The National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA) presents a Professional Development Institute focused on the best practices in professional development for science education reform.
The PDI will consist of six broad strands that all support different aspects of leading professional development in science education. Each strand will involve either one six-hour session (divided into two segments) or two separate three-hour sessions. The sessions are (download long descriptions - pdf):
Building Systems for Quality Teaching and Learning: A Simulation on Designing and Providing Professional Development Programs in Science
THIS SESSION IS FULL
Susan Mundry and Kathy Stiles (WEST ED)
This session will engage participants in an interactive simulation designed to build understanding of effective professional development for science teachers.
Bridging the Learning Gap: Continuous Assessment
Nan Dempsey, Betty Hadden and Beth Weatherly (MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE UNIT, SC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)
Join us as we explore the critical components (peer & self-assessment, specific criteria, questioning, feedback) of assessment for student learning.
Preparing Teacher Leaders to Facilitate Professional Learning Communities
Nancy R. Bunt and Gabriela Rose (ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT)
SWPA MSP prepared 600 Teacher Leaders to guide colleagues. Explore lessons learned via LEADS: Learning, Explicitness, Assessment, De-Briefing, and Support.
Effective Instruction for Raising Achievement of English Learners In Science Classrooms
Jerry Valadez and Ana G. Lopez (FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT)
This interactive workshop will focus on how administrators and science teachers can support literacy achievement, science achievement, and English Language acquisition through standards-based science instruction.
Using Data To Identify and Benchmark Individualized Professional Development
Diana Nunnaley and Terry Lashley (SOUTHEAST EDUCATIONAL, INCORPORATED)
This high-energy active session will engage participants as they use data tools and processes designed to help improve student achievement.
Evidence, Reasoning & Rigorous Thinking in Science: Writing Argumentation in the Secondary Science Classroom
Richard D. McCallum (UC BERKELEY) and Arthur Beauchamp (UC DAVIS & SACRAMENTO)
Come re-discovered the powerful role that student writing can play in shaping teacher’s thinking about student conceptual development, and their own approach to instruction!
Research Proven Strategies for Building School-University Partnerships to Improve K-12 STEM Education
Linda Atkinson, Jean Cate, Janis Slater (UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA) and Jo Anne Vasquez, John Horan, Nora Ramirez, Larry Dukerich (CRESMET, AZ STATE UNIVERSITY)
This interactive session will highlight effective university and K12 partnerships and involve participants in activities demonstrating professional development models, strategies, and outreach to impact teaching and learning.
Understanding Science: Deepening Teacher Content and Pedagogical Knowledge through Collaborative Inquiry and Case Discussions
Kirsten R. Dachler and Mayumi Shinohara (WEST ED)
Experience professional development that provides teachers with opportunities to actively learn science in combination with student thinking and teaching.
Using Project 2061’s Tools for Science Literacy
Ted Willard (AAAS PROJECT 2061)
Use the Atlas of Science Literacy and other Project 2061 Tools to improve the focus and coherence of the science curriculum.
What were they thinking? – Using Formative Assessment to Examine Students’ Ideas in Science
Joyce Tugel and S. Page Keeley (MAINE MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE ALLIANCE)
Learn ways to build teachers’ capacity to make informed instructional decisions by using a variety of techniques to examine student thinking.
Online Professional Development: Program Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation
Robert V. Steiner, Rosamond Kinzler, Maritza Macdonald, David Randle Armistead Booker, Katie Rasmussen and Eric Hamilton (AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY)
This session is designed for science leaders interested in learning more about online professional development, including program creation, course models, partnerships, funding, operational issues and evaluation.
If you have questions about the program, please contact Jim Short, Chair of the NSELA Professional Development Committee at 212-769-5139 or jshort@amnh.org.
The 2009 NSELA Professional Development Institute (PDI) on “Leading Professional Development in Science Education” will be held in New Orleans on Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Submit an RFP by June 15, 2008.
2008 Professional Development Institute