Workshop "must do" items for 2024

This document is for Mentors, Lead Teachers and Facilitators. Please provide time during the workshop for teachers at your QuarkNet program to do the following:

Outline of "Must Do" items:

1. Register
2. Sign in
3. Complete Full Teacher Survey

Details:

1. Registration 
   • All teachers (including lead teachers) should register using this link: https://forms.gle/FZs2cPoN2SAr2Ur87
   • Teachers may indicate on this form the need for a QuarkNet.org account. 
   • If e-Lab accounts are needed, either email Ken (kcecire@nd.edu) and Shane (swood5@nd.edu), or contact e-labs@fnal.gov.
   • Note that accounts are manually created, so may take up to a day 
2. Sign in Daily -
   • Teachers must sign in each day. The sign-in sheet (see below) should, minimally, have spaces for the name and signature of each teacher as well as time in and time out. 
     • For virtual meetings, make a copy of this Google doc and have teachers fill it out online (MS Word version)
     • For face-to-face meetings, edit as needed, then print out and circulate the standard sign-in sheet (MS Word) (PDF)

   • Send the completed sign-in sheets to Anne Zakas. Originals are preferred; mail to:

     Anne Zakas
     QuarkNet
     Department of Physics
     225 Nieuwland Science Hall
     Notre Dame IN 46556

     Alternatively, scan and e-mail to Anne.

3. Complete Teacher Survey or Teacher Survey Update (Required for all teachers.) Teachers must complete one of the following. 
   • If a teacher completed the  Full Teacher Survey anytime in 2023, then complete the UPDATE: 2024 Teacher Survey (once during 2024).  
     https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JNRN6BD Plan for ~6 minutes here.
     • OR...Spanish version of Update Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JNP67QJ
   • If a teacher did NOT complete the Full Teacher Survey anytime in 2023, then complete The Full Teacher Survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G8P3C8R We ask that an individual teacher complete this only once in 2024. Plan for ~15-20 minutes here.

We ask that teachers also compete the following tasks:

1. Update profile on QuarkNet.org 
   • Update personal profiles on the website with this guide - by everyone. (Tiny URL - http://tinyurl.com/qn15prfl.)
   • For teachers with (a) cosmic ray detector(s), please enter or confirm your DAQ number. 
   • All teachers and mentors must be members of the QuarkNet website and members of their center group on the site. They must keep their information on the site current and know how to find their group. 

2.  Post implementation plans on your agenda page. 

   • Required for QuarkNet Central-led workshops; strongly recommended for workshops led by the local center.
   • Follow these instructions: https://quarknet.org/content/guide-teacher-implementation-plan-development
   • Be sure to post links on agenda page.
   • Plan for ~30 minutes here.

    

    

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