[Csmatters] [APPLY NOW] Announcing Technical Assistance Workshops on Researcher Practitioner Partnerships (RPPs)

David Weintrop weintrop at umd.edu
Thu Feb 1 10:15:28 EST 2018 

Hi All,

I too got the sense that our having a presence at the RPP workshop would be helpful for our project. I would love to join the team and contribute to putting together a submission for a Maryland-based CS4All RPP proposal, don’t think I’ll be able to attend the Chicago workshop. There is a small chance things change and I will be able to, but for now, I’m out.

Is anyone else interested/able to go? 

> On Jan 31, 2018, at 6:14 PM, Marie desJardins <mariedj at umbc.edu> wrote:
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> Megean said that that NSF is trying to fill their RPP workshops and that (at the ECEP meeting) Jan Cuny was strongly encouraging us to attend.  Feb 5-6 is obviously too soon.  Mar 1-2 (Chicago) is pretty much impossible for me -- I'm already double-committed on Fri Mar 2 and am trying to figure out which thing has to give.  Is anybody else interested?  I had hoped we might be able to get David Weintrop to join a team (which I think could really help us to strengthen our research plan for a resubmission of the CSforAll proposal), but Megean said he's not available on those dates.
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> Marie
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> On 1/5/18 9:22 AM, Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff wrote:
>> This is VERY short notice.
>> They're looking for a team of 3-4 to travel in January/February??!!??!!
>> It's an opportunity to work collaboratively on research questions.
>> I checked RPP in my email and this is the first notification I'm getting. Anybody else get something earlier?
>> Since we have no idea if we are NSF funded (except Jan's preservice PD grant) for teacher PD, should we even try to go? 
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>> Thoughts?
>> Dianne
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Ashe, Keisha <kashe at nsf.gov <mailto:kashe at nsf.gov>>
>> Date: Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8:20 PM
>> Subject: [APPLY NOW] Announcing Technical Assistance Workshops on Researcher Practitioner Partnerships (RPPs)
>> To: "mrsdianneoc at gmail.com <mailto:mrsdianneoc at gmail.com>" <mrsdianneoc at gmail.com <mailto:mrsdianneoc at gmail.com>>
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>> Sent of behalf of Jan Cuny and Karen King
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>> APPLY NOW!
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>> Announcing Technical Assistance Workshops on Researcher Practitioner Partnerships (RPPs)
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>> February 5+6 in Los Angeles <https://sites.northwestern.edu/cs4allworkshop/>
>> March 1+2 in Chicago <https://sites.northwestern.edu/cs4allworkshop/>
>> NSF has a long history of supporting K-12 computer science education. For example, in FY 2017, NSF issued a new program solicitation called Computer Science for All Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships (CSforAll:RPP).  In anticipation of continuing these investments in FY 2018, we intend to hold two workshops, much like those held before last year’s solicitation, to provide technical assistance to RPP teams in formulating their activities. Designed by the Research + Practice Collaboratory, these 1.5 day workshops will engage teams with different models of RPPs, strategies and tools for forming and maintaining RPPs, and data collection and analysis approaches well-suited to RPPs. Additionally, cognizant NSF program officers will discuss the solicitation and criteria for competitive proposals. This hands-on workshop will provide teams time to work on research questions, designs, and proposals.
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>> Teams can apply to both workshops but will be accepted to only one.  Eligible teams will be accepted on a rolling basis. Capacity is limited.   Notifications of acceptance will start on January 15th.
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>> Team Composition
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>> Teams should send 3-4 individuals, representing a diversity of roles, including the CS education lead (could be from a district, state, school, network, or other) and an education researcher/learning scientist who plan to co-lead the RPP proposal. Appropriate education researchers might study, for example, school improvement efforts, student learning, teacher preparation and development, and other issues of implementation and learning relevant to your CS implementation effort. Other team members may include, for example,
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>> ·        Educators such as professional development providers, pre-service teacher educators, and teachers,
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>> ·        Administrators district staff and coaches, school building leaders, and assessment developers, and
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>> ·        Community stakeholders including non-profit organizations, industry partners, informal learning organizations, and collective impact efforts such as the STEM Learning Ecosystems, or STEMx organizations.
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>> ·        Evaluators who will focus on formative and or summative evaluation.
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>> Because not all teams will have identified a research partner before the meeting, individual researchers can apply to attend. If accepted, they will have the opportunity to learn more about RPPs, help attending practitioners to better understand the potential role of educational research in their efforts, meet with project teams with shared areas of interest, and come to a better understanding of the role of CISE and EHR in funding efforts in computing education. Individual applicants should describe their research questions and focus area in their applications.
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>> Applications
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>> Further information and applications are available at https://sites.northwestern.edu/cs4allworkshop/ <https://sites.northwestern.edu/cs4allworkshop/>.
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>> Questions may be directed to
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>>           Karen King, NSF (kking at nsf.gov) <mailto:kking at nsf.gov%29>
>> Jan Cuny, NSF (jcuny at nsf.gov) <mailto:jcuny at nsf.gov%29>
>> Emily DePalma (emily.depalma at northwestern.edu <mailto:emily.depalma at northwestern.edu>)
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>> Nina Kasuya (kasuya at gseis.ucla.edu <mailto:kasuya at gseis.ucla.edu>)
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>> The Research + Practice Collaboratory
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>> The Research + Practice Collaboratory <http://www.researchandpractice.org/> is funded by the National Science Foundation. The Collaboratory builds and studies research-practice partnerships, designs events that bring researchers and educators together to tackle pressing problems in STEM education, and creates professional resources that build on perspectives of both research and practice.  The Collaboratory works across both formal and informal settings.
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>> -- 
>> Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff
>> Acting Director, Maryland Center for Computing Education
>> CS Matters in Maryland
>> VP Maryland Computer Science Teachers' Association
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David Weintrop
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Teaching & Learning, Policy & Leadership
College of Education
College of Information Studies
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