Texas Regional Collaborativesfor Excellence in Science and

Mathematics Teaching

March 1, 2012 Advisory Board Meeting:

Welcome Introductions

Overview

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2012 TRC Brochure - DRAFT

• TRC Math and Science Programs• Professional Development Academies

and Programs• TRC Program Components,

Relationships and Flow of Funding• Honoring the Teachers• Annual Meeting• Teachers Mentoring Teachers• Effectiveness and Results• Commendations• State, Federal, and Corporate Partners• Significant Contributions• Special Projects• Interstate Activities

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Seventeenth Annual MeetingJune 28-30, 2011 – Renaissance Hotel, Austin, TX

TRC: Leveraging Partnerships to Maximize Teacher Quality

Keynote Speaker

Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa

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Update on Corporate-TRC PartnershipsDimensions of Corporate Support

CORPORATE PARTNERS• Shell• El Paso Corporation• AT&T Foundation• The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS• Fluor• IBM

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Shell

• Support the Louisiana Regional Collaboratives• Support TRC Professional Development and Mentoring Activities

in the geosciences • Sponsor Annual Meeting geoscience focused field trips• Support TRC’s partnership with Texas Alliance for Minorities in

Engineering (TAME)• Provide Mini-Grants to Family/Science STEM nights and Science

Fairs• Sponsor Honoring the Teachers events• Provide Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Awards• Support the Math Master Teacher program at the University of

Houston

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Shell

Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Awards

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El Paso Corporation

• Teacher training in elementary engineering concepts and design in the Houston area and in other regions with El Paso Corporation presence and priorities

• Teacher training and support to the KIPP Academies • Building bridges between the schools served and El Paso

Corporation scientists and engineers; and encourage STEM careers through informal science education

• Support to TRC’s Podcasting project • Honoring the Teachers events

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El Paso Corporation

Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Awards

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AT&T Foundation

• TRC’s Technology support to teachers and educators• Support to TRC’s Science and Mathematics teacher

professional development and mentoring activities• Honoring the Teachers events• PROPOSED FUTURE PROJECT: AT&T-TRC Partnership for

Higher Education Research in Science and Mathematics Teaching and Mentoring Excellence

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AT&T Foundation

Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Awards

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The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

• Support to TRC’s operation and services of regional collaboratives professional development and mentoring across Texas

• Focused training and classroom modeling in the Galveston/Houston area

Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Awards

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The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Celebrating T-STEM Excellence in Galveston – 01/14/12

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Fluor and IBM

Fluor• Contribution to support science and mathematics family

nights mini-grants for projects designed to encourage parental involvement in their students’ learning and interest in STEM careers

IBM• Contribution of a high-powered server to the TRC for analysis

of large datasets – this server will support research by the TRC exploring linkages between professional development and student achievement