The support of well-informed and well-prepared administrators can be the difference between classrooms that transform into next generation learning spaces for all students and classrooms that maintain the status quo.
Designed to prepare administrators to be instructional leaders in next generation science and set them up for success in providing essential supports to implementing teachers. A mix of adult-level next generation science learning experiences, analyses of implementation cases, collaborative discourse and planning, and systems thinking. A critical building block in your district’s next generation science implementation plan.
You can’t do this without administrator support, without administrator buy-in, without administrators knowing what to look for in classrooms and without them being able to help teachers get there.
District NGSS Coordinator
California
- Audience: For administrators, leaders, and coaches
- Time: In-person | 1 full day or 2 half-days
Wondering how sites like yours have implemented this course?
District-wide Administrator Development in Lodi, CA
- District science leaders attended a Facilitation Academy for the NGSI: Supporting Science Instruction course at Camp MSS
- District science leaders led the NGSI: Supporting Science Instruction course for K–12 school administrators, district-wide
- MSS professional learning specialists provided Technical Assistance in the planning phases, and observations and feedback during the sessions
Next Generation at High School project
- High school administrators participated in the Supporting Science Instruction course
- All math, science, literacy, and technology teachers at a single high school school participated in the NGSI: Multidimensional Science Education course
- All teachers use the Making Sense of Student Work protocol to support their department PLC meetings
- Science teachers participated in the NGSI: Science & Engineering Practices course and the NGSI: Crosscutting Concepts course
- Science teachers used the High School Supplemental Student Units
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NGSI: Supporting Science Instruction Course Materials
This comprehensive set of materials supports the professional learning in our NGSI: Supporting Science Instruction course.