Event Calendar

American Chemical Society National Meeting; San Diego, CA

To learn more, visit: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/spring-2016.html

DR K-12 Presenters:

• Justin Pratt, Jorge Torres, Linh-Thuy Vu, Cassandra Sandvick, Sara Nielsen, and Ellen Yezierski, Miami University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Yezierski))
• Deborah Herrington, Roxana Dumitrache, Stephanie Tanis, Grand Valley State University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Herrington))

American Chemical Society National Meeting; San Diego, CA

To learn more, visit: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/spring-2016.html

DR K-12 Presenters:

• Justin Pratt, Jorge Torres, Linh-Thuy Vu, Cassandra Sandvick, Sara Nielsen, and Ellen Yezierski, Miami University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Yezierski))
• Deborah Herrington, Roxana Dumitrache, Stephanie Tanis, Grand Valley State University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Herrington))

American Chemical Society National Meeting; San Diego, CA

To learn more, visit: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/spring-2016.html

DR K-12 Presenters:

• Justin Pratt, Jorge Torres, Linh-Thuy Vu, Cassandra Sandvick, Sara Nielsen, and Ellen Yezierski, Miami University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Yezierski))
• Deborah Herrington, Roxana Dumitrache, Stephanie Tanis, Grand Valley State University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Herrington))

2016 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar

The 2016 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar was held Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 3:00 PM EST. 

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

Hosted by CADRE, this webinar provided an informational overview of the program with perspectives from the NSF and PIs on active CAREER grants. View the slides and related resources.

Meet the Presenters:

Michelle Cirillo
Associate Professor, University of Delaware
Michelle Cirillo received her PhD from Iowa State University in 2008 after working as a high school mathematics teacher in NY for 8 years. Cirillo’s primary research interests include the teaching of disciplinary practices (i.e., mathematical proof and modeling), classroom discourse, and teachers’ use of curriculum materials. She is especially interested in the space where these three areas intersect. As a co-PI on an NSF Discovery Research K-12 grant, Cirillo has been working with researchers from Michigan State University and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to design and pilot professional development materials to support secondary mathematics teachers’ facilitation of classroom discourse. In 2010, Cirillo was awarded a research fellowship from the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation to pursue a three-year study on the teaching of proof in high school geometry. She is currently the PI of an NSF-CAREER grant titled Proof in Secondary Classrooms: Decomposing a Central Mathematical Practice, which builds on the Knowles project.

Karen King
Program Director, National Science Foundation
Karen King is a program director at the National Science Foundation(NSF) in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings in the Education and Human Resources Directorate. Previously she served as director of research for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the largest professional association of mathematics teachers in the world. Her current research focuses on urban mathematics reform, the mathematics preparation of elementary and secondary teachers, and the policies of mathematics teacher professional development. She has been the PI or co-PI on several NSF-funded grants. King has a BS in Mathematics from Spelman College and a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Melissa Luna
Assistant Professor, West Virginia University
Melissa J. Luna is a recent recipient of an NSF DRK-12 CAREER award titled Investigating Fifth Grade Teachers’ Knowledge of Noticing Appalachian Students’ Thinking in Science. She is currently an assistant professor of science education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at West Virginia University. She earned her PhD in the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University in 2013. Her research interests include elementary teachers’ noticing and sense-making of students’ scientific thinking, and elementary teacher preparation and professional development in science.

Bill Zahner
Associate Professor, San Diego State University
Bill Zahner a member of the faculty in the mathematics department at San Diego State University. Zahner’s research focuses on how we can improve mathematics learning for all students, especially English Learners. Zahner is PI of the NSF DR K-12 CAREER grant Designing Learning Environments to Foster Productive and Powerful Discussions among Linguistically Diverse Students in Secondary Mathematics. Bill did his graduate studies at UC Santa Cruz where he was a fellow of the Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinos and Latinas. Prior to life as a researcher, Zahner taught high school mathematics for six years, including three years in the Federated States of Micronesia.

American Chemical Society National Meeting; San Diego, CA

To learn more, visit: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/spring-2016.html

DR K-12 Presenters:

• Justin Pratt, Jorge Torres, Linh-Thuy Vu, Cassandra Sandvick, Sara Nielsen, and Ellen Yezierski, Miami University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Yezierski))
• Deborah Herrington, Roxana Dumitrache, Stephanie Tanis, Grand Valley State University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Herrington))

American Chemical Society National Meeting; San Diego, CA

To learn more, visit: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/spring-2016.html

DR K-12 Presenters:

• Justin Pratt, Jorge Torres, Linh-Thuy Vu, Cassandra Sandvick, Sara Nielsen, and Ellen Yezierski, Miami University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Yezierski))
• Deborah Herrington, Roxana Dumitrache, Stephanie Tanis, Grand Valley State University (Project: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Herrington))

National Science Teachers Association 2016 National Conference; Nashville, TN

To learn more, visit http://www.nsta.org/conferences/sessions.aspx.

DR K-12 Presenters:

• Traci Wierman, Kathryn Quigley, Suzanna Loper, and Phaela Peck, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California Berkeley (Project: Constructing and Critiquing Arguments in Middle School Science Classrooms: Supporting Teachers with Multimedia Educative Curriculum Materials)
• Amy Pallant, Concord Consortium and Stephanie Harmon, Rockcastle County High School (Project: High Adventure Science: Earths Systems and Sustainability)