North Dakota Collaborative STEM Conference 2016

探索研究K-12计划(DRK-12)旨在通过研究和开发创新资源、模型和工具(RMT)，显著提高K-12学龄前学生和教师在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)方面的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发努力的基础上，这些研究和开发工作为拟议的项目提供了理论和经验证明。北达科他州大学的这个项目建议召开一次会议，将北达科他州的K-12科学和数学教师聚集在一起。拟议的创新会议将协作结合北达科他州三个组织的年度会议，这三个组织都在其重点关注的发展STEM知识的劳动力方面发挥着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理事会(NDCTM)和北达科他州STEM网络(NDSTEM)。该项目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。这次会议将有该州主要的STEM教育网络参加。会议的评估将通过会后调查进行，这些调查将捕捉到它对教师专业发展的影响，以及对高等教育、政府以及企业和行业的认识和知识，以积极互动和支持数学和科学教育工作者为他们的学生为未来的劳动力做准备。

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.