User consultation: Recruiting teachers

Hello everyone,

I’ve been thinking about whether there are better ways to let you know what we are doing and get feedback from you. Our evaluator, Yvonne, suggested this, she thought if you can all see what each other are saying, we’ll get some really usefully discussion going.  See what you think.

Below is a brief summary of what we are doing to publicise the event to teachers, and also to scientists. Please have a look and let me know if you think we are missing anything. All suggestions welcome!

Plan for recruiting teachers

  1. Put up info on site and form for teachers to register (they can register for March or for June, or just sign up to get emails from us about future events).
  2. Publicise the call
  • Twitter
  • Blog post
  • Psci-com
  • Email all teachers signed up for debate kits
  • Email to the following contacts:-
    Catherine Aldridge
    Benedict Arora NESTA Future Innovators
    Hannah Baker Wellcome Trust
    Yvonne Baker STEMNET
    Bryan Berry Science Learning Centre South West
    Catherine Black IntoUniversity
    Angela Breslin The Physiological Society
    Rachel Carr IntoUniversity
    Pippa Clark Aimhigher
    Jodie Cole British Science Association
    Martin Davies Royal Institution
    Karen Devine British Ecological Society
    Claire Dimond stempoint/Graphic Science
    Elsa Ekevall Director, Brighter Exciting Science and Technology
    Penny Fidler Association for Science Centres
    Peter Finegold Isinglass Consultancy
    Rachel Forsyth Society of Biology
    Gemma Garrett Biochemical Society
    Sarah Godfrey Futurelab
    Angela Hall Nuffield Curriculum Centre
    Beth Hawkins Science Museum
    Eleanor Hayes Science in School journal
    Nigel Heslop Association for science education and upd8
    Katy Hewis Planet Science
    Bridget Holligan Science Oxford
    Sue Howarth University of Worcester
    Andrew Jones National STEM Centre
    Sarah Jones ABPI
    Katherine Mathieson British Science Association
    Rosalind Mist SCORE
    Sai Pathmanathan Ignition*
    Emily Perry Science Learning Centre Yorkshire and the Humber
    Jemeela Quraishi STEMNET
    Peter Robinson Biology4all
    Jonathan Sanderson Planet SciCast
    Claire Simpson University of Leicester
    Stephanie Sinclair Wellcome Trust
    Phil Smith Teacher Scientist Network
    Lucy Spokes STEM TEAM Cambridgeshire
    Libby Steele Royal Society
    Miranda Stephenson National Science Learning Centre
    Christabel Stokes The Physiological Society
    Alice Taylor-Gee British Science Association
    Terri Telford STEMNET
    Charlotte Thorley Royal Society
    Tony Sherborne Science upd8
    Nicola Upton-Swift Science Museum
    Katie Walsh NESTA
    Caitlin Watson Institute of Physics

I’d also like to email all ITT providers for science and all area science co-ordinators, but I don’t have a list of them, despite much searching. The TDA have a list but they refuse to give it to me, saying it’s because of data protection. Actually, of course, the contact details of course organisers are public information and only personal information is covered by data protection, but I didn’t fancy my chances of persuading them of that…

If you have any great ideas on where I can get either list, would be grateful! Otherwise I am going to employ someone for a couple of days to phone bash and get a list.

Does that sound good enough? Will we spread the gospel of I’m a Scientist?