Presentation Library

The TRC Presentation Library

The Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching is pleased to host the following presentations for our science and mathematics education communities. The library contains presentations by TEA leadership, TRC staff, and other Texas education leaders. The content is organized by event with the most recent presentations located at the top of the list. Additional documents that may be useful in a presentation may also be provided. The presentations are in PowerPoint or QuickTime format and are 1 to 5 megabytes in size. Depending on how your browser is configured, you may need to Control Click (Mac) or Right Click (Windows) on the link to download the file. Please direct questions regarding the content to the presenter.

PRESENTATIONS & RESOURCES BY EVENT AND YEAR

2009

2008

2007

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EDUCATION EVENT	PRESENTATIONS AND RESOURCES
15th Annual Meeting June 30, 2009	Texas Education Agency Update (PPT) Kenn Heydrick, Director of Science - Texas Education Agency Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science - Texas Education Agency Erika Pierce, TEA Assistant Director of Mathematics Curriculum Division Collaborating for Systemic Change in Central Texas Education Video of Presentation Keynote by Susan Dawson E3 Alliance
TSELA June 19, 2009	Science Update (PPT) Presented by by Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science - TEA
Assessing Children's Thinking about Algebra May 7-8, 2009	Children's Thinking about Fractions 3-5 (ZIP file) Materials presented during the 2-day PDA can be found here. Photo Slideshow from the Event
Assessing Children's Thinking about Algebra May 4-5, 2009	Children's Thinking in Algebra K-2 (ZIP file) Materials presented during the 2-day PDA can be found here. Photo Slideshow from the Event
Mentoring Science Teachers April 23, 2009	Making Science Mentors (PowerPoint Presentation) Images Captured at the Meeting Marsha Willis, TRC Coordinator for Professional Development
Science Project Director Meeting April 22, 2009	TEA Science Update Kenn Heydrick, Director of Science - Texas Education Agency
Mathematics Project Director Meeting April 16, 2009	Meeting Agenda Meeting PowerPoint Assessing Geometry Advanced Mathematical Decision Making Top Ten Ways (TOPTEN) Elementary Students Can Reason Algebraically (NCISLA Brief) Annual Meeting 2009 Information ShowCase
American Educational Research Association April 14, 2009	Growth of Empowerment in Career Science Teachers: Implications for Professional Development (PDF) Presented by Mary Hobbs, Ph.D. and Amy Moreland, M.S. Growth of Empowerment in Career Science Teachers: Implications for Professional�Development (PPT) Presented by Mary Hobbs, Ph.D. and Amy Moreland, M.S.
Science Project Director Meeting February 5, 2009	MSP Program Evaluation (PPT) Presented by Carol Fletcher, Ph.D. Attributes of a Successful Regional Collaborative Project Director Presented by Kamil Jbeily, Ph.D. Texas Regional Collaboratives Fifteenth Annual Meeting Presented by Marsha Willis White House Education Agenda, January 2009 Presented by Kamil Jbeily, Ph.D.
Mathematics Algebra II PDA January 28-31, 2009	Algebra II Revisited The zip file contains the notebook contents and the materials used during the PDA in January of 2009. These have all been updated as of February 2009.
Math Project Director Meeting January 27, 2009	Meeting Agenda MSP Program Evaluation (PPT) Presented by Carol Fletcher, Ph.D. Attributes of a Successful Regional Collaborative Project Director Presented by Kamil Jbeily, Ph.D. Texas Regional Collaboratives Fifteenth Annual Meeting Presented by Marsha Willis White House Education Agenda, January 2009 Presented by Kamil Jbeily, Ph.D.
International Conference of the Association for Science Teacher Education January 9, 2009	Growth of empowerment in career science teachers: Implications for professional development (PDF) Presented by Mary Hobbs, Ph.D. and Amy Moreland, M.S. Project I.D. Project Instrument Development (PPT) Presented by Mary Hobbs, Ph.D. and Amy Moreland, M.S.

