Program
Thursday, October 30
8:00 am–4:00 pm
Teacher Quality Project Directors’ Meeting
Bergstrom A–B
(Current Project Directors only)
Elizabeth Powers, Director of the Teacher Quality Grants Program
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
4:30–6:00 pm
Conference Registration
6:00–7:45 pm
Dinner, Welcome, and Opening Remarks
Uri Treisman, Executive Director, The Charles A. Dana Center and
Lower Level Lobby
Bergstrom A–D
Professor of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin
7:45–8:45 pm
Keynote: Does Calling It College Make It So?
Walter Smith, Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Bergstrom A–D
Helen Devitt Jones Professor of Education, Texas Tech University
**Conference Sessions Posting –
Conference sessions will be posted by November 14 on the Dana Center website at
http://www.utdanacenter.org/highered.
Friday, October 31
7:00–8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00-8:40 am
P-16 Updates
Gloria White, Managing Director, The Charles A. Dana Center
Lower Level Lobby
Bergstrom A–D
The University of Texas at Austin
8:40–9:40 am
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board:
Updates and Future Directions
Susan Barnes, Senior Director of Educator Quality
Bergstrom A–D
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
9:45–10:35 am
Texas Education Agency:
Updates for the Present and Looking to the Future
Jan Lindsey, Senior Director of State Initiatives
Bergstrom A–D
Texas Education Agency
10:35–10:50 am
Break
Lower Level Lobby
10:50 am–12:05 pm Concurrent Sessions:
College Readiness Standards for Mathematics
Larry Lesser, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Bergstrom A–B
The University of Texas at El Paso
Co-Chair of the College Readiness Standards Phase 2 Vertical
Team for Mathematics (
College Readiness Standards for Science
Michael Odell, Professor and Celia and Sam Roosth Endowed
Bergstrom C–D
Chair in Education, The University of Texas at Tyler
College Readiness Standards Vertical Team for Science
12:05–1:20 pm
Lunch
Lower Level Lobby
Friday, October 31 (continued)
1:20–2:35 pm
Concurrent Sessions:
Fourth-Year High School Science Course
Barbara Taylor, Senior Program Coordinator for Science
Bergstrom A
The Charles A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Fourth-Year High School Mathematics Course
Sarah (Sallie Kay) Janes, Academic Dean, San Jacinto College North
Susan May, Senior Program Coordinator for Online Services
Bergstrom B
The Charles A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Preparing Mathematics and Science Teachers:
Implications for Research and Teacher Training
Linda Zientek, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Bergstrom C
Sam Houston State University
Can We Count On Online Learning in the College
Readiness Equation?
Pete Smith, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Bergstrom D
The University of Texas at Arlington
Accelerating Rural Students in the Pipeline
Chennault
Project STEEM (Science, Technology, Education, Engineering & Math)
Rick Kreminski, Department Head and Professor of Mathematics
Gil Naizer, Interim Asst. Dean, Assoc. Professor of Science Education
Texas A&M University – Commerce
Agile Mind Online Services for Biology
Phyllis Kirkpatrick, Senior Program Coordinator for Science
Del Valle
The Charles A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin
2:35–2:50 pm
Break
2:50–4:05 pm
Statewide and National Updates on Pre-Service and
STEM Education
Mary Ann Rankin, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences
Lower Level Lobby
Bergstrom A–D
Professor of Biology, The University of Texas at Austin
4:15–5:15 pm
Teacher Quality Grants Program Open RFP Session
(Optional Session for Potential Grant Applicants)
Elizabeth Powers, Director of the Teacher Quality Grants Program
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Dinner On Your Own
Bergstrom A–B
Saturday, November 1
7:00–8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30–9:30 am
Texas Legislative Issues: Updates and Impact
Harrison Keller, Director of Research
Lower Level Lobby
Bergstrom A–B
Texas House of Representatives
9:30–9:45 am
Break
9:45–11:00 am
Concurrent Sessions:
Lower Level Lobby
21st Century Schools – Strategies That Work
Chrysta Carlin, Janice Trinidad, Sara Hawkins, Claudia Acevedo
Bergstrom A
Manor New Technology High School TSTEM Academy
Two-Year Colleges and Mathematics
Marilyn Mays, Executive Dean of Mathematics, Science and
Bergstrom B
Sport Sciences, Dallas County Community College District
Supporting Students in the 21st Century:
Facebook, Blogs, and Beyond
Josephine Hamilton, Associate Director of the Teacher Quality
Longhorn
Grants Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Preparing Preservice Teachers to Meet the Challenges of the
Increasing English Language Learner Population in Texas
Bill Jasper, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
Violet Crown
Sam Houston State University
Using Agile Mind Services in Preservice Education Programs
Della Bell, Professor of Mathematics, Texas Southern University
Mary Wagner, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Live Oak
The University of Texas at Brownsville
11:10 am–12:10 pm Closing Session:
Connecting What You Do To Where Your Students Have Been
Cathy Seeley, Senior Fellow
The Charles A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Past President of NCTM
12:15 pm
Box Lunch
Bergstrom A–B