Lead Teacher Camp - June 2023

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Submitted by ShaneWood on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 17:57

QuarkNet Fellows Group

QuarkNet Lead Teacher Camp

June 10-11, 2023

Small URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/QNLTC2023

Purpose:

Rejuvenate the lead teacher program
Share successes and challenges
Help QuarkNet staff update lead teacher expectations
Help QuarkNet staff prepare for future Lead Teacher Camps

Agenda

Saturday June 9

Time (EDT)	Activity	Resources and remarks
--	Breakfast in hotel
08:45	Meet in St. Mary's lobby, go to Reyniers	Rides available or walk
09:00	Greetings, Intros, and Coffee	Registration Guidelines for Conduct During Conversations (STEP UP) Intros (Name, School/Teach, Center description…1-2 sentences.) QuarkNet - Who we are, What we do. Overall Goal and Objectives Post-it area Fill out and put on Interests/Expectations page Parking Lot - A place to post ideas, connections, questions, etc. as they come up
10:00	Small group discussion	What do you do as a lead teacher? Report out
10:45	Break
11:00	Small group discussion	What’s working well at your center, and what needs to be improved? Report out Preview of afternoon activities
11:45	Lunch	Pizza & salad Center stories
12:45	walk to Nuclear Lab	Nieuwland Science Hall
13:00	Tour: ND Nuclear Lab	Required by safety protocol: closed toed shoes long pants/skirt shoulders covered
14:00	Address 11:00 session responses
14:45	Work session (in small groups), break as needed Inspect "Lead Teacher Expectations" and rewrite document for current conditions and without reference to what year it is for the center Prepare Google doc or slides	Lead Teacher expectations (current list on QN website) Mentor expectations (current list on QN website) QuarkNet: Matrix of Effective Practices (a.k.a. the Success Factors) QuarkNet Workshop Best Practices National Workshop Opportunities Workshop "Must do" items QuarkNet Center Staff Assignments Program Theory Model
16:15	Present & discuss Lead Teacher Expectations documents Preview Sunday - mention recruitment	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Recruitment & retention
17:00	Wrap-up & head to hotel
19:00	Dinner @ Tippecanoe	Restaurant website

Sunday June 10

Time (EDT)	Activity	Resources and remarks
--	Breakfast in hotel
11:00	Begin: address Parking Lot	Coffee too
11:30	Brainstorming	Recruitment and Retention of teachers in centers Other issues facing centers and potential solutions Sample flyer from JHU site
12:15	General discussion	What should the next Lead Teacher Camp look like?
12:50	Walk to lunch	Penny, Renee, and Daniel to airport
13:15	Informal working lunch	Rohr’s
15:00	A walk around campus - guided tour	Guides: Pat Mooney Dan Walsh Jim, Ray, and Laurie to airport
after	free time dinner together for remnant

Resources

Data Activities Portfolio
National Workshop Opportunities for QuarkNet Centers
QuarkNet: Matrix of Effective Practices (a.k.a. the Success Factors)
QuarkNet Workshop Best Practices (Google Doc version)
Summary of Expectations for Teachers

Contacts

QuarkNet Staff:
Mark Adams: adams@fnal.gov
Ken Cecire: kcecire@nd.edu
Spencer Pasero: spasero@fnal.gov
Shane Wood: swood5@nd.edu

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