Logistics+for+11-17-12

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=**Today's Agenda:**= **1. Overview Slides** **2. Letters of Explanation of Research:** **3. Consent Forms:** (have teachers sign and return at workshop) (keep copy for yourself & return original to us at next workshop) **4. Student Attitudinal Survey (online, outside of class. Takes 25 minutes.)**
 * 8:45-9:00: Breakfast, Welcome, and Logistics.
 * 9:00-10:15: Training in new discipline-specific CT-STEM lesson
 * 10:30-10:50: CT-STEM Skills Assessment
 * @http://ct-stem.northwestern.edu/assess/pb-all.html
 * You have half the time your students will have.
 * If stuck on something, make a note of what's confusing and move on.
 * Interested in feedback in terms of what might be confusing, poor wording, unclear instructions, etc.
 * Also interested in getting your responses to start seeing what our coding might look like.
 * 11:00-12:00: Logistics/schedule for coming year. Discussion of classroom approach.
 * Survey is at @https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C6HCD5V
 * Assign to your students by December 1st.
 * Email Laura due date for your students to complete it.
 * Will assign again near the end of the academic year.

======= **5. Lesson Plan Choices:** **6. Student CT-STEM Skills Assessments (Need a computer. Takes 45 minutes.)**
 * I decide and assign / you decide as group.
 * Each of you will teach 3 of our CT-STEM lessons this year.
 * If we plan correctly, we can study the impact of all the lessons.
 * After each lesson, have your students complete one of our CT-STEM skills assessments.
 * First assessment: @http://ct-stem.northwestern.edu/assess/pb-all.html

**7. Logistics for Scheduling Classroom Observations & Follow-up:**
 * Email Laura at least 1 week before you plan to start teaching a CT-STEM lesson in your classroom.
 * For a subset of lessons taught in your classroom, Laura, David, Elham, or Mike will come with audio/video to record.
 * While you teach, we may pull aside 2-3 students at a time for short (<5 minute) mini-interviews.
 * After each lesson, fill out post-implementation feedback survey as soon as possible (while still fresh in your mind): @https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XGWWGR8