Meeting Evaluation
We look forward to receiving your feedback on the content and the logistics for the 2006 meeting and your ideas for 2007. Contact Betty Calinger at bcalinge@aaas.org with questions.
Please identify yourself:
PI/Co-PI
Research advisor
University or K-12 administrator
Fellow
K-12 Teacher
Project Manager
Evaluator
Other
If you checked PI or CoPI, please answer this question:
Would you be willing to pay a registration fee for each team member?
Less than $50
$50-100
No
1. The meeting site (Ronald Reagan Building) met the needs of the conference and participants
2. The choice of hotel was appropriate?
3. The timing of the meeting was good.
4. The pre-conference communication was sufficient and efficient.
5. The structure of the meeting (mix of plenaries and breakouts) met my needs.
6. Opportunities for networking and sharing were sufficient.
7. The meeting content was useful and appropriate.
8. The discussions were relevant to our project's current work.
9. The discussions supported/informed the long-range planning of our project.
10. The discussion sessions organized by project role (Birds of a Feather) were helpful for sharing and learning new information.
11. Meeting Sessions Check the response that best represents how useful the session
was in stimulating your thinking or answering your questions about
the GK-12 program. Also, feel free to include comments on each
session.
a. Saturday Afternoon Plenary – Communicating about Science (Joe Schwarcz)
Comment(s):
b. Sunday morning – Teacher – Fellow Partnerships (Arizona/Chesler, Carlton, and Sanchez; Arkansas/Anderson and Prophet; Montana/McBride and Oberbillig)
Comment(s):
c. Small Groups Organized by Topic
Building Partnerships (facilitated by Terry Woodlin)
Evaluating GK12 Partnerships (facilitated by Dan Carpenter)
Institutionalization/Changing the Culture (facilitated by Debasish Dutta)
International Opportunities (presented by Harold Stolberg)
Research (facilitated by Lesley Smith and Jed Lyons)
Sharing Activities/Lessons (Individual presentations)
Urban Issues (facilitated by Kelly Obarski and Marlynne Nishimura)
GK12 Projects Present (Oregon, Colorado-Boulder, Emory; North Carolina State, Montana State, & Georgia Tech)
d. Saturday PM Small Group on Communicating Effectively (Organized by Project Role)
Comment(s):
e. Sunday AM on Building Successful Fellow-Teacher Partnerships (Organized by Project Role)
Comment(s):
f. Was the poster session useful for you and your project? Please provide suggestions for improving the 2007 poster session.
Comment(s) :
12. Which session(s) did you find the most helpful?
Plenary on Communicating Science
Plenary on Fellow-Teacher Partnerships
Small group session(s) on a particular topic
Small group session(s) with project peers and organized around guiding questions
Poster Session
Free time for networking
NSF session for new PIs
13. What were the most significant points/ideas raised at the conference?
14.
What are one or two activities/ideas that you plan to pursue as a result of the meeting?
15. Please provide ideas for the content, structure, and speakers for PLENARIES at the 2007 meeting.
16.
Please provide ideas for the content, structure, and speakers for SMALL GROUP SESSIONS at the 2007 meeting.
17.
Please provide other suggestions for making the 2007 conference beneficial to the widest range of GK12 participants.