Agenda for the Texas Teacher Preparation Conference
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Agenda for the Texas Teacher Preparation Conference |
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| Wednesday Evening, March 6, 2002, Bonita Room, Fredonia Hotel | |
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| 7:00-8:30 pm | Welcome and Dinner - Conference Planning Committee and Tom Atchison, Dean, College of Sciences and Mathematics at SFA |
| 8:30-9:00 pm | Plenary Speaker: Jack Hehn, Director of Education Division, AIP "The Role of Undergraduate Physics Departments in Teacher Preparation" |
| 9:00-10:00 pm | Breakout Groups A1: "Why Is Physics Needed in the K-12 Curriculum?" Charge by John Layman, University of Maryland |
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| Thursday Morning, March 7, 2002, Miller Science (334) | |
| 7:00-7:30 am | Continental Breakfast - Miller Science (334) |
| 7:30-8:15 am | Reports from Breakout Groups A1 |
| 8:20-8:50 am | Plenary Speaker: Karen Johnston,, North Carolina State University, "What Can Be Done and What Is Being Done?" |
| 8:50-9:00 am | Charge to Breakout Groups B1 & B2: E. Leonard Jossem, Ohio State University |
| 9:00-9:45 am | Breakout Groups B1: "What Should K-12 Teachers Be Prepared To Do?" Miller Science (318, 321, 323, 326, 330, 333, 334) |
| 9:45-10:00 am | Break - Miller Science (334) |
| 10:00-10:45 am | Breakout Groups B2: "What Can College Physics Departments Do To Help K-12 Teachers Get This Training?” Miller Science (318, 321, 323, 326, 330, 333, 334) |
| 10:50-11:50 am | General Assembly: Reports from B1 and B2 - Miller Science (334) |
| 11:50-Noon | Charge to Breakout Groups C1: Bernard V. Khoury, Executive Officer, American Association of Physics Teachers |
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| Thursday Afternoon | |
| 12:00-1:30 pm | Lunch - West Side Kennedy Auditorium |
| 1:30-2:30 pm | Breakout Groups C1: "What Can We as a Community of Physicists Do To Recruit and Retain Teachers?" Miller Science (318, 321, 323, 326, 330, 333, 334) |
| 2:30-2:50 pm | Break - Miller Science (334) |
| 2:50-4:30 pm | General Assembly: "Defining a Community Plan" Facilitator: James Stith, Director, Physics Resource Center, AIP - Miller Science (334) |
| 4:30-5:00 pm | Plenary Speaker: Robert Beck Clark, Brigham Young University, "Putting Our Plans into Action" |
| 5:00-5:10 pm | Closing Remarks |
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