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Appendix B Convocation Participants Bruce Alberts Lynn Baroff Professor Executive Director University of California, San California Space Education & Francisco Workforce Institute Pasadena, CA Maureen Allen Consultant/Instructor Dennis Bartels Beckman@Science Executive Director Los Alamitos, CA Exploratorium San Francisco, CA Denise Antrim K-12 Science Coordinator Raymond Bartlett Orange County Department of Senior STEM Consultant Education Teaching Institute for Essential Science Peter Arvedson Columbia����� , MD High School Science Teacher California Teacher Advisory Patricia�������� Beckman Council Board of Directors La Puente����� , CA Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Michael������� Barker Newport Beach, CA Administrator Tustin Unified School District Tustin, CA 85

86 NURTURING AND SUSTAINING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS Margaret Benzie Herb Brunkhorst Science Coordinator, Orange Professor/Department Chair Unified California State University Beckman@Science San Bernardino, CA Orange, CA Winnie Callahan Anne Marie Bergen Director for Business Education Chair Government Health Initiative California Teacher Advisory Information Sciences Institute-USC Council Marina Del Rey, CA California Council on Science and Technology Richard Cardullo Oakdale, CA Professor and Chair of Biology University of California Judy Bishop Riverside����� , CA Educational Director EcoCenter-Renewable Energy Janet Carlson Education Executive Director San Diego, CA BSCS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study) Joan Bissell Colorado Springs, CO Director, Teacher Education California State University Betty Carvellas Long Beach, CA Teacher Leader, Teacher Advisory Council George Bo-Linn National Academies Chief Program Officer Colchester, VT Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Robin Casselman Palo Alto����� , CA Project Director, FOCUS MSP University of California Susan������ Brady Irvine, CA Department Head Center for Science and Jeanne Century Engineering Education Director of Science Education Lawrence Berkeley National Center for Elementary Mathematics Laboratory and Science Education Berkeley, CA Chicago, IL Bonnie Brunkhorst Professor California State University San Bernardino, CA

APPENDIX B 87 Caleb Cheung Linda Crans Science Program Manager/CCTC University Trustee/Business Chair Consultant Oakland Unified School District Western University of Health California Commission for Teacher Sciences Credentialing Diamond Bar, CA Oakland, CA Eilene Cross Nancy Chung Education Consultant Fifth Grade Teacher California Council on Science and Tustin Unified School District Technology Irvine, CA Pleasanton, CA Linda Clinard Dean Davis Literacy Specialist Senior Principal Scientist/Engineer Center for Education Partnerships Boeing Phantom Works University of California Manhattan Beach, CA Irvine, CA Kathy DiRanna Angelo Collins Director Executive Director K-12 Alliance/WestEd Knowles Science Teaching Santa Ana����� , CA Foundation Moorestown, NJ Rena������ Dorph Research and Evaluation Director John Collins Lawrence Hall of Science Scientist University of California Maxwell Sensors Berkeley, CA Irvine, CA Jacqueline Dorrance Andrew Coulson Executive Director President, Education Division Arnold and Mabel Beckman MIND Research Institute Foundation Santa Ana����� , CA Irvine, CA Susie��������� Crandall Marilyn Edling Director Project Manager ScienceWorks California STEM Innovation Fountain Valley, CA Network Granite Bay, CA

88 NURTURING AND SUSTAINING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS Janet English Jim�������� Gentile Teacher on leave President and Chief Executive Director, Educational Services Officer KOCE-TV, PBS Research Corporation Lake Forest, CA Tucson, AZ Jeff Estes Dean Gilbert Manager Science Consultant Science & Engineering Education Los Angeles County Office of Washington State LASER Education Richland, WA Downey, CA Dorothy Fleisher Susan Hackwood Program Director Executive Director W.M. Keck Foundation California Council on Science and Los Angeles����� , CA Technology Riverside, CA Darryl������ Flick Director of Development Susie Hakansson BayBio Institute Executive Director South San Francisco, CA California Mathematics Project Los Angeles, CA Sharon Freeburn Director Virgil Hammon Science and Technology Teacher Pre-College Education Resource Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory San Diego, CA Pasadena, CA Frank Frisch James Hamos Professor Program Director Department of Biological Sciences National Science Foundation Orange����� , CA Arlington, VA Matt�������� Gardner William Harris Chief Executive Officer President and Chief Executive BayBio Officer South San Francisco, CA Science Foundation Arizona Phoenix, AZ Margaret Gaston President Susan Harvey Center for the Future of Teaching Senior Program Officer and Learning S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Santa Cruz����� , CA San Francisco, CA

