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Professional Development Provider Institutes

This Professional Development (PD) Provider Institute is the first in the series and is a four-day experience designed to support you as a PD leader by deepening your knowledge, increasing your confidence, and enhancing your abilities to support the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the recommendations put forth in A Framework for K-12 Science Education.

Upcoming Institute

Details:

Institute Goals: 

  • Enhance knowledge of research and literature underpinning the Next Generation Science Standards and increase ability to support teachers as they translate research into the classroom;
  • increase capacity to support teachers in using routines, strategies, tools, and processes for enacting teaching and learning for next generation science; and
  • strengthen ability to design and lead professional learning programs that support teachers in taking on the instructional shifts called for in NRC’s Framework and the NGSS.

Who should Participate:

  • District science leaders
  • Teacher leaders
  • Science consultants
  • University faculty
  • PD leaders from informal science education institutions

What are the benefits?

After participating in the program, PD providers will be able to:

  • plan, lead, and evaluate workshops that help teachers enact three-dimensional teaching and learning in their classrooms;
  • use a variety of “close-to-the-classroom” routines and strategies to support teachers in strengthening their classroom practice;
  • monitor and adjust plans based on data and understandings about leading change; and
  • increase intentionality in leadership practices.

Costs:

  • Individuals and teams: Registration is $1,600/person or $1,500/person for teams of two or more. The registration fee covers institute materials and lunch each day.

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