EDUCATION EVENT	PRESENTATIONS AND RESOURCES
Podcasting in Education December 8, 2008	Online Resources to Support Regional Delivery of the Content Resource Site for Training Podcast Consumers Resource Site for Training Podcast Authors TRC Featured Podcast Online Report for Your Training Successes
Assessing Children's Algebraic Thinking: k-2 November 14-15, 2008	Children's Algebraic Thinking K2 Debra L. Junk, TRC Coordinator for Mathematics
CAST 08 November 6-8, 2008	TEA Science Update Kenn Heydrick, Director of Science - Texas Education Agency TRC Exhibit Booth Image Gallery Photos by Marsha Willis Bringing Math and Science Together Through Collaboration:Making School Science Scientific Presented on November 6th, 2008 from 3:45 to 5 pm Debra Junk, TRC Coordinator for Mathematics initiatives PowerPoint Presentation Handout Texas Regional Collaboratives: Dynamic Partnerships for 21st Century Education Presented by James Barufaldi, Kamil Jbeily, Carol Fletcher at the CAST Administrators and Policymakers Institute. STEM-ming the Tide: Coping with Stereotype Threat in Math & Science Learning Sterotype Threat Podcast Series in iTunes Stef Paramoure, M.Ed. Canyon Middle School New Braunfels, TX The Student-centered Sheltered Instructional Approach (SSIA) Model Presented by Eduardo Guevara, PhD What Works in Teaching Science: A Meta-Analysis of Current Research Presented by Carolyn Schroeder at the CAST Administrators and Policymakers Institute
TRC Mathematics Project Director Meeting October 23, 2008	TRC Update Marsha Willis, TRC Coordinator of Professional Development Project Director Meeting Debra Junk, TRC Coordinator for Mathematics initiatives TEA Update Erika Pierce, TEA Assistant Director of Mathematics Curriculum Division West Texas Partnership Warren Koepp, Region 18 Education Service Center
TRC Science Project Director Meeting October 10, 2008	TEA Science Update Kenn Heydrick, Director of Science - Texas Education Agency Science Professional Development Acadamies 2008-2009 Marsha Willis, TC Coordinator of Professional Development
NSTA Resources PDA October 9, 2008	NSTA Learning Center Materials provided by Joan Scheppke Senior Director, e-Learning Production The NSTA Learning Center NSTA Custom Web Page Worksheet NSTA Online Professional Development for the TRC (PPT) NSTA How-to-Guide (Salmon colored handout) Texas Teacher PD Case Study
Texas Association of Supervisors of Mathematics (TASM) September 22, 2008	TEA Update Norma Torres-Martinez, Curriculum Foundation Unit Director; Erika Pierce, Assistant Director of Mathematics; Julie Guthrie, Director of Mathematics and Science Assessments
MSP Annual Performance Report (APR) Technical Assistance/training August 28, 2008	TETN training video on completing the MSP Copy & paste the following URL into your browser: http://192.138.242.21 The URL will take you to the CODIAN page. You will see two blanks, one for RECORDING ID, and one for PIN. Enter the RECORDING ID number for the conference you wish to view. (the Recording Id for the Math/Science Partnership TETN is 31307708.) After you enter the RECORDING ID, leave the PIN blank, and click on view stream. (the default media player is Quicktime. If your computer has Quicktime issues then click on the drop down arrow & select another media player) (You might need to use FirexFox browser) Training Resources MSP Annual Performance Report (APR) User’s Guide – not available yet MSP APR Training PowerPoint MSP Tip Sheet
Assessing Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching; Algebra August 8, 2008	Assessing Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching: Algebra PDA Presented by Debra Junk, TRC Coordinator for Mathematics Initiatives Assessment Administration Learning Mathematics for Teaching Articles Presentations / Powerpoints Image Slideshow from the PDA
NSTA Resources PDA August 7, 2008	NSTA Learning Center Download this package (Zip format) of resources to support your NSTA Learning Center regional initiative Materials provided by Joan Scheppke Senior Director, e-Learning Production The NSTA Learning Center
Chemistry for All Jully 28-August 1, 2008	Event Slideshow Photography by Marsha Willis TRC Professional Development Coordinator Chemistry Resource Page (zip)
Physics Energy and Momentum July 21-25, 2008	Event Slideshow Photography by Marsha Willis TRC Professional Development Coordinator
Chemical Interactions, Middle School PDA July 11-13, 2008	Event Slideshow Photography by Marsha Willis TRC Professional Development Coordinator
14th TRC Annual Meeting July 9,10,11	TEA Update Kenn Heydrick, Director of Science -Texas Education Agency Science Calendar of Events TEA Update Presentation (PDF_, right click to download) Stemming the Tide, Coping with Stereotype Threat In Math & Science Learning Matt McGlone, Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies The University of Texas at Austin Presentation PowerPoint Unifying Concepts of Science(Friday Presentation) Sandra Consilio Handout Barriers to Effective K12 Science Programs Handout from presentation by Wallace Dominey, Rice Regional Collaborative Planning Ahead and Looking Back: Connections Between Early Science Interest and Science-related Careers PowerPoint presentation by Robert H. Tai, University of Virginia
