1. Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program (COFSP) Professional Development
Debbie Liberi, Deon Edwards and Brandon Williams
Professional Development Session 2:
Engineering Design Process
Swift 809
University of Cincinnati
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
4:30 – 6:30 pm

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

3. Welcome back COFSP Fellows
Kelsey Baum
Andrew Fisher
Stephanie Godsey
Jake Holden
Khadeejeh Mureb

4. Welcome Presenters Deon Edwards – Teaches Engineering at Western
Hills High School and Aiken High
School
Brandon Williams - Teaches STEM Foundations at
Hughes High School

5. Today’s Agenda Announcements for COFSP Fellows
Reminder of Bi-Weekly Seminar 1:
Wednesday, October 1st from 4:00- 5:45 pm
Assignments in advance of Bi-Weekly Seminar 1:
Complete “Unschooling” article assignment posted on Dropbox
Set up school visit schedule on COFSP Fellows Calendar (GOOGLE Calendar)
Come prepared to do your 90 introduction with a prop
Keep materials in your binder

6. Today’s Agenda (continued)
Refreshments
Revisit Objectives
Presentation on Engineering Design Process
Questions/Answers

7. Objectives for placing COFSP Fellows in RET/CEEMS 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/CEEMS Teacher’s classroom and share their Senior Capstone projects.

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