IEEE Teacher In-Service Program Training
9-10 September 2006
Putrajaya Marriott Hotel
Putrajaya, Malaysia, 62502
Selangor Room
AGENDA
9 September (Saturday)
14:00 Registration
17:00 Social
18:00 Buffet Dinner in the Cafe
20:30 Teacher In-Service Program Presentation (Nico/Doug/Yvonne)
· “Design and Build a Better Candy Bag”
22:30 Adjourn
10 September (Sunday)
7:00 Buffet Breakfast in the Cafe
9:00 Welcome and Introductions (Norman)
Why Are We Here? (Doug)
· Why is IEEE involved in pre-university education outreach activities?
· EAB Pre-University Initiative
· IEEE Section contributions and expectations
Workshop Goals:
· Empower Section “champions” to develop collaborations with their local pre-university education community to promote applied inquiry-based learning.
o Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators.
o Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering.
o Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students for many years.
· Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community
· Identify ways that engineers can assist education departments
9:45 Challenges and Opportunities in Malaysian Schools and School Districts (Mustapar Muhamad)
10:15 Coffee Break in the Foyer
10:30 TISP Background and Scope (Nico/Doug)
· Purpose
· Duration
· Benefits
· Participating Sections
· Highlights
· Timeline
· Assessment/Questionnaire Results/Metrics
· What Constitutes an Overall In-service Program?
· 4 + topics developed and presented to pre-university educators by Section volunteers within a 2 year timeframe
· Topics could be rolled out by various volunteers (portable)
· 4 + topics available for deployment each school year
· Expenditures
· IEEE’s Regional Activities Board, Educational Activities Board’s Pre-university Initiative, “Launching Our Children’s Path to Engineering”, and IEEE USA are supporting the institutionalization of TISP
· Areas of expenditures—supplies, materials, refreshments, copying, small equipment.
· Likely timeframe for expenditures
· How $ are accessed
· Expenses submitted by Section for reimbursement
· Please remember to include receipts
· Send to Chris Salicco at:
IEEE—Educational Activities
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854-1331
732 562 5492
11:15 How to Begin? (Nico/Doug)
· A front end loaded process
· Two entities to coordinate simultaneously
· The Section
· The School/District
Section Focus
· Getting started
· Volunteers & “Coaches”
· Cost (to the Section and to the teacher)
· Publicity (flyers, newsletter articles)
· Topics
· A practical, hands-on, applicable focus
12:00 Activity—Alignment with Education Standards
12:30 Buffet Lunch in the Cafe
14:00 Panel Discussion-- School/District Focus
· How to develop a partnership with your local pre-university education community
· How/who to contact in schools and school districts
· How to approach/what to say to education personnel
· What are the needs of schools and school systems
· Panelists provide guidance to IEEE volunteers on how to work effectively with schools and school systems.
15:15 TISP Presentation (Nico/Doug/Yvonne)
· “Build Your Own Robot Arm”
16:30 Summary
· Send expense report to:
Chris Salicco
IEEE—Educational Activities
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ USA 08854-1331
732 562 5492
· Include receipt even if you direct billed your flight
· Adjourn
17:00 Coffee in the foyer
Additional Suggestions
· The Presentation
· Handouts are a must
· Hands-on segments must be included
· “Take away” supplies/models/materials are important
· Small group work (pairs, 3, 4) is strongly encouraged
· PowerPoint or Overhead slides are fine
· Suggested outline
· Complete questionnaire (please use these 12 questions and add additional questions if you desire)
· Tabulation of results
· Complete school/district forms
· Other Presentation Venues
· State/Province/Region wide science, technology, and/or mathematics teacher conferences
· Presentation Proposal for a teacher conference
· College of Engineering programs for pre-university teachers
Follow-up activities
· Determine the level of instructional implementation of the TISP presentations
o Email teachers after the presentation requesting feedback
o Postcard sent to attendees requesting feedback