as well. If you have multiple people attending, please fill out this form for each person that will be attending. You may need to quit and restart your browser to enter multiple people. If you need technical help with the registration page, send an email to [email protected].
Click to Register
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May 15-19, 2017
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Overview
The TRC Mathematics Leadership Institute is intended to provide mathematics professional development providers with quality PD tools and resources to support middle grade teachers in the areas of algebraic and proportional reasoning. Participants will choose which sessions to attend during the PDA to customize their learning experience. Further, participants are not required to attend all five days. Most sessions will include a book, handouts and professional development PPTs designed to support the delivery of the Professional Development to teachers.
Location
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Norris Conference Center2525 West Anderson Lane, Suite 365Austin, Texas 78757
Eligible Attendees
Initial registration is limited to two participants from each TRC Math Collaborative. The individuals attending the PDA should plan to be the primary presenter for a turnaround training that is both pedagogy and content intense. Please email Debra Plowman, [email protected], to be placed on the waiting list before registering more than two individuals.
Session Descriptions
Days 1-2: May 15 – 16, 2017
Session A
Teaching and Learning Statistics in the Middle Grades (5-8 grades)
Turn around days: 2 – 4 days.
Presented by Hollylynne Lee and Gemma Mojica, NC State University
Hollylynne Lee and Gemma Mojica will share a framework for designing learning experiences for students in statistical investigations that develop students’ statistical reasoning and skills in foundational concepts taught at the middle grades level. During the two-day session, teacher leaders will learn about students’ reasoning with statistics and the framework for supporting students’ approaches to statistical investigations. They will apply the framework to analyzing statistics tasks, and experience statistical investigations using real data, and hands-on and free online tools. Teacher leaders will also learn how to support their district teachers to use investigations in their own classrooms.
Learn more about their work at http://hirise.fi.ncsu.edu/
Read her article in Math at the Middle School: Hollylynne S. Lee, Tina T. Starling, & Margie D. Gonzalez. (2014). Using Data to Motivate the Use of Empirical Sampling Distributions. The Mathematics Teacher, 107(6), 465-469. doi:10.5951/mathteacher.107.6.0465
Book: This NCTM book, Developing Essential Understanding of Statistics for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 6-8, is recommendation I would make to supplement the Statistics session.
MOOC: Teaching Statistics Through Data Investigations (Friday Institute), created and facilitated by Hollylynne Lee and Gemma Mojica at North Carolina State University. See this MOOC which will be an add-on for projects to engage their teachers: https://www.fi.ncsu.edu/news/statistics-mooc-ed-starts-june-6/description
The MOOC is available and can count as the 20-hour online PD for teachers.
Session B
Proportional Reasoning (5-8 grades)
Turn around days: 2 – 4 days.
Presented by Olly Steinthorsdottir, University of Northern Iowa
The Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades PDA is 2-day course in which proportional reasoning is addressed through missing value problems. This PDA will feature possible learning trajectories which help teachers recognize, develop and present good tasks and task sequences involving proportions during instruction. Participants will also learn about the strategies students use when they are solving these missing value problems. See Olly’s article: Suzanne M. Riehl, & Olof Bjorg Steinthorsdottir. (2014). Revisiting Mr. Tall and Mr. Short. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 20(4), 220-228. doi:10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.20.4.0220
Book: Developing Essential Understanding of Ratios, Proportions, and Proportional Reasoning for Teaching Mathematics: Grades 6-8, to accompany the Proportional Reasoning session.
Day 3: May 17, 2017
Session A
Numeracy and Problem Strings Introduction (5-8 grades)
Turn around days: 1 – 4 days.
Presented by Pam W. Harris
Pam will demonstrate and participants will experience teaching and learning to build numeracy. Participants will experience a variety of examples that will enable them to work with upper elementary and middle grades teachers. You will work with both problem strings and number talks – learn what they have in common, how they are different, how they work together, and when to use which lesson structure.
Book: Building Powerful Numeracy by Pamela Weber Harris: http://www.mathisfigureoutable.com/resources/
Building Powerful Numeracy: A Facilitator’s Guide
More information
Session B
Integrating Math and Science TEKS (5-8 grades)
Turn around days: 1 – 1.5 days.
