AGENDA
EHR ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
NSF HEADQUARTERS
May 6, 2009 (Wednesday) Room 1235 (Board Room)
Time
Activity
8:00 am
New Member Orientation (Rm 805)
8:15am
Coffee & Morning Refreshments for Members
8:45am
Opening Remarks from the Chair
9:00am
Remarks from the EHR Assistant Director
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10:00am
Table Discussion
AC Discussion
11:15am
Wanda E. Ward
Lee Todd
Wanda E. Ward
Lee Todd
Investment Theme: Broadening Participation to Improve Workforce
Development
Presentation of the work of The National Academies Committee on
Science, Engineering, and Public Policy Committee on Underrepresented
Groups and the S&E Workforce Pipeline.
11:00am
Committee
or Staff Lead
Freeman A.
Hrabowski, III
President, University
of Maryland Baltimore
County
(NAS Committee
Chair)
Break
Investment Themes: Learning through Research: Teacher
Education; Broadening Participation;
Cyberlearning to Enhance STEM Education
Presentation on “Building an Innovative Infrastructure for Strengthening
Mathematics Teaching and Accelerating Learning for All Students”
AC Discussion
12:30pm
Break
12:45pm
Working Lunch:
Investment Theme: Enriching the Education of STEM Teachers
Presentation on the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative
(SMTI), an initiative designed to foster APLU member universities’
commitment to increasing substantially the diverse pool of highly qualified
science and mathematics teachers in their respective states
AC Discussion
1:30pm
Committee of Visitor Report for:
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce)
Reflection/Discussion of COV Process and Practice
1:45pm
Conversation with Acting Deputy Director Marrett
2:45pm
Break
Anthony S. Bryk
President,
Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement
of Teaching
Cathy Casserly
Howard Gobstein
Vice President,
Research, Innovation
and STEM Education,
And Co-Director, SMTI
Charles Coble
Co-Director, SMTI
Association of Public
& Land-Grant
Universities (APLU;
formerly NASULGC)
Anne Petersen
Bernice Anderson
Lee Todd
Wanda E. Ward
EHR Advisory Committee Agenda, Page Two
3:00pm
Investment Theme: Advancing Career Development Opportunities:
Enabling Young Investigators
Presentation on NSF approaches to inspiring and educating new
generations of scientists and engineers.
C. Van Hartesveldt,
G. Muller,
C. Stoel
AC Discussion
4:15pm
Investment Theme: Advancing Career Development Opportunities:
Technician Education; Community Colleges
Eileen Lewis
Presentation on the role of community colleges and technician education
in higher education, competitiveness, and new careers that help drive the
nation’s economy.
AC Discussion
5:00pm
Horizon Topic Introduction
5:30pm
Recess until Thursday Morning
Wanda E. Ward
Lee Todd
May 7, 2009 (Thursday) Room 1235 (Board Room)
Committee
or Staff Lead
Activity
8:00am
Early Refreshments
8:30am
Remarks from the Chair
8:35am
Horizon Topic:
Meeting Education and Workforce Needs in
Emerging STEM Areas (Energy, Climate Change,
Cyber Security, Innovation Ecosystem)
Presentation of future directions in meeting education and workforce
development needs on the horizon.
Lee Todd
C. Van Hartesveldt,
J. Ferrini-Mundy,
L. Slakey,
J. Wyche,
B. Anderson
AC Discussion
10:00am
Program and Portfolio Evaluation
Presentation of status of EHR program evaluation and future plans for
portfolio evaluation.
B. Anderson,
J. Ferrini-Mundy,
B. Olds
AC Discussion
11:20am
1:00pm
Break with refreshments
EHR Subcommittees
 Career Advancement/Workforce Development/Broadening
Participation
 Evaluation and Research
 STEM Learning for the Future (Teaching, Learning, Public
Engagement, Cyberlearning)
Subcommittee Report Out/Next Steps
1:30pm
Adjourn
11:35am
Lee Todd