Proposed Schedule for the New Teacher Workshop
Spring meeting of the New England sections of APS/AAPT
March 31, 2006
8:00 – 8:30	Arrival and registration: (location: PHO 206)
8:30	Introduction
8:40 – 9:40	Motivational Speaker – Arthur Eisenkraft (location: PHO 206)
9:40 – 10:00	Coffee break
10:00 – 11:00	Workshop I – choose one of the following three:
	Workshop IA – Concord Consortium (location: PHO115)
	Workshop IB – Improving the Teaching of Physics, 20-credit BU program Andrew Duffy and Peter Garik (BU) (location: PHO 206)
	Workshop IC – Guided-Inquiry Curriculum (Russ Harkay, Keene State) (location: PHO 901)
11:10 – 12:10	Workshop II – choose one of the following three:
	WorkshopIIA – Project Lite – Ken Brecher (BU) (location: PHO 115)
	Workshop IIB – Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) Paul Hickman (location: PHO 206)
	Workshop IIC – Active Physics (Bob Blackler and Keith Magni) (location: PHO 901)
12:15 – 1:00	Working lunch: Panel discussion where participants can ask questions and discuss various issues. (PHO 202)
1:00 – 2:00	Workshop III – Attend the workshop, or proceed to the opening of the APS/AAPT meeting
	Workshop IIIA– Conceptual Foundation for Quantum Physics, Jonathan Mitschele (Saint Joseph’s) (location: PHO 211)