Camellia Sanford-Dolly and Jennifer Borland will be attending the National Afterschool Association’s convention in Orlando, FL from March 19th-22nd. Camellia and Jennifer will be presenting a workshop “Measuring and Communicating Programs’ Impacts on Children’s Learning and Engagement” with Bryce Becker (Twin Cities Public Television) on Tuesday, March 21st from 3:15-4:15PM in Lafayette 1 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center.

REA colleagues are excited to be gathering together under one roof for the first time since becoming a cooperative. We will be meeting in Denver, CO to do some professional development, team building, and socializing! Stay tuned for some fun updates on our gathering.

Alison Allen will be attending the NSF Innovative Technologies Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) 2022 PI meeting from November 1st to 3rd. This gathering is by invite only.

Nissa Kirtman and Scott Burg will be attending the American Evaluation Association‘s (AEA) annual conference at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, LA from November 7th-12th. Nisaa and Scott will be presenting a poster “Proposal Development with Intention: Culturally-Responsive & Equitable Evaluation (CREE) and their Role in Strengthening Collaborative Evaluator and Stakeholder Partnerships” with partners Mehri Fadavi (Jackson State University), Jo Anne Fordham (Jackson State University), Michelle Wick (Smith College), Julie Brigham-Grette (University of Massachusetts) on Wednesday, November 9th from 6:30-8:30pm EST.

Alison Allen will be attending the 4th Annual International Astronomy Union (IAU) SHAW virtual meeting from November 15th-17th. She will be presenting a poster “Representations of Astronomy in Children’s Storybooks” with Dr. Julia Plummer (Pennsylvania State University). Poster presentations will take place online on Tuesday, November 15th at 12pm EST, Wednesday, November 16th at 6:30am EST, and November 17th at 7:30am EST.

Meet Claire Quimby, Fatima Carson, Jennifer Borland, and Julia Li at the 2022 Indiana Evaluator Association (IEA) Annual Meeting and 20th Anniversary Celebration from 3:30-5:30pm EST on December 2nd at the Athenaeum in Indianapolis, IN. Click here for more information on the event.

 

Meet Julia Li at the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) meeting in Blacksburg, VA from October 17th-19th.

Meet Adam Moylan at the US Department of Education’s Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Annual Project Directors and Evaluators Meeting held virtually from October 18th and 19th. This meeting is by invite only.

Jennifer Borland will be attending the Indiana Evaluators Association (IEA) Quarterly Meeting on Friday, October 21st.