Upload
randolf-houston
View
218
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Unlocking Science…AP-2-K: Understanding What It Means To Be Academically Able
NC Department of Public Instruction K-12 Science Section
NC Science Teachers’ Association
41st Annual Professional Development Institute
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Presenter: Jami Inman, High School Consultant
What is AP-2-K all about?
• Implementing vertical K-12 science professional development teams
• Utilizing research-based science resources to clarify national, state and local standards
• Developing learning progressions by back mapping standards from AP to Kindergarten for action-planning
• Implementing formative assessment strategies to identify student understanding and misconceptions in order to guide instruction
• Achieving high levels of learning for all students
Vertical K-12 Science Teams
Foundational Principals:
• Standards
• Equity and Access
• Instruction
• Coordination
• Collaboration
• Enthusiasm
4
Resources
Indicates the resource or parts of it are online
Resources
(continued)
Learning Progressions
• Anchored in strand maps from Project 2061’s Atlas for Scientific Literacy– National Science Digital Library
(NSDL) Science Literacy Maps
• Identifies aligned state/local standards across grade levels
• Example: Natural Selection (CTS Study Guide, Map & Example Assessment formats)
Formative Assessment
North Carolina Formative AssessmentLearning Community Online Network(NCFALCON)• http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/falcon/
• Statewide online professional development series
• Five formative assessment modules for teachers
Formative Assessment Resources
• Science Formative Assessment: 75 Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction and Learning by Page Keeley
• Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol.1-4
• CTS Assessment Probe Scaffold for designing assessment probes and crosswalk to probes
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Vol.2, p. 143
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Vol.4, p. 113
Essential Science for Teachers Produced by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2003
• Annenberg Media video courses – designed for teacher professional development, or
content review– series includes Life Science, Earth and Space
Science and Physical Science.– Life Science series, Session 5. Variation,
Adaptation, and Natural Selection uses in-depth interviews to uncover student ideas
– http://www.learner.org/resources/series179.html
2010-2011 AP-2-K Teams
• Region 1– Pitt County
• Region 2– Duplin County
• Region 3– Johnston County– Durham County– Halifax County
• Region 4– Cumberland County– Moore County– Richmond County– Harnett County
• Region 5– Randolph County– Guilford County
• Region 6– Charlotte/Mecklenburg– Gaston County
• Region 7– Burke County
• Region 8– Buncombe County
K-12 Science Team
Beverly Vance, Section ChiefDebra Hall, K-5 Science ConsultantDonna Kenestrick, K-5 Science
ConsultantJanet Bailey, 6-8 Science ConsultantBenita Tipton, 6-8 Science ConsultantJami Inman, 9-12 Science ConsultantRagan Spain, 9-12 Science Consultant