Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program (COFSP) Professional Development Debbie Liberi and Brandi Foster Professional Development Session 2: Engineering Design Process Swift 616 University of Cincinnati Monday, September 28, 2015 4:30 – 6:30 pm

Acknowledgements Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Funded by NSF’s RET Program: Grant # EEC-1404766. Ohio Board of Regents: OBR COF 08-23 Grant

Welcome back COFSP Fellows Temiloluwa Adeniyi Logan Buck Alyssa Marie George Stacy Rose Loushin Adam Alvarez Miller Michael Strezeski

(PhD Candidates in Engineering) CEEMS Fellows (PhD Candidates in Engineering) Abishek Balsamy Kamaraj – Mechanical Engineer Debaditya Chakraborty – Civil Engineer Seyram Gbordzoe – Materials Engineer Patricia Okafor – Materials Engineer

Welcome CEEMS Teacher Presenter on Engineering Design Process: Brandi Foster - Teaches 8th grade, Physical Science at Aiken High School, Cincinnati Public Schools District

Today’s Agenda Announcements for COFSP Fellows Reminder of Bi-Weekly Seminar 1: Monday, October 5th from 4:30- 5:50 pm Assignments in advance of Bi-Weekly Seminar 1: Complete Assignment 1 - “Characteristics of a Great Teacher” in UC Box Sync Set up school visit schedule on COFSP Fellows 2015-16 Calendar (GOOGLE Calendar) Keep materials in your binder Anouncements for RET Teachers Leave today with COFSP Fellow times on the calendar for next week

Today’s Agenda (continued) Refreshments Revisit Objectives Time for RET Teachers, CEEMS Fellows, and COFSP Fellows to meet (exchange emails and phone #s) Presentation on Engineering Design Process Questions/Answers

Objectives for placing COFSP Fellows in RET Teachers classrooms: They are great role models for the field of engineering. Students in the classroom relate to them. They provide practical applications of math and science. They make students aware of: the variety of engineering careers what engineers actually do STEM careers and encourage students to pursue them They assist in the RET Teachers classroom and share their Senior Capstone projects.

RET / Teachers and RET Coordinator COFSP Fellows CEEMS Fellows KEY Players Provide: Preparation Support Planning Feedback Mentoring

Questions? Next Steps? COFSP Fellows role in the classroom? COFSP Fellows hours/week? Sharing COFSP Fellows? Key players? Objectives or benefits?