CS3/NASA NLIST INITIATIVE CONFERENCE
October 18-21, 2001
Washington Dulles Marriott, Dulles, VA
Tentative Agenda

Thursday, October 18
6:00 PM Dinner/Meeting Professional Development Working Group (PDWG)

Friday, October 19
7:00 AM Breakfast
8:00 Opening Session: Welcome from Jim Woodland; comments from Dr. Joseph Exline (Principal Investigator) and NASA representatives
8:30 Project Overview: The NLIST Vision; Phase III: Professional Development
9:30 Guidelines for Professional Development for Science as Inquiry
10:15 Break
10:30 BioScope: Challenges of Applying Instructional Materials Rubric
12:00 Lunch
1:00 PM Assessing the Facilitation of Inquiry: Workshop and Field Test of Proposed Material (Part 1)
3:00 Break
3:30 Assessing the Facilitation of Inquiry (Part 2); Feedback from Participants
NLIST & BioScope
5:00 Adjournment
6:00 Dinner

Saturday, October 20
7:00 AM Breakfast Planning Meeting, PDWG
8:00 Update: Instructional Materials Rubric developments; Introduction of professional development workshop for training educators to apply IM Rubric; Web-based profiles from IM scores (Jeff Seaton, NASA/Langley)
9:45 Break
10:00 Bioscope - Purdue University: The Need for Science as Inquiry PD
12:00 Lunch
1:00 PM Modifying Teaching for Science as Inquiry: Workshop Field Test (Part 1)
3:00 Break
3:30 Modifying Teaching for Science as Inquiry: Workshop Field Test (Part 2); Feedback from Participants NLIST & BioScope
5:00 Adjournment
6:00 Dinner

Sunday, October 21
8:00 AM Partnering and the Benefits: BioScope & CS3/NASA
9:30 Regional Meetings and Sharing Sessions
11:30 Conference Summary and Closing Remarks
12:00 Adjournment
1:00 PM CS3 Board Meeting