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

[Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff]

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?

Thoughts?
Dianne

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From: Ashe, Keisha <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" <mrsdianneoc at gmail.com>


Sent of behalf of Jan Cuny and Karen King APPLY NOW! Announcing Technical
Assistance Workshops on Researcher Practitioner Partnerships (RPPs)   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.



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.



*Team Composition*



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,



·        *Educators *such as professional development providers,
pre-service teacher educators, and teachers,

·        *Administrators *district staff and coaches, school building
leaders, and assessment developers, and

·        *Community stakeholders* including non-profit organizations,
industry partners, informal learning organizations, and collective impact
efforts such as the STEM Learning Ecosystems, or STEMx organizations.

·        *Evaluators* who will focus on formative and or summative
evaluation.





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.



*Applications*



Further information and applications are available at
https://sites.northwestern.edu/cs4allworkshop/.



Questions may be directed to

          Karen King, NSF (kking at nsf.gov)

Jan Cuny, NSF (jcuny at nsf.gov)

Emily DePalma (emily.depalma at northwestern.edu)

Nina Kasuya (kasuya at gseis.ucla.edu)



*The Research + Practice Collaboratory*

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.





-- 
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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