TRC Project Director Webinar

February 2-3,2012

Greetings

Agenda for Today: Eighteenth Annual Meeting Grant Update (2011-2012) RFA Update (2012-2013) Interim Reporting Assessment of Teacher Knowledge Social Networking PDAs and PDMs

Eighteenth Annual Meeting

“Higher Standards—New Horizons: Achieving Excellence in STEM education through the TRC ”

Dates: June 27-29, 2012

Location: Renaissance Austin Hotel

Notes: Awards luncheon Wednesday, June 27th Showcase, Reception, and Dinner the evening of

Wednesday, June 27th. Pre-Meeting on Tuesday, June 26th TBA

Eighteenth Annual MeetingRegistration, Break-Out Sessions, Awards

March 7, 2011: Annual Meeting packets arrive by email: Applications for presentations Applications for teaching and mentoring awards Registration information (including registration link)

April 16th: Award and presentation applications DUE

May 15th: Notification of presentations and awards

May 28th: Room block closes and registrations DUE Registration Fee: $300/person Hotel Sleeping Room Block: up to 5 rooms per

Collaborative

DataCenter Status Report

Thank you for your diligence in maintaining up-to-date records in the DataCenter.

Number Average

STMs served 1,572 64 hours

MTMs served 891 54 hours

Science CMs 4,134 9.5 hours

Math CMs 3,419 10. 3 hours

Campuses 4,326 ---

Regional Collaborative Events

Math Science

Proposed Training Events

287 631

Completed Training Events

755 1,005

639 events addressing life science or biology

312 events addressing environmental science

514 events addressing algebra

318 events addressing geometry

Monitoring Current Progress

Projects were required to have an average of 30 hours in the DataCenter for STMs/MTMs by Oct 15.

Projects were required to have data about all STMs/MTMs committed to in your Statement of Work (SOW) entered by Oct 15.

If you Plan to Apply for 2012-13 Funding…

By the application deadline the DataCenter should show: 100% of STMs/MTMs entered and active 50% of STM/MTM contact hours completed on

average 50% of CMs entered and active 40% of total grant invoiced

Note: Project Measures are  major factor in the rubric for the new grant. These goals must be met to have a competitive application!

DataCenter Updates

Project Team (ITMs)

Project Measures (SOW)

Immersion Status

Training Events (Timeline)

Mentor Assessment

Report Checklist

Completed Summary Form

Updated Instructional Timeline

Agendas and Sign-in Sheets

Value-Add Description

Assessments of Classroom Impact

Interim Reporting: DUE March 20, 2012

DataCenter – Report 2 View

Project Measures

100% of MTMs/STMs need to be entered into the DataCenter.

All MTMs/STMs should have approximately 50% of training completed and entered into the DataCenter.

50% of all CMs need to be entered into the DataCenter.

Assessment Update: Mathematics

2011-2012 Grant: Post-assessments administered when

program activities end. Report scores by IRT into DataCenter

2012-2013 Grant: Assessment and Evaluation seminar

via the web after Grant notifications. (TBA)

Plan to administer pre-assessment at your first TRC meeting of the new grant cycle.

Social Media Update

Central location for TRC news and updates Grant opportunities STEM news and

articles Instructional

technology resources

Post to the wall

Integrated with TRC Twitter page

Alternatives for viewing Facebook posts “Like” button RSS feed SMS texts Mobile app Follow the TRC on

Twitter

Social Media Update

TRC Facebook postings

STEM news

Diversity of instructional technology resources

Easily connect with other teachers

Integral component to personal learning networks (PLN)

Viewing TRC tweets Mobile app and

notifications Twitter.com (must

have an account) 3rd party applications

Recent PDAs: Math

ESTAR 3-4, September 12-14, 2011 Participants: ~40

Young Mathematicians at Work 5-8, October 4-7, 2011 Participants: ~40

ESTAR K-2, December 5-7 , 2011 Participants: ~25

Secondary Numeracy 1 & 2, October 25-28, 2011 and January 10-13,2012 Participants: 41

Upcoming PDAs: Math

Young Mathematicians at Work 1-4: Multidigit Addition, Austin, March 20-23, 2012

Young Mathematicians at Work 3-7: Multidigit Multiplication Austin, May 8-11, 2012

Developing Mathematical Ideas: Patterns Functions and Change K-8, Huntsville, July 30 to August 3, 2012

44 participants YMAW, Region 6, 2011-12

Project Director Meeting, April 12-13

Location: Ben Hur Shrine Center, Austin

Thursday, April 12, Content Focus 11:30 to 4:30

Friday April 13, Joint Business Meeting 8:30 to 2:30

Registration open by February 15th.

Thanks for All You Do for Texas Math Teachers!