Presented by Jennifer Kaszuba, The University of Texas
This workshop is a study of math and science TEKS alignment for 5th to 8th grade teachers.
Book: recommended that all participants have access to Science and Math TEKS
(Can be presented to science and math teachers attending in pairs)
Days 4-5: May 18 – 19, 2017
Session A
Research to Practice: Explicit Instruction and Word Problems for Upper Elementary Students (3-6 grades)
Turn around days: 2 – 3 days.
Presented by Dr. Sarah Powell, The University of Texas
Participants will learn the research behind word problems, explicit teaching in mathematics and how to help teachers teach struggling mathematics students in ways that effectively utilize the tenants to explicit teaching to help students understand word problems.
Book: Sarah recommended Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching by Anita Archer and Charles Hughes.
Session B
Project-Based Learning in Mathematics (3-8 grades)
Turn around days: 2 – 3 days.
Presented by
Mary Margaret Capraro, Jennifer Whitfield, Robert M. Capraro
Participants will experience STEM Project Based Learning (PBL) through authentic learning activities. We will build a community of practice to understand the research supporting teaching and learning mathematics through a STEM PBL. Participants will experience the most salient STEM PBL techniques throughout the workshop while learning about the middle school mathematics TEKS being addressed. For additional information please seeSee Aggie STEM for a description of PBL and additional teacher materials: https://www.aggiestem.tamu.edu or consult the publications http://aggiestem.tamu.edu/publications/.
Books: Project Based Learning: An Integrated Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) approach http://aggiestem.tamu.edu/books/
Suggested: A Companion to Interdisciplinary STEM Project-Based Learning: For Educators by Educators (Second Edition) http://aggiestem.tamu.edu/books/
Certificates of Participation
Certificates stating 7 hours per day of Continuing Professional Education hours (CPE credits) earned will be sent electronically after the participant has completed the online course evaluation. Participants should receive the certificate two to three weeks after the PDA. Any questions about certificates should be directed toward the contact person listed on this page.
Contact
- Debra Plowman, Ph.D.
- Coordinator for Mathematics Initiatives
- 512.232.0880
- [email protected]
Accommodations
All participants are responsible for their own lodging reservations and payments.
No hotel block arrangements have been made by the TRC for this event.
- Check the List of Hotels near Norris Conference Center.
- Remember to download and present the Texas Hotel Occupancy Tax Exemption Certificate to avoid being charged occupancy tax
Parking
Parking is free at the Norris Conference Center.
Registration
Cost
- $60.00 per day
- Total cost will vary depending on the number of session registrations.
Registration Notes
- Collaboratives may register one to two participants per session.
- Registration will open for non-TRC members on a space available basis on April 1, 2017.
- The online registration system will allow registrants to choose sessions.
- The total cost will be calculated to reflect those chosen sessions, including adjustment to reflect TRC or non-TRC status.
- Registration fees cover breakfast, lunch, and training materials.
- Payments are due before this event.
- Refunds will not be issued for cancellations or those not in attendance.
- Space is limited by session.
Payment Instructions
- Participants can pay by credit card or check. The registration confirmation email will contain all the necessary information you need to provide to your business offices regarding credit card payment records and check processing instructions.
- Checks for registration need to be made out to The University of Texas at Austin. Please mail checks to the attention of Jeff Early, along with the printed registration confirmation email, to the following address.
- Center for STEM Education
- 1912 Speedway, D5500
- SZB 340
- Austin, TX 78712
- Attn: Jeff Early
Payment Questions?
Please email Jeff Early ([email protected]) with any payment questions you may have.
Transportation Reimbursement
Transportation expenses for up to two attendees per TRC Mathematics Collaborative will be reimbursed.* Reimbursement forms will be provided electronically after the event.
*If you owe money to any State of Texas organization or entity, whatever amount you were to receive may be credited toward your debt.
Online Registration Instructions
Click the registration button below to register your attendance. You will be asked for your contact information, what subjects you are currently teaching. You will also be given opportunity to select individual sessions for this event. The number of sessions selected, and your TRC membership status, will effect the total cost of this workshop. If you have multiple people attending, please fill out this form for each person. You may need to quit and restart your browser to enter multiple people. If you need technical help with the registration page, send an email to [email protected].
