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Experience next generation classroom culture and instructional models. Dig into the benefits and challenges of next generation science teaching and learning. Plan for implementing innovations at your site. Paired with personalized technical assistance and site observations to monitor and evaluate progress.
Included in the Leadership Cadre series is the Leading Professional Learning simulation developed by Katherine Stiles, Susan Mundry, and Carol Bershad.
Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.
Albert Einstein
- Audience: For mixed school and district teams (admin, coaches, teachers)
- Time: Format varies | typically four 2-day in-person sessions, plus site-based observations, personalized remote coaching, and technical assistance
- Download the Next Generation Schools Leadership Cadre overview to learn more about the professional learning options available.
Wondering how sites like yours have implemented this course?
Programs are designed to meet the specific goals of our schools and districts. Topics are customized and can include these, among others:
- Single-day professional learning for administrators to explore change management
- Several multi-day professional learning for teachers and coaches focused on science content and pedagogy.
- Classroom observations & data analysis
- Teacher Professional Learning Community (PLC) protocols & training
- School & district-level technical assistance
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Demonstrating Positive Impact on Leadership at All Levels
MSS teacher leaders develop a deep familiarity with Next Generation Science Standards and make plans to stay in the teaching profession more than their colleagues. Through leadership professional learning, they are able to support other teachers and advocate for increased science support at their sites.
Dimensions of Science Education
By engaging in learning this way, students develop skills in the practices of science and engineering, adopt the habits of thinking of scientists and engineers, and gain science and engineering knowledge.
Transforming Science Classrooms
MSS teacher professional learning affects students' opportunities to learn by supporting teachers in changing what they teach, and how they teach it.