Materials Support Assessment Professional Development Community/ Administrative Involvement Curriculum Materials Science: It’s Elementary Bringing science

Materials Support Assessment

Professional Development

Community/ Administrative

Involvement

Curriculum Materials

Science: It’s Elementary

Bringing science to life at an early age . . .




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Curriculum Materials Assessment

Community/ Administrative Involvement

$13.5 million appropriation to improve K-6 science education statewide.

SIE is a Pennsylvania

Department of Education

program replicating the

successful hands-on, inquiry-

based teaching and learning

approach implemented by

ASSET Inc.




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2,600

Teachers

120

Districts

8

Regions




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59,000 students are experiencing hands-on, minds-on

science




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Teacher Professional Development

Cohort 2 Teachers:• 3-days of rigorous, hands-on

learning

• Standards-based teaching methods

• Maximizing knowledge of learning strategies

– Inquiry-based teaching– Science Notebooks




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Teacher Professional Development

Cohort 1 Teachers:• 2-days of module enrichment

on their first module

• 2-day session on a second module




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Insights

FOSS

STC

Insights

FOSS

STC

Standards-Based Curriculum Materials

• Aligned with national and state science education standards

• Developed using a rigorous research and development process

• Assessed and reviewed by master teachers, scientists and engineers

• Enable students to apply newly learned concepts and skills to their everyday lives




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With ASSET Professional Development, classroom teachers become more empowerededucators, using hands-on inquiry to trulyengage young minds in the sciences, becausesessions are:

• Created by teachers for teachers

• Designed to meet national and state education standards

• Aligned specifically with the topics teachers need to cover




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With ASSET’s Materials Support Center, materials are

stored, refurbished and shipped directly to the school district, allowing teachers to

do what they do best… Teach!




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Student and Program Assessment are essential to continuously improving teaching and learning

Horizon Research, Inc. is conducting an

external evaluation of Science: It’s

Elementary:

• Student pre- and post-tests

• Teacher professional development

• Classroom observations




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After a year of implementation Science: It’s Elementary is already making a difference

• 95% of teachers indicated that SIE professional development (PD) increased their confidence in teaching science.

• Students who received instruction while using the SIE-provided module scored significantly higher on four of the six modules.

• Students of teachers who participated in all three days of SIE professional development scored even higher on the post-test than those of teachers who participated in only two days of professional development.

*For a full report on Horizon Research, Inc.’s Year One Evaluation Report, contact ASSET’s office.




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To improve the learning and teaching

of science…

Support and partnerships from the following are a

necessity:

• foundations

• legislators

• corporations

• parents

• community members

• school districts

• academic institutions




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Showcase of Student Learning

During a Showcase, you’ll actively engage in investigations from the Science: It’s Elementary

modules that highlight important science concepts

sparked by hands-on, inquiry-based learning.

Documents

Materials Support Assessment Professional Development Community/ Administrative Involvement Curriculum Materials Science: It’s Elementary Bringing science