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July 31, 2017 – August 3, 2017
Monday – Thursday
8:00am- 4:00 pm
Location
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Hendrickson High SchoolPflugerville ISD19201 Colorado Sand DrivePflugerville, TX 78660
Eligible Attendees
Teams of teachers from high schools interested in implementing the Geometry in Construction program are eligible to attend. Teacher teams must consist of a geometry teacher and a CTE teacher prepared to teach Construction Technology, Ag Mechanics, Architecture, or a similar CTE course. Administrators interested in attending with teachers are encouraged to come on July 31st between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. for an overview of the program.
Description
Geometry in Construction (GiC) is a high school program begun in 2005 in Loveland. CO that integrates contextualized learning into both geometry and construction classes that are taken simultaneously by high school students. Geometry and Construction Technology teachers work collaboratively to integrate the curricula and instruction throughout the year. Presented by Tom Moore, developer and instructor of the original GiC program, this four-day professional development will provide teachers with all the instructional materials they need to replicate the GiC program in Texas schools. Teachers will take part in activities related to curricular materials including construction.
Agenda
Agenda coming soon!
Certificates of Participation
Certificates stating 26 hours of Continuing Professional Education hours (CPE credits) earned will be sent electronically after the participant has completed the online course evaluation. Participants should receive the certificate two to three weeks after the PDA. Any questions about certificates should be directed toward the contact person listed on this page.
Contact
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Jennifer KaszubaGraduate Research AssistantCenter for STEM Education512.471.9434
Accommodations
No hotel block arrangements have been made by the TRC for this event. Make reservations at an area hotel of your choice, asking for state rate. See a list of nearby hotels linked below.
Accommodations near Hendrickson
A copy of the Texas Hotel Occupancy Tax Exempt form is provided and should be printed and turned in to your hotel upon arrival. State hotel tax will not be reimbursed.
Texas Hotel Occupancy Tax Exemption Certificate (PDF)
Parking
Ample parking is available at HHS. Please park in front of the school and use the main entrance.
Registration
Cost
Texas Teachers: The cost is $500 per participant. This 4-day professional development typically costs $1,695 per teacher but is being underwritten by the Texas Regional Collaboratives, Texas Education Agency and Fluor Corporation.
Non-Texas Teachers: The cost of this event is $1,695 per participant.
Administrators: The cost of the administrator training the morning of July 31st is $50.00 per participant.
Registration fees cover breakfast, lunch and curriculum materials.
Payments are due before this event.
Refunds will not be issued for cancellations or those not in attendance.
Event limited to 40 participants.
Registration for this event will close on July 24, 2017.
Registration Payment
Participants can pay by credit card or check. The registration confirmation email will contain all the necessary information you need to provide to your business offices regarding credit card payment records and check processing instructions.
Checks for registration need to be made out to “The University of Texas at Austin.” Please send to the attention of Jeff Early along with the printed registration confirmation email.
Checks should be mailed to:
Payment Questions?
Please email Jeff Early with any payment questions you may have.
Registration Instructions:
Click the registration button below to register. Please note that there are separate links for Administrators and Teachers and this link is for Texas Educators only. You will be asked for contact information, what subjects you are currently teaching, and for your preferred t-shirt size. If you have multiple people attending, please fill out this form for each person. You may need to quit and restart your browser to enter multiple people. If you need technical help with the registration page, send an email to [email protected].
Texas Teachers and Out of State Teachers:
Administrators:
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February 9, 2017
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location
Online
Eligible Attendees
At least one Project Director from each Mathematics and Science Collaborative for the Texas Regional Collaboratives is required to attend this meeting.
Description
Project Director Meetings familiarize Directors with the expectations and requirements of their grant. As a part of each project’s Statement of Work, at least one person must attend each of the Project Director Meetings held during the grant year. Topics such as data collection, reporting, invoicing, and professional development academies will be discussed.
Webinar Log-In Information
To join the webinar, login via the link below on the morning of February 9th.
https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/r1asg91jxqt/
Webinar Materials
TRC Project Director Webinar Agenda
Webinar Recording
View webinar recording (Adobe Connect)
Contact
Debra Junk, Ph.D.
Coordinator for Mathematics Initiatives
512.232.0880
[email protected]
Mary Hobbs, Ph.D.
Coordinator for Science Initiatives
512.471.8729
[email protected]
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