Regional Roundtables on Teacher Preparation and Professional Development have been held in Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Gallup with funds that the Partnership received from CHE- Eisenhower. Elwyn Hulett reported on the Roundtable that will be held in Portales on April 20. Bernie Dodge of Web Quest fame and San Diego State University will be the keynote speaker. B. Kurt Steinhaus reported that the Northern NM Council on Excellence in Education was started by the University of California. Among its current goals are reaching out to partner, collecting data on projects, developing a report on education and opportunity in New Mexico, and creating math, science and technology academies in 19 schools.
Minority serving institutions are encourage to apply during the next funding cycle.
E. Claire Fenton shared information on New Mexico Tech's summer activities for the Master of Science Teaching, including a Chinese Area Study Studies in Water Law and Water Quality trip to China, and a research internship program.