TUES PI Forum Workshop Yolanda George, Lance Perez, Russ Pimmel, Roger Seals, and Sheryl Sorby Jan 25 , 2013

1. TUES PI Forum Workshop Yolanda George, Lance Perez, Russ Pimmel, Roger Seals, and Sheryl Sorby Jan 25, 2013

2. Workshop Goals • Participants will: • Learn how the NSF Project will support the PI Forums • Begin preparing an application

3. PI Forum • Need • At PI Meeting, PIs recognize a common interest and want to build an on-going interaction ultimately leading to joint activities • After PI Meeting, they struggle to find the time and means to build the interaction, and it eventually is forgotten • NSF grant to explore a community-building model for ongoing, virtual, collaborative efforts among TUES PIs • Facilitated, structured approach to encourage and help build these collaborations

4. Types of PI Forums • Special interest in collaborations dealing with evaluation, dissemination, broadening participation, and transformation • Other ideas welcome • Examples: • PIs working with a common instructional approach or area • Share and develop evaluation approaches and data • Form a group dissemination effort • Create a shared, interactive repository • PIs working with underrepresented students • Explore impact on a broader scale

5. Project Leaders Responsibilities • Project will • Host six to eight virtual meetings for each PI Forum • State of the art internet conferencing software • Provide guidance and training on use of software • Provide list of meeting attendees and list of awardees in appropriate NSF Programs with email addresses

6. PI Forum Leaders Responsibilities PI Forums leaders will • Schedule meetings • Plan meeting agendas • Lead meetings • Maintain a website and give the Project access • Participate in the project evaluation

7. PI Forum Application • On-line application at http://ccliconference.org/pi-forum/application/ • Title of PI Form • Leaders • Focus area • Ultimate Goals • Expected outcomes of the PI Forum • Recruitment plans • Meeting plans • Applications are due February 8, 2013

8. Selection Criteria • The impact of achieving the ultimate goal on STEM education • The reasonableness of expected outcomes and their impact in moving toward the group’s ultimate goal • The appropriate of the plans for achieving the expected outcomes • Anticipated number and diversity of participants

9. PI ForumFocus, Goal, and Expected Outcomes • Write • A sentence or two describing the focus of your collaboration • A statement of the ultimate goal of the collaboration • List the expected outcomes of your PI Forum • Share and critique these • CRITERION: (1) The potential impact of the ultimate goal on STEM education and (2) The reasonableness of expected outcomes and their impact in moving toward the group’s ultimate goal • Report the nature of the suggested changes • Questions

10. PI Forum Meeting Plans • List the topics that would be treated in each meeting • Share and critique the statements • CRITERION: The reasonableness of the plans in achieving the expected outcomes • Report the nature of the suggested changes • Questions

11. PI Forum Recruitment • Write • A sentence or two describing your recruitment plans • A sentence or two describing how the Project can help with recruitment • Share and critique the statements • CRITERION: Anticipated number and diversity of participants • Report the nature of the suggested changes • Questions

12. Issues with Virtual Meetings • Indicate how running virtual and face-to-face meetings differ • Report to the group • Questions