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Austin ISD PER Workshop - June 1-3, 2004

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Participants:

    PT3/ VaNTH-PER Fellows:
  • Ms. Elaine Bohls-Graham (McCallum High School Science Teacher, 2001 PT3 Fellow)
  • Ms. Carolyn McCormick (Bowie High School Chemistry/ Anatomy Teacher, 2002 PT3 Fellow)
  • Ms. Shelly Rodriguez (Crockett High School Teacher, 2002 PT3 Fellow)
  • Ms. Leyla Cohlmia (Austin High School Science Teacher, 2003 PT3 Fellow)

    Research Assistants:
  • Barbara Austin
  • Kavita Karandikar
  • Cherie McCollough

    Biomedical Engineering Students
  • Daniel Robles
  • Shelby Pearce
    Staff and Administrative Support:
  • Audie Hebert
  • Vicki Stratton
  • Melissa Tothero

    UT Faculty/ PI:
  • Dr. Anthony Petrosino
  • Dr. Paul Resta

PT3, PER and Vanth teachers alongwith research assistants pose for Group photo

(Front, L-R) Barbara Austin, Carolyn McCormick, Audie Hebert
(Back, L-R) Cherie McCollough, Shelly Rodriguez, Elaine Bohls-Graham, Daniel Robles, Leyla Cohlmia

Schedule of Events:

June 1

8:30 - 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 AM Presentations: Effects of the PER workshops on my teaching this year
10:30 - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 - 11:30 PM Goal setting: By the end of this workshop I will… Where I am, what I have left to accomplish & where I see potential problems     
11:30 - 12:00 PM Discussions of goals, support needed, and expectations
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 PM

Cherie McCollough: Narrowing challenge 1: Revisiting Understanding by Design  

2:30 - 2:45 PM

Break  

2:30 - 4:00 PM

Work time: Mapping learning objectives for challenges against TEKS & IPGs

June 2

8:30 - 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 AM Cherie McCollough: Concept mapping as a formative assessment
    
10:30 - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 - 12:00 PM Sharing time: Final conception of challenge 1 and outline of challenge 2    
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 PM

Work Time: Outlining Challenge 2
2:30 - 2:45 PM Break
2:45 - 4:00 PM

Barbara Austin: Spreadsheets as a “Mindtool”

June 3

1:00 - 2:30 PM Worktime: Development of Challenge 2
2:30 - 2:45 PM Break
2:45 - 4:00 PM Presentations