Dear Teaching Professional,
  The Annual Noyce Community Teacher Retreat will be held at Kennesaw State University on Thursday October 12, 2017. This half-day event is themed "3-D Learning: Tools to Teach Using Phenomena" and will bring together new and experienced teachers from the greater Atlanta area. The event will include a Keynote on 3-D learning, followed by two break out sessions for the co-construction of lesson plans and teaching materials. A working lunch will be provided during the keynote, and half-day substitute teacher costs will be reimbursed to schools for teachers who register in advance and sign in at the event, thanks in part to an NSF Noyce grant. We are currently working on additional details and will forward them shortly. Please let me know if you have any questions.  We look forward to seeing you in Kennesaw, GA for this event!

Best Regards,
The Noyce IIMPACT Team

Please send any questions to: spolizzi@kennesaw.edu

12:30 – 2:00 Keynote: Dr. Amy Peacock, Science Coordinator, Clarke County Schools
   Working lunch with catered box lunches provided
2:10 – 3:30 Break out session 1: Introduction to story telling tools
   Physics - Kinematics (phenomenon: distracted driving)
   Chemistry - Thermodynamics (phenomenon: coffee julies)
   Chemistry - Intermolecular Interactions (phenomenon: sports fabrics)
   Chemistry - Gases (phenomenon: imploding train)
3:40 – 5:00 Break out session 2: Creating new storylines
   Physics - Mechanics (phenomenon: air craft carrier slingshot)
   Physics - Circuits
   Chemistry - Self assigned topics

High school chemistry and physics teachers

KSU Center, 3333 Busbee Dr NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144
Keynote, Room KC300
Breakout Sessions, KC174, KC182, KC300, KC461

Food and snacks will be provided thanks to an NSF Noyce grant at KSU to support science teacher leaders. Please note if you have any dietary restrictions and we will set a box lunch aside for you.

This event is scheduled for an early release day in Cobb County High Schools. We have set aside grant funds to reimburse Cobb and other Georgia school districts for half day substitute teachers, so that people can attend during a work day. We have relationships with many of the metro-Atlanta school districts in order to pay for substitute teachers, and we will use this mechanism for this event. You will arrange for time off and the substitute teacher at your school. When citing the sub code or payment mechanism, you will reference Noyce IIMPACT at Kennesaw State University and invoices will be sent to Samuel Justin Polizzi, 3201 Campus Loop Rd, ATOMS Center MD5900, Kennesaw, GA 30144 or spolizzi@kennesaw.edu.

Please note: WE WILL ONLY REIMBURSE SUBS FOR TEACHERS WHO REGISTER AND THEN SIGN IN ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT. Additional District Specific information is below. If your district is not listed below, let us know and we will work with your district before the event.

Cherokee County: no subcode provided by district; Kenneth Own invoices KSU within 30 days of event
Cobb County: subcode "0100-624-1101-9990-1109-9070"; Diana Cothran invoices KSU within 30 days
Dekalb County: subcode "45 professsional school leave"; Tova Davis coordinates invoice to KSU
Fulton County: no subcode provided by district; Donna Barrett-Williams coordinates invoice to KSU
Gwinnett County: subcode "M24 reimbursable subs", provide IIMPACT info; Sherri New invoices KSU
Paulding County: subcode "3416 other outside funding source"; Sarah Graham coordinates invoice to KSU

Please let us know if you would like to attend.