CAMT in Dallas July 9-11, 2008	TEA Mathematics Update Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez, Director of Mathematics, Texas Education Agency TEA Update Administrators' Strand Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez, Director of Mathematics, Texas Education Agency TEA Update TASM Meeting Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez, Director of Mathematics, Texas Education Agency Texas Regional Collaboratives Mathematics: Building Communities of Practice Presented by Debra Junk
Chemistry for All June 16-20, 2008	Chemistry PDA Resource Page (zip)
Children's Thinking in Measurement PDA June 2-4, 2008	Children's Thinking in Measurement PDA: Notebook Materials by Chapter Presented by Linda Jaslow, Northwest Arkansas Education Service Cover Sheet Chapter 1 Powerpoint Chapter 2 Tasks Chapter 3 Cases Chapter 4 Instructional_Planning Chapter 5 TEKS Chapter 6 Assessment Chapter 7 Readings Chapter 8 Resources Extra Binder Spine Images
Fostering Algebraic Thinking 6-10 May 19-22, 2008	Power Point Presentations for the 4-days Presented by Debbie Hill, Henderson State University, Arkansas Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3 Presentation 4 Habits of Mind Chart Combined with the Mathematical Thinking Record
Assessing Math Knowledge for Teaching April 24-25, 2008	Assessing Mathematics Teacher Knowledge Power Point Slides Presented by Nicole Shechtman and Teresa Lara-Meloy, SRI International. Part 1: Overview and Introduction Part 2: Mathematics Knowledge For Teaching Part 3: The Design Phase: Using Evidence-Centered Assessment Design Part 4: Designing a Pool of Items Part 5: Validity and Validation Methods Part 6: Putting It All Together and Bringing It Home
TRC Science Project Director Meeting April 22, 2008	TEA Science Update Presented by by Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science - TEA
TRC Math Project Director Meeting April 15, 2008	TEA Update Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez, Director of Mathematics, Texas Education Agency Teacher Empowerment: AERA Mary Hobbs, Ph.D. TRC Coordinator for Science Initiatives PD Meeting Presented by Debra Junk, Ph.D., TRC Coordinator for Mathematics Initiatives Meeting Agenda Presented by Debra Junk, Ph.D., TRC Coordinator for Mathematics Initiatives
AERA 2008 Annual Conference March 26, 2008	Growth of Empowerment in Career Science Teachers: Implications for Professional Development Mary Hobbs, Ph.D. Coordinator for Science Initiatives, The Texas Regional Collaboratives The University of Texas at Austin Center for Science and Mathematics Education
TRC Advisory Board Meeting March 4, 2008	TEA Mathematics Update Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez, Director of Mathematics Texas Education Agency TEA Science Update Presented by by Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science - TEA Professional Development Programs Presented by: Mary Hobbs, Ph.D. TRC Coordinator for Science Initiatives Debbie Junk, Ph.D.,TRC Coordinator for Mathematics Initiatives Marsha Willis, MS Ed., TRC Coordinator for Professional Development TRC Professional Development Effectiveness: Impact on Students and Teachers Presented by by Carol Fletcher, Ph.D., TRC Assistant Director:R&D Coordinator TRC Podcasting in Education Resource Site Presented by Keith Mitchell, Ph.D., TRC Coordinator for Technology Initiatives
TASM February 29, 2008	TEA Update for TASM Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez Director of Mathematics Texas Education Agency
Math Project Director Meeting February 12, 2008	TEA Mathematics Update Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez Director of Mathematics Texas Education Agency
ELL/Bridging II TAKS February 7-8, 2008	ELL/Bridging II TAKS in Spanish ESC Region 19, El Paso Download Bridging II TAKS Materials List for Using Tools to Explore Matter Kindergarten Materials List 1st Grade Materials List 2nd Grade Materials List 3rd Grade Materials List 4th Grade Materials List 5th Grade Materials List Copyrighted Material Use Module 2 Bridging II TAKS Light and Optics PDA Presentation Materials (40 meg) PDA Binder Contents Spanish and English(40 meg) Kindergarten Materials List 1st Grade Materials List 2nd Grade Materials List 3rd Grade Materials List 4th Grade Materials List 5th Grade Materials List 6th Grade Materials List 7th Grade Materials List 8th Grade Materials List Copyrighted Material Use Module 1 Useful Web Resources Light and Optics from University of Illinois Glencoe Middle School Science Glossary Glencoe High School Science Glossary

