PSP Summit - 2011 PSP Summit Program
PSP Summit
Program of Events
May 13-14, 2011
Note: Click on the program links to view the slideshow presentations.
Friday May 13
7:00 – 8:00 Registration
7:30 – 8:45 Breakfast Buffet - Lesson Gallery Setup, Camden Room
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and Introductions of new PSP faculty and staff
Susan McKay – Director of the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) and Professor of Physics, University of Maine.
9:15 – 9:45 The Vision and Plan of the Maine Physical Sciences Partnership
Susan McKay
9:45 – 10:30 Panel: The Links between STEM Education and Economic Development in Maine
Ralph Chapman – Maine Legislature Member and Technical Education Consultant, United Technologies Center
Dana Humphrey – Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, University of Maine
Marsha Leander – Assistant Vice President of Staffing, UNUM
Linda Silka (moderator) – Director, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
10:30 – 10:45 Break (refreshments available in The Foyer)
10:45 – 11:15 Building Partnerships through Collaboratives
Michael Wittmann – Associate Professor of Physics, University of Maine
Susan Smith – Curriculum Director, RSU 24
Bob Kumpa – Middle School Science Teacher, Mountain View School
Table activity
11:15 – 11:35 Research-guided Initiatives in University of Maine Mathematics and Science Courses
Natasha Speer – Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Maine
11:35 – 12:00 Building Diversity in STEM: Mentoring and Outreach
Ashanti Johnson – Executive Director, Institute for Broadening Participation
Susie Valaitis – Associate Director, Institute for Broadening Participation
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch
1:30 – 2:15 Curriculum and Research Breakout Sessions:
- Middle School Curriculum: Brian Frank and Lori Matthews (Camden Room)
- Implementing a Learning Assistants’ Program at the University of Maine: Natasha Speer (Lincolnville Lounge)
- Development of Communities of Practice in the PSP: Bill Zoellick (Northport Room)
- Connecting what teachers know about energy and know about what their students know to how they teach in the classroom: Michael Wittmann (Compass Room)
- The Teacher Classroom Observation Program: Rob Blaisdell and Susan McKay (Compass Room)
Lesson Gallery open, Camden Room
2:15 – 3:00 The Maine PSP: Evaluating a Federal Investment in the Improvement of Science Education
Mark St. John – President, Inverness Research
3:00 – 3:15 Break (Refreshments available in The Foyer)
3:15 – 3:45 Findings from an Initial Survey of Teachers
Michelle Phillips – Research Associate, Inverness Research
3:45 – 4:00 Table Activity and Announcements: Susan Smith
4:00 – 5:00 Free time until 5:00. Participants who have not yet checked in to their rooms could use this time for that.
5:00 – 6:00 Reception and Cash Bar, Lincolnville Lounge Lesson Gallery open, Camden Room
6:00 Dinner Buffet, Compass Room
Saturday May 14
Note: if you are checking out today, checkout time is 10:00 a.m.
7:00 – 12:00 Registration
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast Buffet
8:45 – 10:00 Vignettes
10:00 – 10:45 Panel: Research and Documentation – What could we learn from this Partnership?
Mark St. John – President, Inverness Research
Michael Wittmann – Associate Professor of Physics, University of Maine
Bill Zoellick – Education Research Director, Schoodic Education and Research Center
Jeff Hecker (moderator) – Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Maine
10:45 – 11:00 Break (Refreshments available in The Foyer)
11:00 – 12:00 Reflection Panel
Nicole Gillespie – Associate Director for Teaching Fellowships, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
Steve Haskell – Middle School Science Teacher, Hancock Grammar School
Ashanti Johnson – Executive Director, Institute for Broadening Participation
Jon Pratt – Academic Dean, Foxcroft Academy
Anne Pooler (moderator) – Dean of the College of Education and Human Development, University of Maine
12:00 – 12:15 Wrap-up and Closing Words
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch Buffet
Lesson Gallery
Conference participants are invited to observe and interact with this gallery of science lessons, which will be set up in the Camden Room. Displays will be set up all day on Friday.
| Contributer | Title | Grade Level |
| Dan Capps | From Earthquakes to Fossils: Getting Students to use Data as Evidence in Earth Science | 9-12 |
| Jon Shemwell | Can You Light the Light Bulb? | 9-12 |
| Jon Shemwell | Up and Out (Intro to Force Components) | 5-12 |
| Michelle Smith | Using Reality TV to Teach Mendelian Genetics and Probability | 11-12 |
| PBIS | How Can Sound and Light be Forms of Energy? | 6-8 |
| SEPUP | Observing Soil | 6-7 |