Happy New Year from Your OER Team!

Welcome Back! We want to congratulate the COE faculty for their accomplishments in 2015 and look forward to continued success in 2016. We are constantly on the lookout for opportunities for external funding to share. Contact us—we are here to help!

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REL Offers Webinar Series: Successfully Evaluating a Professional Development Program

The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southeast will offer the free webinar series Successfully Evaluating a Professional Development Program. Participants will gain a working knowledge of the critical components that make up a professional development program and will have the opportunity to ask questions.

Webinar dates are as follows:
Jan. 12: Critical Elements of Professional Development Planning & Evaluation
Jan. 14: Going Deeper into Planning the Design
Jan. 15: Going Deeper into Identifying & Measuring Target Outcomes
Jan. 19: Going Deeper into Analyzing Results
Jan. 21: Going Deeper into Interpreting Results & Presenting Findings

January 12, 2016
Critical Elements of Professional Development Planning & Evaluation
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
Speakers:

  • Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller, Senior Research Associate, REL Southeast
  • Dr. Sharon Koon, Senior Research Associate, REL Southeast

Lessons Learned by:

  • Dr. Barbara Foorman, Director & Professor, REL Southeast
  • Dr. Russell Gersten, Senior Research Associate & Professor Emeritus, REL Southeast

More Information
Agenda for this event
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January 14, 2016
Going Deeper into Planning the Design
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
Speakers:

  • Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller, Senior Research Associate, REL Southeast
  • Dr. Sharon Koon, Senior Research Associate, REL Southeast

More Information
Agenda for this event
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January 15, 2016
Going Deeper into Identifying & Measuring Target Outcomes
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
Speakers: Presenters:

  • Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller, Senior Research Associate, REL Southeast
  • Dr. Jessica Folsom, Senior Research Associate, REL Southeast

More Information
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January 19, 2016
Going Deeper into Analyzing Results
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
Speakers:

  • Dr. Sharon Koon, Senior Research Associate, REL Southeast
  • Dr. La’Tara Osborne-Lampkin, Senior Research Associate, REL Southeast

More Information
Agenda for this event
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January 21, 2016
Going Deeper into Interpreting Results & Presenting Findings
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
Speakers:

  • Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller, Senior Research Associate, REL Southeast
  • Mr. Kevin Smith, Research Alliance Manager, REL Southeast

More Information
Agenda for this event
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For more information contact, Jimmy Cole, jcole@fsu.edu, (850) 645-1173.

Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education Training Program Offers Workshop

The Institute of Education Sciences announces the third training workshop on applying cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis to education programs and policies. The free workshop will be run by the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education (CBCSE) at Teachers College, Columbia University. The application deadline is Jan. 15.

Type: Workshop/Training & Technical Assistance

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Dates: May 23-27, 2016

Application Deadline: January 15, 2016

Organization: National Center for Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

More Information: Click here to go to the CBCSE training website.

Contacts: Phill Gagné at the National Center for Education Research

Sponsors: The Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, supported by a Methods Training grant from the Institute of Education Sciences

RAFT Forum Begins This Month

The first meeting of the new Research Administration & Financials Training (RAFT) forum begins this month. The RAFT forum is a quarterly meeting designed to create a bridge between the core offices and the UF research community.These sessions will cover special topics of interest while also providing an open channel for solutions, contacts, and information targeted to the needs of UF sponsored programs.

The first meeting will be an open forum for gathering input and soliciting potential topics for the upcoming sessions. No registration is required.

1/19/16      Open Forum       HPNP G-114         3:00 – 4:30 p.m.    Live meeting link

2/12/16      RAFT Forum      HPNP G-114         3:00 – 4:30 p.m.    Live meeting link

UF IT Training Offers SPSS and Sample Power Workshops

UF IT will offer SPSS and Sample Power workshops this spring  beginning in January 2016. The workshops include four face-to-face sessions: Getting Started, Moving On, Advanced 1, and Advanced 2. These are delivered one series per month, one workshop (3 hours) per week.

These are free workshops and the only requirement is that participants must attend the first three workshops. Participants will learn how to use the software for scientific research and must already know basic statistics at the graduate level. The workshops are open to faculty, staff, and graduate students.

