Action Plan Educator Academy May 2012

1. Action PlanEducator AcademyMay 2012 CA – Capital Region Region 3 and 6

2. CA – Capital Region 3 and 6 Action Plan iCASE Intel ISEF 2012Educator AcademyMay 2012 2 2 Intel Confidential

3. High Level Goals • Long term goals • Increase research culture and sustained participation in science competitions for high schools • 25% in awareness from benchmark first year • 40% in participation from benchmark • Increase collaboration between the teachers of Region 3 and Region 6 to advance ScienceTechnologyEngineeringMath (10%) • Increase connections between schools and after school programs, (between and in-between schools) • Increase professional development opportunities • Increase professional development opportunities between teachers and after school program leaders

4. High Level Goals • Short term goals • Increase awareness of competitions in target high schools (10%) • Increase in regional fair participants from two regions by an additional (10%) to leverage the work from last year • Target selected group of HS for outreach (11 Schools SJCOE and Stanislaus, 15 schools in Sacramento) • Connect SJCOE Leadership with Region 6 Regional Lead Office • Explore Math Science Teacher Initiative Connections with Schools and After School programs (Joan Bissel) • Explore Mentorship Programs with Jim Hetrick (UOP) • Collaborate with CapitalAreaRegionalScienceAlliance to foster both economic and workforce development • Explore CASEL/ CARSA overlap • Explore how afterschool fits in CASEL (joint professional development) with advisement from state wide STEM committee

5. Objectives • Increase participation in the Sacramento Regional Fair in high schools by 15% by 2013. • Increase student participation in the Sacramento Regional Fair by 10% 2013. • Match 50% of the participating students with an appropriate mentor by November-January. • Provide tailored PD to 52 teachers from target schools in October and November (3 events – 11 hours total) • Deliver PD workshops for teachers in both regions (150-200 teachers, mentors, and staff CASEL)(8 hours) • Document three ways the partnership between regions 3 and 6 supports accomplishment of project objectives

6. Action Plan – Steps to Meet Your Goals and Objectives California Capitol Area Action Plan

7. Intel ISEF Educator Academy • Our Reflections - iCASE • Highlight what your team felt was the key learning from the Educator Academy • Awareness of the whole process and how it fits together with our activities • Understand the importance of mentorships to support student success • Professional collaboration and networking is invaluable • There are inherent inequities for participating students • How exciting science can be for students • Which Shop Talks were the most beneficial for your team? • Russ’ presentation was wonderful and fun. • Cora Beth’s workshop was greatly useful to us. • Jack Franchetti’s presentation was wonderful. One of our favorite presentations even though it wasn’t a Shop Talk. • Jon Price’s presentation on mentoring was valuable for us. • What types of Shop Talks were missing? • Equity and engaging low income youth in inquiry-based science • Getting students ISEF ready and teaching them how to develop testable questions • Newbies orientation to ISEF • Time with the students or task oriented scavenger hunt • Town Hall Discussion with teachers, panelists, and judges