Revised Constitution - January 2012
The Goals of the Society are to:
- improve the design and development of educational tools and processes;
- increase the impact of good design on educational practice;
- build a design community that will forward these goals.
To these ends, ISDDE seeks to:
- work with a simple constitution that will continue to develop with the activities of the Society;
- maintain constructive informality as far as possible;
- encourage local and national initiatives towards the same goals, and collaborate with others.
ISDDE Membership
(Revised April 2012)
ISDDE has two levels of membership: Members and Fellows. Both categories reflect an interest in spreading excellence in design and development in education from the designer, design group leader, or funder perspectives. Both Member and Fellow categories provide access to the annual conference. Only Fellows may run for office in the Executive, participate in elections for the Executive, and have an earlier registration window for the annual conference (which is kept to moderate size for community building). The defining characteristics of Members and Fellows are as follows:
Members
- Experience on a project for the design and development of educational products and/or processes for other people to use
- Design work connected to math or science (broadly construed)
- Interest in the idea of principled design and the development of a shared knowledge base for educational design
- Interest in quality and innovation in the objects being designed (curricular materials, assessments, teacher materials, or teacher development experiences)
Fellows
- Substantial experience on projects for the design and development of educational products and/or processes for other people to use (typically at least 3 projects)
- Design work connected to math or science (broadly construed)
- Interest in the idea of principled design and the development of a shared knowledge base for educational design
- Evidence of quality and innovation in the objects being designed (curricular materials, assessments, teacher materials, or teacher development experiences)
- Evidence of quality and innovation in educational design processes
Application Process
Membership in ISDDE is by application before July 1st each year, and is reviewed by the ISDDE Executive prior to the annual conference. To apply to be a Member or Fellow, submit by email to the Chair of the Executive (schunn@pitt.edu):
- a paragraph that summarizes the ways in which the relevant criteria listed above are met
- a CV
Governance
The Fellows form the ultimate governing body of the Society, electing (from 2008) members of the Executive, and deciding on changes to the Constitution.
From 2008, three new members of the Executive will be elected each year by the Fellows, serving for four years, and eligible for re-election. The new Executive will appoint Officers for the following year.
The Executive
is responsible for running the Society and its activities. It consists of three Officers:
- Executive Chair,
- Vice-Chair and
- Secretary of the Society
who are responsible to the Executive for the administration of the Society's affairs, and at least 9 other members. The Executive may co-opt additional members or invite others to take part for planning specific activities.
The Executive will appoint the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee for each Annual Conference, and act as the International Program Committee. The LOC Chair will join the Executive, chairing when it acts as the IPC.
Subscriptions
will be fixed from time to time by the Executive, as part of their overall responsibility for the Society.
The offices
of the Society are based at the Shell Centre, School of Education, University of Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK. The Shell Centre will provide administrative support for the work of the Society unless and until the Executive decides on other arrangements.
ISDDE fulfils the conditions for a non-profit Society under UK law.
The current members of the Executive (as of January 2012) are:
| Christian Schunn (Executive Chair) | University of Pittsburgh | schunn+@pitt.edu |
|---|---|---|
| Phil Daro (Vice-Chair) | University of California, Berkeley |
pdaro@berkeley.edu |
| Daniel Pead, (Secretary) | University of Nottingham | Daniel.Pead@nottingham.ac.uk |
| Jaqueline Barber | Lawrence Hall of Science | jbarber@berkeley.edu |
| Peter Boon | Freudenthal Institute, University of Utrecht |
p.boon@fi.uu.nl |
| Hugh Burkhardt | University of Nottingham | Hugh.Burkhardt@nottingham.ac.uk |
| Frank Davis | TERC, Cambridge MA | frank_davis@terc.edu |
| Frans van Galen | Freudenthal Institute | frans@fi.uu.n |
| Angela Hall | Nuffield Foundation | ahall@nuffieldfoundation.org |
| Glenda Lappan | Michigan State University | glappan@math.msu.edu |
| Susan McKenney | University of Twente, Netherlands |
S.E.Mckenney@gw.utwente.nl |
| Alan Schoenfeld | University of California, Berkeley |
alans@berkeley.edu |
| Malcolm Swan | University of Nottingham | Malcolm.Swan@nottingham.ac.uk |