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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

scale

– 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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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 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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