APPENDIX B 89 Harry Helling John Kenney President and Chief Executive Education Partnerships Manager Officer PASCO Scientific Crystal Cove Alliance Roseville, CA Newport Coast, CA Gay Krause Laura���������� Henriques Director Professor, Science Education Krause Center for Innovation at California State University Foothill College Long Beach, CA Los Altos Hills, CA Don Hicks Jay Labov Executive Director Senior Advisor for Education and TechAmerica Communication Irvine, CA National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC Cynthia Jolly STEM Consultant Phil LaFontaine TIES (Technology and Information Director Educational Services) California Department of Raleigh, NC Education Sacramento����� , CA Juliana Jones Teacher, California Teacher Arthur Levine Advisory Council Woodrow Wilson Foundation National Teacher Advisory Council Princeton, NJ Longfellow Middle School Berkeley, CA Ethan Lipton Professor Brian Kaplan California State University Director Los Angeles����� , CA Silicon Valley Education Foundation Maria Alicia Lopez Freeman San Jose, CA Executive Director California Science Project Elaine Keeley Los Angeles, CA Administrator, Curriculum and Instruction Lindsey Malcom Orange County Department of Assistant Professor, Higher Education Education Santa Ana, CA Graduate School of Education University of California Riverside, CA

90 NURTURING AND SUSTAINING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS Debra Mauzy-Melitz Suzanne Nakashima Director, STEM Faculty Outreach Teacher University of California California Teacher Advisory Irvine, CA Council Yuba City, CA Lisa McClellan Mentor Teacher Marwan Nasralla Cotsen Family Foundation/ President and Chief Executive Los Angeles Unified School Officer District IVD Technologies Midway City, CA Santa Ana����� , CA Alan McCormack Sue������ Neuen Professor of Science Education Director of Professional San Diego State University Development San Diego, CA California Science Center Los Angeles, CA John McDonald Consultant Steve Olson Stone’s Throw Strategic Science Writer Communications Bethesda, MD Manhattan Beach, CA Carlo Parravano Judy Miner Executive Director President Merck Institute for Science Foothill College Education Los Altos Hills, CA Rahway, NJ Rich Montgomery Greg Pearson Principal Senior Program Officer Tustin Unified School District National Academy of Engineering Irvine, CA Washington, DC Janice Morrison James Pellegrino Executive Director Professor Teaching Institute for Excellence University of Illinois at Chicago in STEM Chicago, IL Baltimore, MD Angela Phillips Diaz Peter Murray Special Assistant to the Chancellor Dean University of California Foothill College Riverside, CA Los Altos Hills, CA

APPENDIX B 91 Donna Pozzi Steve Schneider Chief of Interpretation and Senior Program Director Education Mathematics and Science California State Parks WestEd Sacramento����� , CA Redwood City, CA Susan���������� Pritchard Kandarp Shah Teacher Graduate Student California Science Teachers University of California Association Irvine, CA California Teacher Advisory Council Therese Shanahan La Habra����� , CA Codirector California Science Project at Irvine Stephanie�������� Ramirez Irvine, CA Program Associate Gordon and Betty Moore Barbara�������� Shannon Foundation Educator/Principal Palo Alto����� , CA California Teacher Advisory Council Denise����� Reid Monrovia, CA Teacher Signal Hill Elementary Patrick Shields Signal Hill, CA Director, Center for Education Policy Ron Rohovit SRI International Deputy Director of Education Menlo Park, CA California Science Center Los Angeles, CA Philip Smith Director Pattie Romero Space Grant Education and Teacher Enterprise Institute Brea Olinda School District San Diego, CA Brea, CA Gerald Solomon Kathleen Roth Executive Director Incoming Director Samueli Foundation Center for Professional Corona del Mar����� , CA Development BSCS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study) Colorado Springs, CO

92 NURTURING AND SUSTAINING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS Roslyn����� Soto Deena Vela Director, STEM Major Teacher on Special Assignment Development Tustin Unified School District University of California Tustin, CA Irvine, CA Soo Venkatesan Mark St. John Program Officer Evaluator S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Inverness Research San Francisco, CA Inverness, CA Robert Willis Elizabeth Stage Teacher Director District of Columbia Public Schools Lawrence Hall of Science Fort Washington, MD University of California Berkeley, CA Janet Yamaguchi Vice President, Education Art Sussman Discovery Science Center Senior Project Director Santa Ana, CA WestEd Richmond, CA Russ Yarrow General Manager Nancy Taylor California Corporate Affairs K-12 Science Cordinator Chevron San Diego County Office of San Ramon, CA Education San Diego, CA Jerry Valadez Director Central Valley Science Project Fresno, CA

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K-8 science education in California (as in many other parts of the country) is in a state of crisis. K-8 students in California spend too little time studying science, many of their teachers are not well prepared in the subject, and the support system for science instruction has deteriorated. A proliferation of overly detailed standards and poorly conceived assessments has trivialized science education. And all these problems are likely to intensify: an ongoing fiscal crisis in the state threatens further cutbacks, teacher and administrator layoffs, and less money for professional development.

A convocation held on April 29-30, 2009, sought to confront the crisis in California science education, particularly at the kindergarten through eighth grade level. The convocation, summarized in this volume, brought together key stakeholders in the science education system to enable and facilitate an exploration of ways to more effectively, efficiently, and collectively support, sustain, and communicate across the state concerning promising research and practices in K-8 science education and how such programs can be nurtured by communities of stakeholders.

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