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Can a stable participant base lead to stagnation?

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Can a stable participant base lead to stagnation?

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the KU Center has had an extremely stable base -- I was the most recently added member in 2013 (coming from KSU) and the 'core group' has not changed.

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nuf said

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Is didn't realize there was a list of activities from QuarkNet that we could implement.
FROM SHANE: https://quarknet.org/data-portfolio

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Don't meet throughout the year

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We have an annual meeting or two, but it is not often enough to facilitate an active professional group outside of the scheduled meetings.

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Been the same core group of teachers for as long as I can remember...more than 15 years. Other teachers have been added or have moved along, but the same crew

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Our base was quite stable for the first 5+ years. The base since then has not been very stable.

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We meet every summer for a week, and we meet for the masterclass in Later winter.  It would be good to meet more often.

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Our center has been very successful in regards to having a very supportive and positive mentor. He always has a wonderful attitude and is always such a pleasure to work with.

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KSU center has done a good job over the last two + years getting the CRMD into classrooms and collecting data throughout the years.

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Having teachers meet regularly that know each other and look forward to hanging out together

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Lots of opportunties to learn new things about topics not generally covered
Problem
Classroom Implementation
Many teacher have trouble adding anything else to existing class curriculum or are not confident enough to try.

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A challenge for our MasterClass, especially since we invite other schools, is funding for transportation and for food. Funding could really help.

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We have used the model of a few days a year and that seems to work well.

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Participants don't meet regularly/regular contact and support/funding

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Participants don't meet regularly/regular contact and support/funding

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This is rough since we all are so busy during the year. I think maybe this is something lead teachers (me) can be more intentional about.
I have benefited from contact and support, but we haven't done a great job of keeping up with our associates.

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Ideally QN will secure additional funding from places other than NSF to bring back great stuff (equipment budget, student research, more QN staff) and allow centers to grow again

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Most of the teachers in our group have been with us for over 8 years

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meeting throughout the year, not just masterclasses,  Centers that are most effective have at least one or two meetings during the year along with the summer session. For some centers there is one meeting during the year at a local professional organization annual meeting, usually local AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) where one or more teachers are giving a presentation

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we meet for three days in the summer and then one Saturday in the fall and one Saturday in the spring...works very well for collaboration

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I feel I have gained much from the program, but it is not something that my school seems to know about or appreciate- even though I always mention it at evaluation time! (It makes it hard to spend time on the CRMD as more than just a quick demo)

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This is something that my center has been struggling with; not just our center but the school district as a whole. Even before this year (COVID), we have been seeing a large turnover of teachers, and it has been difficult to keep our group over time.

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Use of CRMD for year long research projects in senior research practicum class culminating with poster presentation at Symposium.

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Having a laissez-faire mentor turned out to be a good thing; we lead teachers have almost total freedom to design the workshops

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Centers that are most effective have at least one or two meetings during the year along with the summer session.  where one or more teachers are giving a presentation

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As lead teacher I always insist on plenty of time during our workshop for addressing practical classroom use for this knowledge

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At my center, there is a strong core of teachers that have been involved for 5-10 years. Every time a teacher retires or leaves, we do a good job of reaching out to the replacing teacher at that school to recruit them to our center.

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Surprises in pink. (After you create your note, click outside the box, then click on the three dots (upper right) and chose color.) 

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