Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

Welcome   Download PDF  

Jenny Hicks - Science Curriculum Specialist, Indiana Department of Education
Bill Walker - Executive Director, I-STEM Resource Network

9:00 a.m.

What are the Issues in STEM Education in Indiana and the Nation?

Changing the Course S.T.E.M Education in Indiana   Download PDF  
Sally Goetz Shuler - Executive Director, National Science Resources Center (NSRC)

The State of Science Education in Indiana   Download PDF  
Jenny Hicks - Science Curriculum Specialist, Indiana Department of Education

9:15 a.m.

What is an example of learning and teaching that aligns with research?

10:00 a.m.

Lunch

Chris Murphy, Chairman and CEO of First Source Bank

12:00 p.m.

What infrastructure is required to support research-based learning and teaching?

Sally Goetz Shuler

1:00 p.m.

What is an example of an effective state model of science education reform?

The Alabama Department of Education’s initiative to improve math and science in teaching (K-12)   Download PDF  
Steve Ricks - Director - Alabama Math, Science, and TechnologyInitiative (AMSTI)

1:20 p.m.

Indiana model

The State of Science Education in Indiana   Download PDF  
Jenny Hicks

2:00 p.m.

Break

2:30 p.m.

Discussions about individual roles

Integrating Science and Literacy: Achieving New Dimensions   Download PDF  
Cheryl Bell, Ph.D., ISLAND Science Literacy Facilitator

2:45 p.m.

What are the roles of stakeholder groups in workforce development?

3:10 p.m.

Next Steps for the State   Next Steps

Bill Walker
Tony Bennett - Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction

4:00 p.m.

Reception

4:20 p.m.