<div dir="ltr">This is VERY short notice.<div>They're looking for a team of 3-4 to travel in January/February??!!??!!</div><div>It's an opportunity to work collaboratively on research questions.</div><div>I checked RPP in my email and this is the first notification I'm getting. Anybody else get something earlier?</div><div>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? </div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div>Dianne</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ashe, Keisha</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kashe@nsf.gov" target="_blank">kashe@nsf.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8:20 PM<br>Subject: [APPLY NOW] Announcing Technical Assistance Workshops on Researcher Practitioner Partnerships (RPPs)<br>To: "<a href="mailto:mrsdianneoc@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrsdianneoc@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:mrsdianneoc@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrsdianneoc@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
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<h1><span class="m_-8451632824482053861m_4433979904928320522subtitle1"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Announcing Technical Assistance Workshops on Researcher Practitioner Partnerships (RPPs)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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 15<sup>th</sup>.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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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organizations, and collective impact efforts such as the STEM Learning Ecosystems, or STEMx organizations.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Further information and applications are available at
</span><a href="https://sites.northwestern.edu/cs4allworkshop/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://sites.northwestern.edu<wbr>/cs4allworkshop/</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Karen King, NSF (</span><a href="mailto:kking@nsf.gov)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">kking@nsf.gov)</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan Cuny, NSF (</span><a href="mailto:jcuny@nsf.gov)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">jcuny@nsf.gov)</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Emily DePalma (<a href="mailto:emily.depalma@northwestern.edu" target="_blank">emily.depalma@northwestern.ed<wbr>u</a>)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nina Kasuya (<a href="mailto:kasuya@gseis.ucla.edu" target="_blank">kasuya@gseis.ucla.edu</a>)<span style="background:yellow"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Research + Practice Collaboratory</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
</span><a href="http://www.researchandpractice.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Research + Practice Collaboratory</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 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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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-8451632824482053861gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Acting Director, Maryland Center for Computing Education</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CS Matters in Maryland</div><div style="font-size:small">VP Maryland Computer Science Teachers' Association</div></div></div></div></div>
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