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Collaborative for
Excellence in Teacher Preparation in Pennsylvania
(CETP-PA)
Western Region
Conference
Butler County Community College Convocation Center (lower
level)
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2001
| 9:00 -
9:10 |
Welcome
Robin Patterson, Butler County Community College, Western Community
College Coordinator for CETP-PA |
| 9:10 -
9:30 |
Overview of the CETP-PA Project
Terry Peard, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Co-PI and Project
Director for CETP-PA |
| 9:30 -
10:30 |
Community College Presentations
Nick Neupauer, Butler County Community College John Gall, Community
College of Beaver County
Barbara O'Toole, Community College of Allegheny County Darlene
Pabis, Westmoreland County Community College |
| 10:30 -
10:40 |
Break |
| 10:40 -
11:10 |
Summary of a 1999 National Research Council
Report
Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science,
Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (This report may
be read at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6453.html.)
Ben Shaevitz, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:10 -
11:40 |
Summary of a 2001 National Research Council
Report
Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and
Technology: New Practices for the New Millennium (This
report may be read at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9832.html.)
Jeffrey Lehman, Slippery Rock University of
Pennsylvania |
| 11:40
-12:00 |
Summary of a 1998 National Science Foundation
Report
Investing in Tomorrow's Teachers: The Integral Role of the
Two-Year College in the Science and Mathematics Preparation of
Prospective Teachers
Patsy Ann Johnson, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Co-PI
and Western Coordinator for CETP-PA |
| 12:00
-1:00 |
Lunch and Small Group Discussion
How can
participation of community college faculty and administrators be
increased in the CETP-PA project?
How can the CETP-PA project benefit community colleges?
How can community colleges contribute to the CETP-PA
project? |
| 1:00
-1:30 |
Presentation of Small Group Recommendations
These recommendations also will be submitted in written form for
use by the CETP-PA project. |
| 1:30 -
2:00 |
Large Group Discussion |
Abstracts and transparencies for some of the presentations
may be read at the Slippery Rock
website, maintained by the Center for Mathematics, Science, and
Technology Education.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, Division of
Undergraduate Education
Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation Project.
NSF Cooperative Agreement #9986753
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