1. Research on UTeach: Past, Present, and Future Research
Annual UTeach Conference
2018
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
CSUteach Cleveland State University

2. MEETING Goal and objectives
GOAL: Form strategic relationships across the UTeach community Disseminate the UTeach model, prior research, and lessons learned Prioritize research topics and questions for future research Engage in multi-disciplinary, cross-university, cross-sector collaborations 1 2 3

3. Preparing STEM Teachers: A Replication Model
Joanne Goodell, Professor and Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence, Cleveland State University

4. Section 1 UTeach model and curriculum
Replication and implementation: Lessons learned
Program sustainability, student recruitment and retention: Lessons learned
Partnering and collaboration with K-12 schools and community building
STEM education and dynamics in urban/rural schools

5. Section 2 UTeach course overview
Integrating inquiry-based learning, project-based instruction
Field experiences and implementation, student observation protocols
Partner schools experiences
Innovative practices and technology integration into teaching
Assessments and evaluation: in and out of the classroom
Experiences and perspectives of alumni
Teacher candidates’ beliefs and practices

6. Section 3 Bridging the gap between theory and practice
Development of the UTOP
Impact of early field experiences on attrition before completion
Teacher turnover of UTeach graduates
UTeach teacher effectiveness
UTeach Computer Science
UTeach Engineering

7. Book Sections 1. The UTeach Model and Elements of Success
2. Innovative Instructional Programming
3. Research and Future Directions

8. Discussion and Feedback?

9. UTeach Research Agenda
Melissa Dodson, Principal Researcher, American Institutes for Research

10. Background and purpose
Create strategic relationships within the UTeach community to conduct research on important topics
Co-Director Summit (Fall, 2017)
NMSI research interests (January, 2018 and on-going)
USEA Board Meeting (February, 2018)
UTeach Conference to discuss approaches to developing a collaborative research agenda and form subcommittees (today)

11. Strategic Relationships
Collaborative
Co-created, customized, trusting, respectful, safe
Mutually beneficial, equitable
Common goals
Shared measurement
Mutually reinforcing activities
Broad impact and dissemination
Long-term
Evolving

12. Possible roles Possible UTeach roles Possible AIR roles
Program design and development (R&D, continuous improvement)
Program implementation
Collective impact working groups
Network Improvement Community (NIC)
LEA, SEA, IHE, community partnerships
Advisory Boards membership
Possible AIR roles
External evaluator
Prime or lead of research
Backbone to collective impact
Network Improvement Community (NIC) facilitation
Technical Working Group (TWG) membership

13. Agenda Setting Process
Bring together diverse set of partners
Identify research topics
Vote on which are most important
Generate research questions
Data inventory and gap analysis
Timeline
Possible funding sources
Living document to revisit and updated annually
(Based on Regional Education Laboratory Southwest/Midwest researcher/practitioner model)

14. Examples: Research Agenda
REL Southwest
Texas Hispanic STEM Research Alliance Research Agenda
REL Midwest
Video on developing a collaborative research agenda

15. Research Topics
Work with your group for 5 minutes to list research topics that are important to you.
Categorize them into larger topics
Report out

16. AIR Resources
Research expertise (content, design, methods, analyses, reporting)
Proposal development organizational support
Research digests
Facilitation of collaborative research agenda setting
Cross-UTeach site partnerships
Co-Directors, faculty, master teachers, graduate students
Cross-sector partnerships
Districts, state departments, business and industry, foundations, etc.

17. Next STEPs Participate in research agenda process
Webinar (1 full day),
2-3 follow-up conference calls (1 hour each)
exchanges and reviews of drafts
Share draft agenda to the broad community and seek feedback
Identify proposal opportunities and write proposals
Present annually at the UTeach conference and revise

18. Discussion and Feedback?

19. CONTACT US Joanne Goodell j.goodell@csuohio.edu Melissa Dodson
If you would like to sign up to participate in writing sections of the manuscript or developing the research agenda please us:
Joanne Goodell
Melissa Dodson