North Dakota Collaborative STEM Conference 2016

发现研究 K-12 计划 (DRK-12) 旨在通过创新资源、模型和工具 (RMT) 的研究和开发，显着增强 PreK-12 学生和教师对科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 的学习和教学。 DRK-12 计划中的项目建立在 STEM 教育基础研究以及先前的研究和开发工作的基础上，为拟议项目提供理论和实证依据。北达科他大学的这个项目提议召开一次会议，将北达科他州的 K-12 科学和数学教师聚集在一起。拟议的创新会议将联合北达科他州三个组织的年会，这三个组织都在培养具有 STEM 素养的劳动力队伍方面发挥着 K-12 的作用。这三个组织是：北达科他州科学教师协会 (NDSTA)、北达科他州数学教师委员会 (NDCTM) 和北达科他州 STEM 网络 (NDSTEM)。该计划涉及全州范围内的高等教育教职员工、州政府和当地社区领导人、K-12 管理人员和教师、非正式教育工作者以及当地 STEM 相关企业和行业的代表。该会议将涉及该州主要的 STEM 教育网络。会议的评估将通过会后调查进行，以了解会议对教师专业发展以及高等教育、政府以及工商界的意识和知识的影响，以积极互动和支持数学和科学教育工作者为学生为未来的劳动力做好准备。

The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools (RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. This project at the University of North Dakota proposes to conduct a conference to bring together K-12 teachers of science and mathematics in North Dakota. The proposed innovative conference would collaboratively combine the annual meetings of three organizations in the state of North Dakota, all of whom have K-12 roles in the development of a STEM-literate workforce squarely in their focus. The three organizations are: North Dakota Science Teachers Association (NDSTA), North Dakota Math Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NDCTM), and the North Dakota STEM Network (NDSTEM). The program involves a statewide collaboration of higher education faculty and staff, state government and local community leaders, K-12 administrators and teachers, informal educators, and representatives of local STEM related business and industry. The conference will involve the major STEM education networks in the state. The evaluation of the conference will be done by post-conference surveys that will capture the impact of it on the professional development of teachers and the awareness and knowledge of higher education, government, along with business and industry to positively interact and support math and science educators in preparing their students for the workforce of tomorrow.