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Coordination with NSF Program Officers
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CISE CPATH Team
• Harriet Taylor, CNS
• Joan Peckham, CNS
• Sylvia Spengler, IIS
• Tracy Kimbrel, CCF
• Kera Johnson, CNS (Einstein Fellow!)
Handout identifies your program officer
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CPATH PI Meeting
• This is the second CPATH PI meeting
• Purposes of PI meeting– Connect CPATH PIs with NSF program directors
– Connect CPATH PIs and projects
– Find opportunities for synergy among projects
– Develop CPATH PI community
• CPATH community will be supported – and will flourish
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CPATH Overview
• Vision– Transform undergrad computing education on a national
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– Meet workforce needs, create multi-disciplinary pathways for diverse students
– Apply Computational Thinking to a broad range of disciplines
• First competition in 2007, awards in 2008 and 2009
• New PIs since last PI meeting! Let’s make them welcome
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n CPATH is in 32 states and Puerto Rico
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CPATH Funding
Projects Proposals Total $ Avg/Project Avg/Prop
2007 29 42 $12.9M $445K $307K2008 15 17 $5M $333K $294K2009 27 36 $12.4M $459K $344K
Totals 71 95 $30.3M
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n 2009 CPATH Competition
• 141 proposals, 106 projects
• Broad range of topics and disciplines
• Strong emphasis on Computational Thinking
• 27 projects funded– 13 Class 1– 14 Class 2– 25.5% success rate
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n CPATH 2009 Portfolio
• Computational Thinking with K-12 Connections
• Computational Thinking in STEM Disciplines
• Computational Thinking across All Disciplines
• Tools and Resources for Undergraduate Computing Education
• Computational Thinking in Computing Sciences and Engineering
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n CPATH Impact
• Raised the national awareness about transformation of computing education
• Funded implementation of innovative models across the US – many being replicated
• Established collaborations with many disciplines to foster new pathways that broaden the scope of undergraduate computing
• Moved Computation Thinking into university programs and general education
• Dedicated researchers and educators, community effort unlike any before!
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• Dissemination and Broader Impacts
• Reaching out to new communities and decision makers
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The Good News and the Bad News
CPATH competition for 2010 cancelled
CISE is developing a new program that will build on the synergies of CPATH and Broadening Participation in Computing (more on this later)
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NSF Requirements
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Annual Reports
• All projects submit annual report thru FastLane system
• FastLane project report template in packet– Personnel – Describe contributions of all– Include REU and RET students in areas shown on template– Aggregate results and information– No longer than 20 pages – information needs to stand out
• Clearly mark activities for year of report – and differentiate from those of prior years
• Include evaluation data, share with evaluators
• Reports from collaborative sites– Each site must submit report– Common text components, sections clearly identifying activities at
each collaborative site
• Reports one of the central sources NSF has to document progress of project and program
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Highlights
• Annual highlight collection activity each fall
• Example of significant results or broader impact from project
• Select significant event, do not simply list project data
• Several boxes plus graphic, see handout
• Put into template and provide release for graphic
• Benefit of highlights to PI and to NSF
• Sample in handout packet
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REU Supplements
• REU supplements – Research Experiences for Undergraduates– fund undergrad participation in research related to project– students must be citizens or permanent residents– typically $8000 per student (includes limited overhead)– instructions in REU solicitation and CISE web site
• Supplement submission – linked to CPATH project– not a new proposal– limited amount of text and budget
• CPATH priority date March 19– Received 20 requests totaling $350,000
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RET Supplements
• Research Experiences for Teacher (RET) Supplements– 20 teachers funded thru 9 supplements in 2009– Connect CPATH projects to K-12 education– Just had annual meeting
• Funding for– 6 weeks of summer research– School year implementation– Travel to RET meeting and one national meeting– Supplies– New --- substitute teachers to attend 2 school year
meetings
• Submit as supplement linked to funded project
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n 2010 RET Teachers at NSF
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n RET Supplement Requests
• Received 18 requests for $461,000 by priority date
• Still room for 2 more requests
• Will let PIs know by next week
• Best thing you can do to prepare for new program!
• PIs must be involved with teachers, work as a team, make teacher part of research team, and visit the classroom
• Building community and community resource – focus of presentation later today
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CPATH Evaluation
• CPATH program and project evaluation significant aspects of CPATH vision – Tied to America Competes Act
• Programmatic – contract with SRI International
• All projects have evaluation plans and identified individuals responsible for evaluation – SRI should have the names of these
• Everyone participates in Common Data collection– Proceeding very slowly!– This is a federal mandate – we have to have data for all
• Site visits – SRI to conduct 10-12 site visits per year– Slowed by OMB clearance– Data aggregated across all sites
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n More on CPATH Evaluation
• Some CPATH projects have additional evaluation requirements
• 25 projects (13 from years 1 & 2, 12 from year 3)– more significant budgets– quasi-experimental design components– higher level of funding for evaluation– attend yearly evaluator meetings
• Important that you involve evaluators in your project team – and include evaluation data in NSF reports
• CPATH Monitor web site – resource for all evaluators
• SRI presentation on Friday with more details, SRI staff available to answer questions
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n No-cost Extensions
• No-cost extensions extend the life of your project and allow you to continue to spend remaining funds
• First extension is Grantee-approved (automatic)• Second is NSF approved• Request in FastLane – ask for a year• Should request 60 days before project ending date
• Those whose projects are ending this year need to request quickly – particularly if you are receiving REU or RET supplements
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Other CPATH Program Web Sites
• CPATH PI web site– Michigan State University– Jon Sticklen will talk about this tomorrow
• Ensemble Repository– RET teachers site– Boots Cassel will talk about this tomorrow
• Project web sites, papers, and presentations– Individual project web sites should indicate NSF funding (
http://www.nsf.gov/policies/logos.jsp) for NSF logos
– Publications and presentations should also cite NSF support
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Other Opportunities
• Serve as CPATH/computing education ambassador with disciplinary groups
• Serve as reviewer on NSF panel
• Stronger CISE expectation for Broader Impacts in research proposals– Link researchers with CPATH project for BI in research
proposals– Good way to sustain and institutionalize innovations
• Encourage your students to apply to one of the 61 CISE REU Sites http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=5049)
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Other NSF Programs of Interest
• Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites
• TUES – Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (formerly CCLI)
• GK-12 - NSF Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education
• CI-Team – Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce
• ITEST – Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
All of these still have 2010 due dates! Check handout for these and others.
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n New CISE Program Summer 2010
• Focused on education in computing
• Both K-12 and higher education
• Builds upon synergies among BPC, CPATH, and Education Directorate goals and outcomes
• Linking CPATH projects to K-12 concepts, methods, and skills will be important
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n More on new program
• Bigger, more comprehensive projects
• Educational research at the core
• Strong broadening participation component
• Focus on middle school through undergraduate education
• Computational thinking and learning progressions for CT
• Research based models to develop CT competencies throughout the pipelie
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n And more
• Should have many opportunities for the CPATH community
• Collaboration important
• We should have informational town hall meetings around the country once the program is released
• Think big – think about what is needed for the community
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n What is next
• Computer Science Education Week – amazing– Presentation later this afternoon– Coordinated CPATH activities
• Building RET community and forging relationships with K-12 community
• Dissemination of CPATH projects and documentation of outcomes
• Continuing to implement, build communities – still almost 100 active CPATH awards
• CPATH still needs a Logo!
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n What is the path for the future?
• CPATH PI meetings for next 2 years
• Attend one of the Town Hall meetings for new program
• Attend conferences linked to affinity groups
• Do all three???
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