Friday, February 8th
Time		Topic		Presenter(s)	Major Goals/Questions
8:15		Breakfast
8:45		Welcome		Robert Willis, TAC Chair Barbara Schulz, TAC Teacher Leader Jay Labov, Study Director	Overview of the meeting
9:00		Bias and Conflict of Interest Discussion		Kirsten Sampson-Snyder	Closed session
10:00		Education mandates in the Ocean Action Plan		Dr. Susan Park, Program Officer	What are the Ocean Sciences education outreach programs? How does the Ocean Sciences Board help inform others of their research? How can this information more easily reach teachers?
10:45		Break
11:00		Update from the Board on Science Education		Heidi Schweingruber, Acting Director, Board on Science Education	What are some good ways to disseminate the book Ready Set Science, a practitioner’s edition of the report Taking Science to Schools? Discuss issues to be considered with the new NOAA study looking at educational materials.
11:45		Lunch
1:00		Educational products from DELS for teachers		Anne Jurkowski, Communications Officer, Division of Earth and Life Studies	What are the best distribution methods to get outreach products to teachers? What format for education materials will be best for most teachers?
1:45		Education projects from the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology		Dorothy Zolandz, Director, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Tina Masciangioli, Program Officer	Provide input from the teacher’s perspective on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable meetings and on broader workshop topics. Offer suggestions and comments on the proposed update on chemical safety handbook for practitioners. Discuss imaging techniques in chemistry demonstrated by their poster.
2:30		Overview of The Effectiveness of the National Board Certified Teacher consensus study		Judy Koenig, Senior Program Officer	"What was the committee's charge?  How did the committee approach the study?  What types of information did the committee obtain?  What is the timeline for completing the report?"
3:15		Break
3:30		Update on the Teacher Preparation consensus study		Stuart Elliott Director, Board on Testing and Assessment	What approach did the committee consider and what were the issues that were difficult for them?
4:15		Hear about and offer comments on projects from the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute on Medicine		Lyn Porter, Study Director, Annina Burns, Program Officer, Cathy Liverman, Scholar, Institute of Medicine	Provide input for the standing committee being formed on childhood obesity. Discuss a new study being undertaken on the impact of school lunch programs on childhood obesity and provide teacher’s perspectives
5:00		Recess
6:00		Committee Working Dinner Zaytinya
Saturday, February 9th
Time	Topic		Presenter(s)		Major Goals/Questions
8:15	Breakfast
8:45	Welcome, introductions and overview of the day		Robert Willis, Chair, TAC Betty Carvellas, Teacher Leader, Jay Labov, Director, TAC
9:00 – 10:00	TAC focus		Robert Willis Betty Carvellas and TAC members		What will be the short and long term goals for TAC for the next 3 years? What are the compelling issues on which TAC might focus its attention?
10: 00- 10:45	Opportunities for new projects focusing on professional development opportunities for teachers				An individual donor is very interested in supporting TAC oversight of a variety of action-oriented projects related to professional development. Your input and ideas in developing this project will be solicited.
10:45	Break
11:00 – 12:15	Continue discussion with input from NSF guests Introduce proposed consensus study		Karen Oates, NSF Betty Carvellas Robert Willis Jay Labov		Continue discussion and consider ideas from Jay concerning community colleges and advanced placement course PD for teachers
	Lunch
	Continue discussion on TAC focus and goals		Betty Carvellas Robert Willis Jay Labov		Consensus building on goals and focus for TAC for workshops, consensus studies and projects that are of high importance to teachers
	Consensus study prospectus discussion continued				Discuss ways to improve and/or add to the current prospectus on mandatory professional development for teachers