Illinois Industrial/Technology Teacher One-Day Training Institute featuring the resources of ITEA/CATTS Engineering by Design (EbD™) Foundations of Technology (FoT) AND the Illinois Curriculum Revitalization Initiative (CRI)
What: CRI and EbD™ Foundations of Technology course one-day training
Why: To learn about and review the EbD™ Foundations of Technology course format and the CRI lesson library resources
When: September 18, 2007 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Where: Illinois Office of Educational Services, 2450 Foundation Drive, Suite 100 Springfield, IL 62703
Who: Industrial / Technology Education Teachers
Cost: $110.00
Participation: Limited to first 16 registrants
Lunch: Provided
For More Information Contact:
Dr. Robert Hotes Steve Parrott
Phone: 217 786-3010, ext. 249 Phone: 217/782-4620
Fax: (217) 786-3020 Fax: 217/782-0710
rhotes@ioes.org sparrott@isbe.net
Click to register. Please return with payment by September 12, 2007
Featured Presenter: Jenny L. Daugherty, EbD Curriculum Specialist
Daugherty has worked as a curriculum specialist for Project ProBase, a National Science Foundation-funded, engineering-related technology education curriculum series. She has conducted ProBase workshops at the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) Conference and at the American Association of Community Colleges’ Advanced Technical Education conference in 2005. She presented her own research, “Expert Approaches to a Product Redesign Problem as Revealed through Verbal Protocols,” at the Centers for Learning and Teaching Principle Investigator’s Meeting in 2006 and coauthored a history curriculum published in the Illinois History Teacher (Vol. 13.2).
As a doctoral fellow with the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, Jenny works with Illinois State University’s professional development workshops. These workshops help prepare high school technology teachers to integrate core engineering concepts into their teaching. Her current research is focused specifically on the pedagogical content knowledge needed for high school technology teachers to teach engineering.
Key Questions the training will address:
What is the relationship between the CRI, the Illinois Plan and the Foundations of Technology (FoT) course?
FoT is a standards-based, Illinois Plan, orientation-level solution for technology programs that integrates science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through comprehensive, articulated coursework. Each component includes course guides with integrated rubrics and assessments. The program is also linked to professional development and resources via an electronic delivery platform known as eTIDEonline™. Curricular offerings include courses and units of instruction that have been mapped to Career Clusters and Pathways. EbD™ is the only comprehensive standards-based curricular model designed to deliver technological literacy. Participants would learn how the Illinois CRI Lesson Library aligns with FoT content. More information about EbD™ may be found at http://www.engineeringbydesign.org/ and about CRI resources at http://www.ilcte.org/.
What is the role of the CATTS (Collaboration to Advance the Teaching of Science and Technology) Consortium in professional development?
The ITEA-CATTS Consortium of states provides direction to the big picture of the EbD™ curricular offerings and the accompanying professional development. CATTS states have unlimited access to EbD™ curricular offerings for their teachers. By leveraging individual resources, CATTS states maximize their integration with standards-based curricula. For these reasons, the ITEA-CATTS Curriculum Specialists’ availability is prioritized to service the needs of CATTS’ member states.
IOES Driving Directions
From the North - using I-55:
Proceed on I-55 South past the first five exits for Springfield - stay on I-55 South when it splits from Routes 72/36 (stay to the left lanes). Follow I-55 South for a little over 1 mile, and leave the interstate at Toronto Road, Exit 90. Turn left (east) at the top of the exit ramp. As you proceed east on Toronto Road, you should be able to see the blue roof of our building over the field to your right. Continue to the third stop light at the entrance to Lincoln Land Community College campus. Continue on for one more block, then turn right; follow the lane as it turns left onto Foundation Drive, and park in the first lot on your right. The first building on
