Title: Marching Forward-A STANYS NYSSLS JOURNEY
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Location: Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY

Location: Brookhaven National Lab, Berkner Hall
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2020

Keynote Speaker (Sponsored by Activate Learning)
Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education and Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on the development and assessment of high school and college level science curricula based on theories of learning and evidence about how people learn. She was a member of the leadership team for the development of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and served as a committee member for the National Academy of Science reports on Discipline Based Education Research (DBER), and Undergraduate Research Experiences (URE). She is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and was a member of the National Academies of Science Advisory Board on Science Education (BOSE). She has received a number of awards including the American Chemical Society Award for Achievement in Research on Teaching and Learning in Chemistry, the Norris award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching of Chemistry, the Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher Award from the Society for College Science Teaching, and was awarded an honorary D.Sc. from the University of South Florida. She earned her B.S. M.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Manchester, England.
Dr. Cooper will be sharing her expertise in using Cross-Cutting Concepts.

Featured Speaker
Chrisopher Gobler – Sharing his perspectives and offering enlightening insights as Endowed Chair of
Coastal Ecology and Conservation – Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

Additional workshops feature a wide range of topics from lab implementation, to developing 3-D
assessments, to items prevalent to current P-12 NYSSLS practices in all science content areas.

Cost
$42: Current STANYS Members (with verification of membership)
$82: Non-STANYS Members (includes one-year of STANYS membership)
$35: Current Pre-Service Teachers
Registration will take place on EventBrite for all participants. Purchase orders will be accepted; once the PO is received, participants will be emailed a code to enter on EventBrite to complete registration. Approval to attend the conference on your school’s MyLearningPlan or equivalent management system does not finalize registration through Suffolk STANYS; you must use the EventBrite system to complete the conference registration and to select your workshop preferences. Registration on the EventBrite system will open in late January. Please email Brain Vorwald at bvorw@aol.com for purchase order inquiries. Checks should be made payable to Suffolk STANYS and mailed to 8 Chapin Place, Huntington, NY 11743.

Spring Conference Agenda

7:15 – 7:45: Morning Registration, Light Breakfast, and Vendors
8:00 – 9:10: Keynote Address
9:20 – 10:20: Workshop Session #1
10:30 – 11:30 Workshop Session #2/Featured Speaker
11:30 – 12:40 Lunch and Vendors
12:40 – 1:40: Workshop Session #3
1:50 – 2:50: Workshop Session #4

Call for Proposals:

https://forms.gle/HhUYjiRnkq4oScao8

Vendor Information: Please register as vendor by completing the following form: https://tinyurl.com/STANYSvendor

First Table is $125, and each additional table is $75. If you are a registered non-profit organization (with the appropriate §501(c) documentation), one table can be extended for a price of $50. Please send of a copy of your determination letter with payment.

DISCLAMER: Your place at our event is not guaranteed until payment is received in full. All payments are due by March 1st. Vendor tables are based on a first-come, first-served basis. You will receive a formal invoice with payment instructions.