Time is running out on Early-Bird Registration to the OSTA Fall Staff Development Conference November 6th. The registration fee goes up $10 on October 16th!
The Keynote speaker is Dr. Dwight Adams, The head of the UCO Forensic Science Institute. Dr. Adams retired with 23 years from the FBI after serving as Director of the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, the largest and most complex laboratory of its kind in the world.
Dr. Adams was a member of the FBI’s research team that developed the DNA techniques first used in 1988. He has testified as a DNA expert in federal, state and local courts for the prosecution and defense in excess of 130 times. He also served on the national DNA Advisory Board responsible for creating standards governing all DNA testing crime laboratories in the U.S and was a member of the Attorney General’s National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence. Dr. Adams oversaw the creation of the National DNA database linking 175 crime laboratories and responsible for solving or aiding more than 80,000 cases nationwide.
In conjunction with Dr. Adams’ presentation, the UCO Forensic Science Institute will provide a morning strand with hands-on activities for teachers to be held in the new UCO Forensic Science Institute. Teachers will need to preregister for this strand as there are a limited number of seats and space is offered on a first come, first served basis. Early-Bird registrants to the conference have the best chance of snagging a place in this strand. Preregistration for the Forensic Science Strand is a option that can be selected while you are registering for the conference using OSTA’s on-line conference registration system. Click the Conference tab to register on-line.
This is the most important staff development event for science teachers to be held in Oklahoma this year. Don’t miss it!