2012 CADRE Advisory Board Meeting Logistics and Materials

On this Page:

Agenda
Meeting Time and Location
Directions to EDC
Travel Info: hotel and shuttle
Reimbursement Forms
Participant List and Advisor Bios
CADRE Documents of Interest
Website Links

Agenda
Download a pdf of the agenda and considerations for the advisory board discussion:

• 2012 CADRE Advisory Board Meeting Agenda
• Considerations for the CADRE Advisory Discussion

Meeting Location and Time
LOCATION: Wickes room. EDC Waltham, 43 Foundry Avenue Waltham, MA 02453-8313. Please check in with the receptionist at EDC and she will direct you to the correct location.

DATE and TIME: November 28, 2012 from 8:30am-4pm

Directions to EDC
Directions to EDC can be found at: http://www.edc.org/directions#waltham. Parking is available at no cost.

Travel Info: hotel and shuttle
HOTEL: Hotel Indigo Boston-Newton Riverside 399 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02462 Telephone: 617-969-5300 http://www.newtonboutiquehotel.com/index.shtml. Rooms have been reserved. Please do not reserve a room directly with the hotel. If you have questions, please contact Leana at 617-618-2767.

SHUTTLE: A shuttle will be arranged the morning of the advisory board meeting to bring you from the hotel to EDC’s office. In the evening we will arrange for cabs to bring you to the hotel and/or airport.

Reimbursement Forms
EDC will reimburse you for travel-related meal and incidental expenses incurred on travel days at the government per diem rate of $53.25 each day  (and no more than $12 for breakfast, $18 for lunch, or $36 for dinner). Breakfast and lunch on 11/28 will be provided at the meeting. For reimbursement, please submit your itemized receipts along with signed, original copies of reimbursement and W-9 forms before December 17, 2012. Send forms to Leana Nordstrom, Education Development Center Inc., 43 Foundry Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453.

• Reimbursement Form
• W-9

Participant List and Advisor Bios
Thank you to all for attending. Download meeting attendees contact information and advisor bios:

• Meeting attendees contact information
• Advisor bios

CADRE Documents of Interest
We encourage you to read the following documents before the advisory board meeting. In particular, please be sure to read the documents highlighted in blue.

About CADRE:

• CADRE Overview (PowerPoint)
• Annual Report Executive Summary

Portfolio Analyses and Targeted Studies:

• Portfolio Overviews:
  • YR1 report
  • YR2 report
  • YR3 report
  • YR4 report
• Compendium of STEM Teacher Instruments Part 1
• Compendium of STEM Student Instruments Part 2
• Math and Science Education with English Language Learners: Contributions of the DR K–12 Program
• Science Curriculum Targeted Study 
• Summary of DR K-12 Assessment Projects

Technical Support and Group Products:

• CADRE Fellows Survey
• Education RD Partnership Tools
• Fostering Knowledge Use in STEM Education A Brief in RD Partnerships with Districts and Schools
• Practice-Engaged Research and Development in Education 
• New Measurement Paradigms
• Partnering with Users
• Summary of Selected Studies and Syntheses

Knowledge Use and Dissemination:

• Dissemination in STEM Education RD Perspectives on Knowledge Use
• Evaluation in DR K-12 Projects: Options
• From Dissemination to Knowledge Use: Options for DR K-12
• STEM Smart Briefs:
  • Connecting Informal and Formal STEM Ed
  • Preparing and Supporting STEM Educators 
  • Specialized STEM Secondary Schools 
  • STEM Curriculum Instruction
  • STEM for Diverse Learners
    

Website Links
We also encourage you to visit our CADRE website at http://cadrek12.org for more information about the DR K-12 network. In addition, visit http://successfulstemeducation.org to learn more about the STEM Smart initiative in which we have been involved.