Sharing Our Success: Preparing Teacher Quality (TQ) Program

Participants to present their final assignments in poster format

Kathy Lee Sutphin, Scientific Communication Afternoon Seminar, BIOL 601B/CHEM 601E, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. UMBC

Audience: Participants in the 2007-08 Teacher Quality in Biology and Chemistry Programs( ~28 Maryland secondary school teachers enrolled in UMBC’s Graduate School)

Many posters include an abstract to introduce the project as the beginning element. Participant abstracts are often published in a program guide to help attendees identify posters of interest. An abstracts should be a brief (250 or 300 words) summary of the poster.

This poster presentation incorporates the”Guidelines for Unit Plan Poster” originally prepared by Dr. John Murdock as given to all Teacher Quality (TQ) program participants during the Summer 2007 laboratory courses.

TQ Program Participant County Representation

Fall 2007

REFERENCES (APA Style suggested)

Schedule of TQ 2007-2008 Classroom Observations to date

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

UNIT OVERVIEW

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

TIMELINEMATERIALS

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This presentation was supported, in part, by UMBC, its College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences and Department of Education through grants from the Maryland Higher Education Commisson (MHEC) as two of the funded Improving Teacher Quality State Grants: Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund Partnership Grant Program Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) CFDA #84.367

This is may be one of the most important elements of your poster and is where you provide a concise and informative overview of your unit plan. This overview will serve as a valuable resource to teachers who wish to replicate the unit plan and must include details about:

• Pre-lab activities• Laboratory exercises • Follow-up lessons • Data analysis

Date Task

Checkpoint #1 10/16/07Submit an outline of the unit plan in paper and

electronic format

Checkpoint #2 2/15/08

Submit a rough draft of your ppster via

Blackboard TQ Program participants will receive feedback via Blackboard within three weeks of submission or

March 7, 2008.

Checkpoint #3 4/1/08

Submit the Powerpoint® file of the final poster for printing to Tim Ford via

email to tford1@umbc.edu

Checkpoint #4 4/19/08

TQ Program participants will give presentations at the Share Our Success

Seminar and Poster Session

PREREQUISITES

This is where you summarize what students must be able to do prior to the beginning the unit lesson. It is important to include what concepts have to be mastered in advance to accomplish the lesson objectives. Also, it is critical to identify all laboratory techniques that the students need to practice prior to carrying out the laboratory exercises.

Participants in this scientific communication seminar must have successfully completed the preparation and summer lab coursework for their respective TQ Programs. To experience the greatest benefit, participants should have a good understanding of inquiry teaching in the science classroom. All participants should have completed draft outlines of their unit plan and bring both paper and electronic copies of their assignments to the October 16, 2007 seminar. Students will practice the computer and software techniques they need for creating a large, one-sheet poster during the Scientific Communication Afternoon Seminar.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION

This is where you explain how you will evaluate the objectives identified under goals and objectives.

TQ Program administrators will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of this scientific communication seminar by the quality of the posters presented by TQ Program participants on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the gala Share Our Success Seminar and Poster Session at the techcenter@UMBC.

Please plan to invite your supervisors, colleagues and other invited guests to truly share in your TQ success on April 19th.

Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education (CSMEE). (2000) Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards. Washington, D.C: National Academy Press. Biggar, V. (Ed.). (1991) The St. Martin’s Pocket Guide to Library Research and Documenting Sources (pp. 49-100). New York: St. Martin’s Press

TQC - Cohort 1

2007-2008 TQ PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

ABSTRACT

This where you identify what you expect students to be able to do by the end of the unit you have planned. It is important to include what content standards will be covered.

The purpose of the scientific communication seminar is to ensure that participants in the 2007-2008 TQB and TQC Programs can produce quality posters of their unit plans, which is part of the final assignment for BIOL 601D and CHEM 601E. It is hoped that the TQ Program participants will post their posters again and/or find other ways to share the knowledge they have gained through the TQ Programs.

This is where you list all the resources needed to begin and complete the unit plan.

This poster presentation incorporates the”Guidelines for Unit Plan Poster” originally prepared by Dr. John Murdock and given to all TQ program participants during the Summer 2007 laboratory courses.

Posters will be printed for all TQ Program participants who meet the printing deadline of April 1, 2008

1, for the submission of

poster files to Tim Ford in the UMBC Illustrative Services in the Department of Biological Sciences at UMBC (tford1@umbc.edu). Poster boards and push pins will be provided at the April 19th event.

(1Please note that this deadline has be revised and is earlier than the one

given in the Poster Presentation Assignment over the summer.)

TQB TQC

0 0

TQ Program participants are asked to sign up for classroom observations during the October 18th seminar.

Fall 2007 TQ Program Participant Count - N=28

0 2 4 6 8

Anne Arundel County

Baltimore City Public

Baltimore County Public

Cecil County Public

Harford County Public

Howard County Public

Montgomery Co. Public

Prince Georges Co. Public

Queen Anne's Co. Public

Talbot Co. Public

Private

School System (LEA)

Secondary School Science Teacher Participants

TQC

TQB

TQB TQC TotalAnne Arundel County 1 2 3Baltimore City Public 1 2 3Baltimore County Public 0 7 7Cecil County Public 0 1 1Harford County Public 3 0 3Howard County Public 0 2 2Montgomery Co. Public 1 0 1Prince Georges Co. Public 2 2 4Queen Anne's Co. Public 1 0 1Talbot Co. Public 0 1 1Private 2 0 2

TOTALS 11 17 28