Workshop Schedule
The Thriving Programs workshop will be held from Sunday, June 10, 2012 through Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Greenbelt, MD and the American Center for Physics in College Park, MD.
| Sunday, June 10, 2012 - Hilton Garden Inn |
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| Optional Pre-Workshop Session - Critical messaging to policy leaders and administrators | |
| 2:30pm |
Welcome
Theodore Hodapp (APS) |
| 2:45pm |
Panelists
Quinton Williams, Ron Henderson, Beverly Hartline, Noah Finkelstein; Theodore Hodapp will moderate the panel |
| 4:15pm |
Breakout sessions
|
| 4:45pm |
Brief reports from groups and commentary from panelists
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| Sunday, June 10, 2012 - Hilton Garden Inn |
|
| 5:00pm |
Poster Session setup
|
| 6:00pm |
Poster Session (Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar)
|
| 7:30pm |
Welcome - Kate Kirby (APS), Beth Cunningham (AAPT)
|
| 7:40pm |
Workshop Introduction - Theodore Hodapp, APS
|
| 8:00pm |
Plenary - S. James Gates Jr., University of Maryland
|
| 9:00pm |
Adjourn for the evening
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| Monday, June 11, 2012 - American Center for Physics |
|
| 8:30am |
Shuttle from hotel to the American Center for Physics
|
| 9:00am |
Case Study: Gubbi Sudhakaran - University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
|
| 9:45am |
Case Study: Steve Whisnant - James Madison University
|
| 10:30am |
Break
|
| 11:00am |
Planning Session
Clarify department's situation, crucial issues for the department, and where the department wants to go |
| 11:45am |
Critical Topic: Building on a Scholarship in Physics Education for Course and Program Transformation, Noah Finkelstein
|
| 12:30pm |
Lunch
|
| 1:30pm |
Case Study: Laird Kramer - Florida International University
|
| 2:15pm |
Planning Session
First draft of planned actions; identify key players, resources needed; outline timeline. Write out possible solutions |
| 3:00pm |
Break
|
| 3:30pm |
Critical Topic: Recruiting, Advising, Mentoring, Retention
Vivian Incera, Willie Rockward, David Schaefer, Gay Stewart |
| 4:15pm |
Planning Session
Focus plans, measures of success, potential obstacles |
| 5:00pm |
Reception
|
| 5:45pm |
Dinner
|
| 6:45pm |
Plenary: Carl Wieman, Office of Science and Technology Policy
|
| 7:45pm |
Shuttle back to hotel
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| Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - Hilton Garden Inn |
|
| 8:30am | |
| 9:15am |
Planning Session
Focusing departmental efforts, lists of resources, how to get broad support within the department and the university |
| 10:00am |
Break
|
| 10:30am |
Reports from departments: one idea from each department
|
| 11:35am |
Workshop evaluation and assessment
|
| 11:45am |
Closing remarks
|
| 12:00pm |
Adjourn
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