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event quickview

April 16, 2012

12:00 p.m.
Registration/Opening Session

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Student Model Sessions

3:35 – 5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

5:00 – 6:45 p.m.
Opening Reception

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Project-based Learning Conference (optional add-on of conference for educators)
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April 17, 2012

8:00 a.m.
Opening Session

9:00 -12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Tony Wagner Book Signing

12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch/Keynote Speaker

1:45 – 2:15 p.m
Tony Wagner Book Signing

2:10 – 5:20 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

 

April 18, 2012

8:00 a.m.
Opening Session

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Innovative School Visits

12:45 -2:00 p.m.
Lunch/Keynote Speaker

2:00 p.m.
Conference Adjourns

 

agenda

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join us

Join educators, students, innovators and leaders from business and government at S2:TEM = Scaling STEM: Transforming Education Matters. Secondary school developers, educators and students from North Carolina and across the nation will share strategies to implement STEM practices and demonstrate STEM impacts in the community.

 

featured speakers

	Eric Beacoats Superintendent Durham Public Schools bio		June St. Clair Atkinson North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction bio
	Brett Carter President – Duke Energy North Carolina bio		Tony Wagner Author and Education Innovation Fellow Harvard University bio
	Jan Morrison President Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM bio

 

sessions spotlight

Purposeful Problem-Solving: What It Is and How to Teach It Jeff Millbourne NC School of Science and Mathematics Class of 2010 Kenan Fellow
Planting Seeds to Grow STEM: Leveraging Connections with a Local Community College Sharon Thompson and others Brunswick Community College
STEMulate K-12 Students with Mentor-Assisted Enrichment Projects & STEMfinity Kits Dr. William Gray Mentoring Solutions
Real Problem-Based Learning: Motivating Hard-to-Teach Topics Through Community Engagement and Engineering Design Robert Malkin Duke University and the Global Public Service Academies
Assessing 21st Century Skills Andrew Miller Miller Educational Consulting LLC

 

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2.0 CEUs will be given for attending the three-day conference.

 

Event Details
Date:	April 16-18, 2012
Location:	Research Triangle Park, NC Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Conference Center 1-800-325-3535

 

Registration Details On-line Registration will open November 1, 2011
National Conference Early Registration (by February 28):	$245*
Day rate:	$125/day
Team day rate:	$400 (team of four)*
Project-based Learning Conference option:	$100 out of network, $50 in network – and when combined with the National Conference registration an additional $50*
*These prices reflect early registration rates.

 

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conference sponsors

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conference partners

 

hotel accomodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at the rate of $99 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Conference Center. When calling to reserve a room, ask for the NC New Schools Project group rate.

 

questions

If you have questions or would like more information about this event please contact Linsey Dyson by email ldyson@newschoolsproject.org

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