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 Leading Professional Development in Science Education
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Philadelphia Doubletree Hotel,
Philadelphia, PA
The National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA) presents a Professional Development Institute focused on the best practices in professional development for science education reform.
Come join us the National Science Education Leadership Association as the nation's science education leaders come together to share and learn. Start off your NSTA experience in Philadelphia with your own special day of professional development. Choose from ten focused sessions led by top national leaders. Breakfast and lunch are included. Sessions Download long descriptions of the sessions and presenters (pdf)
Session 1: Creating Experiences for Science Learning and Leading – 6 hours
K-20 Center, University of Oklahoma – Linda Atkinson, Jean Cate, and Janis Slater
This interactive session will immerse participants in examining elements of a successful leadership-building model that fosters science leadership through authentic teaching/learning and inquiry-targeted, collaborative instructional supervision.
Session 2: Immersion into a Research-Aligned Framework and Tools to Deepen Teacher and Student Understanding – 6 hours
Anne L. Tweed, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) and Susan Koba, Science Education Consultant
Immerse yourself in our research-based framework and tools, apply the thinking to a hard-to-teach topic, and consider how to use the work in your context.
Session 3: Professional Learning Communities for Science Teaching – 6 hours
WestEd – Susan Mundry and Katherine Stiles
This session introduces models of professional learning communities (PLCs) for science teachers. Participants learn what professional learning communities are and gain science-specific strategies to use within PLCs.
Session 4: Supporting Teaching and Learning through Project Based Learning – 6 hours
Texas High School Project T-STEM Initiative – Reo Pruiett and Dee Chambliss
Learn how Project Based Learning (PBL) addresses cross personalization and community engagement, as well as incorporating 21st Century Skills within a STEM environment.
Session 5: Enhancing Professional Learning Communities with Curriculum Topic Study – 3 hours morning
Maine Mathematics & Science Alliance –Joyce Tugel
Experience conducting a Curriculum Topic Study within the context of a mock professional learning community using the topic of experimental design.
Session 6: Developing Science Reasoning in the Elementary Classroom: The Role of Talk and Writing in Inquiry Based Science – 3 hours morning
Education Development Center – Karen Worth, Jeff Winokur, and Martha Heller-Winokur
Participants will analyze classroom video and notebook samples and discuss how talk and writing support science reasoning at the elementary level.
Session 7: Using the AAAS Atlas and the NSDL to Improve Teacher Content Understanding and Curricular Coherence – 3 hours morning
Math, Science, and Kids! Our Future – University of Cincinnati – Ted Fowler and Kathie Maynard
Science curricula are improved through articulation of content “big ideas.” Approaches to make the AAAS Atlas and NSDL understandable for science teachers will be demonstrated.
Session 8: Exploring 21st Century Skills: How Technology is Changing Teacher Professional Development - 3 hours afternoon
National Science Digital Library – Susan Van Gundy, Robert Payo, and Jessica Fries-Gaither
Exploring resources and tools supporting 21st century professional development models for content and instructional technology training. Includes strategies applicable to your own professional development programs.
Session 9: Determining Students’ Understanding With Standards-Based Assessment Items – 3 hours afternoon
AAAS Project 2061 –Ted Willard
Learn about Project 2061's work aligning assessment items to learning goals and what we have learned about commonly held student ideas in several topics.
Session 10: Reforming Research and Practices in Science Education - Exemplars and Best Bets for Changing How and What We Teach - 3 hours afternoon
Download the Presentation (pdf)
Pennsylvania State University – Richard Duschl
The NRC report Taking Science to School and companion practitioners' volume Ready, Set Science! recommend new models and strategies for the design of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. In this session, 'Exemplars and Best Bets' of programs and practices will be shared, examined, and discussed.
Luncheon Presentation
A Cascade of Influences: the Relationships among Teacher Professional Development, Teachers, Classrooms, and Students
West-Ed – Mayumi Shinohara
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