TYC-RELATED Programs
Mostly grant funded TYC programs and initiatives.
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2020
December 02, 2019: the TYC Tandem meeting scheduled for Jan 18 2020 is now cancelled due to numbers below what was needed to carry on with its organization. The TYCTM20 was adversited mainly through cptyc-l@mail.aapt.org, from mid-Sep through mid-Nov 2019. AAPT also supported its advertisement via social media. The committee on Two-Year Colleges will offer this event again at another opportunity in the future.
The information below will stay posted for record-keeping.
TWO YEAR COLLEGE TANDEM MEETING (TYCTM), Orlando, FL
January 18, Seminole State College (CANCELLED).
Registration:
Registration is open to all. The registration fee for the TYCTM ($50) covers transportation to/from Seminole State College, lunch, and the TYCTM.
There are two options to register (you will be asked to log in with your AAPT username/password, and then you can register):
If you want to register only for the TYCTM meeting, click here.
If you want to register for both the TYCTM and AAPT (including options such as registering for the full AAPT meeting, its workshops, etc: all the standard AAPT options, plus the TYCTM), click here.
Abstract submission to the TYCTM (the deadline is October 20, 2019): click here.
Two-Year College New Faculty Experience: The AAPT presents a 18-month experience designed specifically for Two-Year College Physics Faculty in their first five years of teaching. This Experience is designed to equip new faculty members with knowledge of active learning techniques that are both based on Physics Education Research (PER) and that have been successfully implemented at two-year colleges across the country. Led by experienced two-year college physics instructors, this conference will empower a new faculty member as they embark on the important mission of developing critical thinking skills in their students and developing the future technological workforce for this country. Need to know more? Contact Scott Schultz at sfschult@delta.edu
TYC21 is a national network of Two Year College Physics Teachers whose goal is to improve physics education through shared information and programs. Sponsored by AAPT and funded by NSF. Some background about the program can be found in this newsletter.
At the Physical Sciences Resource Center you can find teachers, participating in the TYC 21 project, who are willing to serve as a resource for physics and physical science teachers at two-year colleges.
Also see the TYC21 Isolation Study and TYC21 Networking Model.
TYC Physics Workshops features several workshops a year on teaching strategies for Introductory Physics. Sponsored and funded by Lee College, Estrella Mountain Community College, and NSF.
SPIN-UP/TYC: Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two-Year Colleges (SPIN-UP/TYC) is a project to find exemplary physics programs at two-year colleges from which a large number of minorities and women enter science, technology, engineering or math programs at a four-year college or university. SPIN-UP/TYC also is documenting programs that encourage students to elect teacher preparation programs at four-year colleges or universities.
NTFUP: National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics. The report on project SPIN-UP (Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics) is now available at the NTFUP web page. You may choose to download the complete report, or download the report in sections. The report is also available as a printed, bound booklet in limited quantities; to order a free copy, please contact aapt-memb@aapt.org.
PEPTYC: The Physics Enhancement Program for Two Year College faculty started in May 1991 with a group of 24 Texas faculty members. As the project evolved over the next eleven years, the participants later came from the Southwest part of the country and eventually from all over the US. The goals of the project are to provide modern physics content seminars and innovative pedagogical approaches to teaching introductory physics. (Source: Some Thoughts on Teaching)
PET: Physics for Elementary Teachers - also of interest to two year colleges. It is a new one-semester activity-based and discussion-oriented physics course aimed at prospective elementary teachers.This year PET is being field- tested at 25 two-year and four-year institutions, with about 35 different faculty members teaching the course. Here is more information provided by project director Fred Goldberg (fgoldberg@sciences.sdsu.edu).
2014
AAPT National Meetings - http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/meetings.cfm
January 4-7 - 2014 Winter Meeting in Orlando, FL
July 26-30 – 2014 Summer Meeting at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN
New Faculty Experience for TYC Physics Faculty http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/newfaculty/tyc.cfm
January – July– NFE Implementation and Online Discussion
July – New Faculty Experience Commencement Conference at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN
2013
AAPT National Meetings - http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/meetings.cfm
July 12 - Leadership Institue in Portland, OR
July 13 – TYC Tandem Meeting in Portland, OR
July 13-17 – 2013 Summer Meeting in Portland, OR
ATE Physics Workshop for Physics Teachers – http://www.physicsworkshops.org
February 21-23 – Introductory Physics Laboratory Writing Conference 4 at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA
April 11-13 – Instructional Strategies for Introductory Physics Workshop at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, WI
May 30-June 1 – Simulation and Computational Tools for Introductory Physics Follow-up Workshop at Lee College in Baytown, TX
New Faculty Experience for TYC Physics Faculty – http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/newfaculty/tyc.cfm
January 15-March 6 – NFE Seminal Paper Online Discussion
March 6-9 – New Faculty Experience Conference at Delta College in University Center, MI
March 12 – December – NFE Implementation and Online Discussion
If you wish to submit an event for this page, please submit the event and information to Renee Lathrop.
Past Achievements
(last update: 2014)
Alex Dickison to serve as vice president of the executive Board of the AAPT
Alex Dickison of Seminole Community College was recently elected as Vice-President of the Executive Board of the American Association of Physics Teachers. He will serve 4 years through the presidential change. He is only the second two year college person to be elected to the presidential chain in the 75 year history of AAPT.
New science building at Green River Community College to be named after Marv Nelson.
The Board of Trustees and President of Green River Community College has named the college's new science building in honor of retired physics instructor Marv Nelson. Marv, who received the American Association of Physics Teachers' national award for College Physics Teacher of the year in 1999, taught at Green River for more than three decades. He is the person most responsible for the excellent physics program that students and visitors see today. See the full story here...
Mary Beth Monroe has just completed 12 years of service on the executive board of the AAPT.
She served as the two year college representative on the executive board of the AAPT for six years and association secretary for another six years. Mary Beth serviced on the board through times of change for AAPT and has been instrumental building a strong AAPT. At the recent AAPT meeting in Seattle the CPTYC recognized Mary Beth's contributions.
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