2007 ANNUAL REPORT - cosmos - Bowling Green State University

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32 Goal 5: Increase the leadership capacity for science and mathematics education in northwest Ohio. Center Activities: a. Increase the number of teacher and faculty professional presentations of classroom best practices at the NWO Inquiry Series meetings, the NWO Symposium, and the Future Teachers Conference and at other local, regional, state, and national forums. Provide mentorship to these emerging leaders. Continue in the FY 2008 scope of work, but more explicit efforts on mentorship. b. Collaborate with the Ohio Resource Center to develop additional teacher- and facultydeveloped resources. Discontinued in FY 2008 scope of work, as we’ve tried to work with ORC in getting the lessons our teachers and faculty have generated to be reviewed and added (linked) to the ORC, yet it appears this is not the goal or current undertaking of the ORC. We will continue to collaborate with the ORC in all of our professional development programs by showing regional teachers and faculty the useful materials found at the ORC. Affiliated Activity: a. Develop a cadre of regional teacher-leaders for Northwest Ohio through the DREAMS Summer Leadership Institutes, newly developed academic year content courses, and pedagogical-content study (Curriculum Topic Study or Lesson lab). Teachers will have opportunities to earn an MAT and/or a science or mathematics Specialist Endorsement as 0a result of this experience. This activity will be supported by ODE – MSP funding (DREAMS project), yet Center faculty and staff will work very closely with this project. New in the FY 2008 scope of work. 2 0 0 7 N W O C e n t e r o f E xcellence • A n n u a l R e p o r t
NWO Resource Development and Sustainability At BGSU, the administration has extended strong financial support to COSMOS again during 2007. University monies funded the COSMOS director at 100%. In addition, the University is paying for a half-time secretary and approximately 75% of the assistant director salary and benefits. BGSU will also fund a three-hour course release for two associate faculty each semester to conduct research and contribute to grant-writing efforts ($16,000). Moreover, COSMOS now has an internal budget of $10,000/year to serve as a university hybrid (research and teaching) center. COSMOS is officially “housed” in the Graduate College to promote quality research and grant writing activities. This support will ensure the life of the Center beyond Ohio Board of Regents funding. During FY 2007, SciMaTEC had an internal university center budget of $15,000/year with no secretarial or administrative support. No other partner institutions of higher education currently have internal funds to support the activities of NWO. 2 0 0 7 N W O Ce n t e r o f E xcellence • A n n u a l R e p o r t 33
Page 1 and 2: NORTHWEST OHIO CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents 2 NWO Mission 2 N
Page 5 and 6: NWO 2007 Annual Report ~ An Introdu
Page 7 and 8: We are equally committed to identif
Page 9 and 10: NWO Activities and Accomplishments
Page 11 and 12: mathematics and a new interdiscipli
Page 13 and 14: Research Learning Community In the
Page 15 and 16: Research in Science and Mathematics
Page 17 and 18: Learning Sciences PhD Program BGSU
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Page 21 and 22: evaluation reports are available up
Page 23 and 24: In order to determine progress towa
Page 25 and 26: In sum, we are both proud of our FY
Page 27 and 28: The tables below show amounts spent
Page 29 and 30: COSMOS Collaborative Council (CCC)
Page 31 and 32: NWO Projected Goals and Activities
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Appendix L: COSMOS Publicity: REAL
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Appendix N: 2006-07 REAL Recruiting
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Appendix P: NWO TEAMS Recruiting Br
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Appendix Q: TeachOhio Recruiting Br
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Appendix R: Executive Board Minutes
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Appendix S: NWO Executive Board Byl
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Evaluation Question 5: In what ways
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References 71 Appendix 72
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Back to top Original NWO Goals The
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Part II. Evaluation Goals, Question
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Table 1. Alignment of NWO Center Go
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depth information from the particip
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Observations: Horizon’s Classroom
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negative direction. However, these
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NWO Symposium: The overall rating f
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Detailed Results for NWO PD Session
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Recommendations at the post-observa
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I’ve been “forced” to read li
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The progress of the NWO Center towa
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students. The also loved foldables.
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