2014 Southern Regional Conference
On July 8, 2014, NASBE hosted the first of two Regional Conferences in 2014 focused on the state goals, policies, and practices of quality science standards such as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This one day event was held in Louisville, Kentucky.
Participants learned about the nation’s renewed focus on science education and how NGSS came to be, examined new state student aspirations data on STEM, and explored how to collaborate with existing state and national science and STEM networks. In the afternoon, state board members discussed how certain communications strategies can support the vision for quality science education. State board members were able to interact with others and built knowledge about communications and implications of new science standards in the conference.
Agenda:
Click here to see the agenda.
Speakers:
Steve Kappler, Assistant Vice President and Head of Postsecondary Strategy, ACT
Chad Colby, Director of Communications, Achieve
Margaret Ashida, Executive Director, STEMx
Karen Kidwell, Director of the Division of Program Standards, Kentucky Department of Education
For Speakers’ bios, please click here.
Presentations:
State Science & STEM Indicators, by Steve Kappler
STEM Models for Implementation of Science Standards, by Margaret Ashida
Kentucky and the NGSS Adoption Process, by Karen Kidwell
Location:
Marriott Louisville East
1903 Embassy Square Blvd.
Louisville, KY
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Francis Eberle, or 703-740-4820.