2024 NSF ITEST Principal Investigator Meeting
Innovating Equitable STEM Learning for the Future Technological Workforce
May 6-7, 2024 - Alexandria, Virginia
Meeting Theme
This year's ITEST PI Meeting theme is Innovating Equitable STEM Learning for the Future Technological Workforce. We will engage the ITEST community in workshops designed to unpack project work through the lens of the three ITEST pillars:
- Innovative Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning,
- Partnerships for Career and Workforce Preparation, and
- Strategies for Equity in STEM Education.
Projects will participate in interactive community sessions as we rotate through discussions for each of the three ITEST pillars. These sessions will include activities designed to:
- explore how active research and development projects implement the ITEST pillars,
- reflect on what this looks like across grade bands, and
- examine the discoveries and challenges common within each grade band that would be beneficial to both the project and field to discuss
The sessions each day will focus on capturing project and partner perspectives. To ensure all voices are represented it is important that projects plan to include a partner who is active in the project’s implementation—practitioners, community, and/or industry partners are encouraged to attend.
Meeting Agenda
Monday, May 6
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Start Time* |
Description |
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7:30 |
Registration & Breakfast |
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8:30 |
Welcome & NSF Leadership |
| 9:00 | ITEST Portfolio |
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9:15 |
Keynote Presentation |
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10:15 |
Orientation to Breakout Sessions |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Pillar 1: Innovative Use of Technology Working Groups |
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12:15 |
Lunch |
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1:15 |
Pillar 2: Partnerships for Career and Workforce Preparation Working Groups |
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2:45 |
Break |
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3:00 |
Breakout Pillar 3: Strategies for Equity Working Groups |
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4:30 |
Break |
| 5:00 | Project Expo & Reception |
*All times are subject to change.
Tuesday, May 7
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Start Time* |
Description |
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8:00 |
Breakfast & Keynote |
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9:00 |
Pillar 1:Share of Major Themes |
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9:30 |
Pillar 2: Share of Major Themes |
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10:00 |
Pillar 3: Share of Major Themes |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Birds of a Feather Breakouts by Theme |
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11:30 |
Voices from the Community Panel |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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1:00 |
Evaluation Approaches & Knowledge Generation |
| 1:30 | Break |
| 1:45 | NSF Town Hall |
| 2:15 | Closing Reflections & Next Steps |
| 2:30 | Conversations with NSF Program Officers |
*All times are subject to change.
Wednesday, May 8
Optional Legislative Visits
ITEST Project Expo
On Monday, May 6, at 5 PM we will host the ITEST Project Expo. During this session, ITEST projects will either present a research poster or share a technology demonstration.
During the ITEST Project Expo, participants can explore different project stations to experience demonstrations, interactives, posters, videos. and/or artifacts from project work. The expo will feature the following projects and presenters.
Projects should plan to set up their poster/technology demonstrations between 4:30-5:00 pm. The expo will be held from 5-6 pm with light refreshments. All projects participating in the expo will have additional instructions sent by email.
Poster guidelines:
- Each project poster will be assigned half of a round table in the main ballroom.
- Tri-fold presentation boards and supplies to attach poster materials will be provided. The boards are 48 inches wide and 36 inches high.
Technology demo guidelines:
- Each technology demo will be assigned one (6 ft) rectangular table in the foyer.
- Each station will have a power supply available.
2024 PI Meeting Project Summaries
One page project summaries are useful resources during PI meetings—and beyond! For this year's meeting, projects were invited to created a one page submission to be used to create both a printed booklet and an online searchable database. We invite you to visit the PI Meeting Project Summary Library. Search, filter, explore and add your comments to these pages to engage with your colleagues!
The deadline for the printed booklet has passed, but projects can still add to the library! To submit a Project Summary to the database:
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Log in to the STELAR ITEST Community Page. All active project PIs have been set up with a STELAR account. If you need to reset your username or password please do so here: https://stelar.edc.org/user/password
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If you are not the project PI or do not already have an account, please fill out this form to create one.
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Once logged in, fill out this form with your project’s information, including one photo.