LUNCH/MEETING WITH SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS PROJECT DIRECTORS
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.

CHECK IN HOTEL

OPENING LUNCHEON PROGRAM
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Introduction
Kamil A. Jbeily, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Texas Regional Collaboratives

State of Science and Mathematics Education in Texas
Kenn Heydrick, Ed.D.
Director of Science, Texas Education Agency
Erika Pierce
Associate Director of Mathematics, Texas Education Agency

ANNOUNCEMENTS OF DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AND MENTORING AWARDS

SETUP OF EXHIBITS
2:00 – 6:00 p.m.

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

SHOWCASE, RECEPTION, AND DINNER
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Introduction
Kamil A. Jbeily, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Texas Regional Collaboratives
The University of Texas at Austin

Welcome
James P. Barufaldi, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Science and Mathematics Education
The University of Texas at Austin

Greetings and Remarks
The Honorable Drew Darby
Appropriations Committee
Texas House of Representatives

Gina Day
Deputy Associate Commissioner
Texas Education Agency

John Sousa
Vice President, Communications and Community Relations
El Paso Corporation

Keynote Speaker
Susan Dawson
Susan Dawson is a Texas entrepreneur, business and civic leader. She is the president and executive director of E3 Alliance, a partnership of school districts, corporations, and community leaders dedicated to using objective data to develop a comprehensive understanding of education in Central Texas and aligning Central Texas education efforts and institutions to maximize student outcomes from Prekindergarten through college and career.

BREAKFAST AND GENERAL SESSION
8:00 – 9:15 a.m.

Teacher Accountability vs. Teacher Autonomy: Must We Choose?

Sheila Tobias
Associate Professor, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia

For three decades, Sheila Tobias has been an advocate for students who avoid, or are anxious about mathematics and science. With her newest book, Science Teaching as a Profession. Why It Isn’t. How It Could Be., she tackles the latest in a wave of onslaughts against the people who matter most in the nation’s schools: the classroom teacher. She defends them against all efforts to take away their status, their autonomy, and their very professionalism.

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
9:30 – 11:45 a.m.

LUNCH (guest speakers, exhibit awardees announced)
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

GENERAL SESSION
3:45 – 4:30 p.m.

The Unveiling of the TRC Online Learning Community (TOLC)

Keith L. Mitchell, Ph.D.

TRC Coordinator for Technology Initiatives

Dr. Mitchell unveiled the new TRC Online Learning Community (TOLC) and discussed how STEM educators could be active participants. Every member of the TOLC can publish a professional journal, join in STEM related special interest groups, share professional development photos and videos, and take part in topic-based discussions. Everyone attending the Annual Meeting received an invitation to join the community.

VENDOR FAIR
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

GENERAL SESSION
8:00 – 9:15 a.m.

The Content Coach: Raise Teacher Quality and Student Achievement

Robyn Silbey
Mathematics Coach and Author, Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland

The goal of the content coach is to raise teacher quality and improve student achievement. In this interactive session, participants experience specific examples of reflective professional development around content, student learning styles, data analysis, and planning. The presenter reveals the secret for making demonstration lessons spark dramatic and positive schoolwide change. The materials include things needed to implement the structures and programs that empowered our diverse schools’ math scores to steadily rise.

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
9:30 – 11:45 a.m.

LUNCH (Guest Speakers)
12:00 – 2:30 p.m.

NITA BETH CAMP LEGACY AWARD