For more information about the workshops, please visit http://training.it.ufl.edu/spss-sample-power-workshop-information-registration/

A DSP Reminder: Budget Control Levels

Effective Oct. 15, 2015, Contracts and Grants (C&G) Accounting was given the responsibility for determining the Budget Control (KK) Level to be used with grant or contract funds at the time of project set-up, rather than the Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) at the time of NOA. The Budget Control KK Level has been removed from DSP’s NOA.

In summary,

  • Budget Control Level 3 (KK Level 3) will be assigned to awards (federal or non-federal) where terms DO NOT impose re-budgeting restrictions. Budget Control KK Level 3 allows spending at a direct cost level without the requirement to re-budget funds.
  • Budget Control Level 5 (KK Level 5) will be assigned to awards (federal or non-federal) where terms DO impose re-budgeting restrictions. Budget Control KK Level 5 will require re-budgeting approvals be obtained from the Sponsor or C&G Accounting, as appropriate, prior to allowing grant funds be used for the expenditure in question.

The project’s Budget Control KK Level is displayed in myInvestigator. If you have any questions regarding the Budget Control KK Level assigned to your project, please contact the C&G Grant Accountant assigned to your award.

Research Event in January

Lawrence Professorship Symposium, Brown Bag Lunch
with Dr. Patricia Snyder

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Terrace Room

Refreshments and cookies will be provided.

RSVP to Rosie Connolly by Tuesday, Jan. 19 at: rconnolly@coe.ufl.edu

Practice-Based Coaching: Key Components and Lessons Learned from Implementation in Early Learning Contexts

Dr. Patricia Snyder will present a practice-based coaching framework she and her colleagues have developed, validated, and evaluated in a series of studies funded by the Institute of Education Sciences from 2007-present. The practice-based coaching (PBC) framework and its key components will be shared along with data that show noteworthy impacts on teachers’ and family members’ implementation of evidence-based practices. Next steps for research and practical application will be discussed.

For more information, see the program flyer.

Submitted Projects for December 2015

College of Education
Submitted Projects
December 2015
Principal Investigator: Carole Beal (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Supporting STEM Teachers of Students with Disabilities through Online Professional Development: The Case of Visual Impairment
Requested Amount: $752,760
Principal Investigator: Diana Beaulieu (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Cindi Flores (Psychiatry)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/OSEP
Proposal Title: Promoting Resilience of Students and Professional Educational Relationships (Project PROSPER)
Requested Amount: $1,045,256
Principal Investigator: Holly Lane (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Nicholas Gage (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/OSEP
Proposal Title: Project TIER: Teaching, Intervention, and Efficacy Research
Requested Amount: $1,250,000
Principal Investigator: Stephen Smith (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Nancy Corbett (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/OSEP
Proposal Title: Preparing Personnel to Serve School Age Children with Persistent and Severe Behavior Problems (EBD Prep)
Requested Amount: $999,660
Principal Investigator: Timothy Jacobbe (STL)
Co-PI: Kent Crippen (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: INformal Virtual Experiences in Statistics for Teachers (INVEST)
Requested Amount: $2,983,748
Principal Investigator: Richard Dickinson (Chemical Engineering)
Co-PI: M. David Miller (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: IUSE/PFE: RED: Transforming Chemical Engineering Curriculum by Integrating Theoretical and Experimental Courses
Requested Amount: $434,886
Principal Investigator: Nicholas Gage (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Scott Wasman (ESSIE)
Funding Agency: Brady Education Foundation
Proposal Title: Project Ignite: Igniting At-Risk Adolescents’ Intent in STEM
Requested Amount: $88,928
Principal Investigator: Dennis Kramer (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Justin Ortagus (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Association for Institutional Research
Proposal Title: Loan Reduction and Graduate School Enrollment: The Impact of Pell and No-Loan Programs on Post-Baccalaureate Enrollment Choices of Low-Income Students
Requested Amount: $46,693
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Children’s Services Council of Florida, Inc. (Subcontract – Helios Education Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Fiscal and Data Mapping for the Florida Grade Level Reading Campaign
Requested Amount: $125,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Children’s Trust of Miami
Proposal Title: Contract Manager Leadership Program
Requested Amount: $50,600
Principal Investigator: Tina Smith-Bonahue (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Brady Education Foundation
Proposal Title: Partnering with Families for School Success
Requested Amount: $148,496