Podcast Specialists Training January 14, 2008	TRC Podcast in Education Website to support local training Find information on the TRC Podcasting Network, podcast in education, authoring podcast, the TRC Podcast Specilist program, and best of class podcasts. Presentation used at the PDA Powerpoint & Keynote versions PDA Handout (PDF) Archived meeting registration page
ASTE 2008 January 10-12, 2008	Project Instrument Development: �Exploring the Professional Growth Continuum Presented by Mary Hobbs, Ph.D. Exploring the Effects of Professional Development on Science Teaching Practices Presented by Carol Fletcher, Ph.D. and Todd Sherron, Ph.D. Professional Development, Implementation Fidelity, and Student Achievement Presented by Carol Fletcher, Ph.D. Assistant Director / R&D Coordinator TRC and Patty McLelland - Science Coordinator Hutto Independent School District

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EDUCATION EVENT	PRESENTATIONS AND RESOURCES
CAST Administrator's Institute November 15, 2007	Impacting Student Achievement through P-16 Collaboration Presented by Jim Barufaldi, Ph.D. , Kamil Jbeily, Ph.D., Carol Fletcher, Ph.D. and Mary Hobbs, Ph.D.
TSELA November 14, 2007	TSELA TEA Science Updeate Presented by by Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science - TEA Cyndi Louden, Assessment Division - TEA
Journaling in Science October 8, 2007	PDA Resources for Journaling in Science PDA General Strategies Writing In Science (Doc) Journal Spanish (Doc) Journaling 101 (Doc) Science Journals for web page (Powerpoint) Writing to Learn Science (Doc)
TRC Project Director Meeting October 9, 2007	Evaluating Professional Development Presented by by Debra Junk - TRC Coordinator for Mathematics Initiatives Mathematics in Texas, Where Are We? Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez Director of Mathematics Texas Education Agency
TASM September 18, 2007	Texas Association of Supervisors of Mathematics Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez, Director Mathematics TEA Erika Pierce, Assistant Director of Mathematics, TEA
TASM September 18, 2007	Texas Association of Supervisors of Mathematics Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez, Director Mathematics TEA Erika Pierce, Assistant Director of Mathematics, TEA
K-8 Geoscience PDA July 30-Aug 1, 2007	Modified Training Materials in Word Format GRADE 1 GRADE 2 GRADE 3 GRADE 4 GRADE 5 GRADE 6 GRADE 7 GRADE 8 Kindergarten Teacher Pre-assessment Teacher Post-assessment K-8 Geosciences Materials Lists for Change Over Time Download a complete list of materials for the K-8 Geosciences Module. The list is formatted as a tabbed spreadsheet. Note that the first tab opens a complete list of materials needed for all grade levels, K-8. Subsequent tabs allow access to individual grade level supplies lists.
13th TRC Annual Meeting June 27-29, 2007	TRC Overview for T-STEM Summit Presented by Carol Fletcher, Assistant Director/R&D Coordinator Texas Regional Collabortives TEA Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science - TEA
CAMT June 28-30, 2007	TEA Student Assessment Mathematics Update Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez - Director of Mathematics, Curriculum Division - TEA Larry Duncan, Manager of Mathematics Assessments Student Assessment Division - TEA TASM Meeting Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez - Director of Mathematics, Curriculum Division - TEA Julie Guthrie, Director of Mathematics and Science Assessment Division - TEA TEA Mathematics Update Presented by Julie Guthrie - Director of Mathematics & Science Assessments - TEA Larry Duncan, Manager of Mathematics Assessments Student Assessment Division - TEA
TASSP June 14, 2007	Science Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science - TEA Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science - TEA Cyndi Louden, Assessment Division - TEA
TEPSA June 14, 2007	Science Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science - TEA Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science - TEA Cyndi Louden, Assessment Division - TEA
TSELA Conference April 23rd, 2007	Texas Science Education Leadersip Conference Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency Handout: Division of Performance Reporting Brochure: The KEY to reach your goal Graduate Bro7 130 01; January 07 PDF: Pocket Edition 2005-06 Texas Public School Statistics Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8 Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science; Texas Education Agency Handout: Planning for Laboratory and Field Facilities for the 4X4 Program TEA Science Assessment Update Cyndi Louden, Ph.D. Texas Physics Taskforce Karen Jo Matsler STAT Update and STAT Report Kenn Heydrick
NARST April 2007	The Effects of Professional Development on Science Teaching Practices(ZIP) Todd Sherron, Ph.D. - Info2knowledge, llc. Carol Fletcher, Ph.D.The University of Texas at Austin Center for Science and Mathematics Education The Texas Regional Collaboratives James P. Barufaldi, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin
TRC Advisory Board March 6, 2007	TRC Advisory Board Meeting Program Evaluation and Assessment Presenter: Carol Fletcher, Assistant Director/R&D Coordinator, TRC Texas High School Project and the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (T-STEM) Initiative Presenters: Jan Lindsey, Education Inititiatives - TEA
TASA Midwinter January 29-31, 2007	TASA 2007 Midwinter Conference Dynamic Partnerships for 21st Century Science Education� Presenter: Carol Fletcher, Assistant Director/R&D Coordinator, TRC Impacting Student Achievement through K-16 STEM Collaboration Presenters: Kamil Jbeily; Carol Fletcher; Jesus Chavez, RRISD superintendent; and Patty McLelland, RRISD instructional specialist
TEEAC January 11-12, 2007	The Texas Environmental Education Advisory Committee How to Use TAKS Results to Focus Programs Presenters: Cyndi Louden TAKS Science Manager; Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science; Texas Education Agency Current Issues and Opportunities Presenters: Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science; Texas Education Agency