As you settle in…€¦ · Based on your Existing programs Based on your developing programs Grade...

As you settle in…

You may wish to Download

Prepare

(or open) NGSS, TEKS on your

laptop/phone

If you use NM or other standards, feel

free to open those files instead

A program outline you want to align to

standards

TEKS App for your mobile phone

A QR reader or open a browser if you

do not have one..

Wifi is TBD

Are You My Match? EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE STANDARDS RESEARCH AND PD PLANNING

MANDY KIRCHGESSNER, ED.D.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSIGHTS EL PASO SCIENCE CENTER

MANDYK@INSIGHTSELPASO.ORG MANDYK@INFORMALLEARNINGCONSULTING.COM

Topics and Workshop Activities

A. Standards Alignment: Tools and

Practice

B. Key Subject Identification: Meeting

Teacher’s Needs

C. Engaging and Maintaining Teacher

Communication: Discussion

0A B Chttp://INFsciED.participoll.com/

When We Say Standards…

Teachers Students Interpreters

But really…

How familiar are you with the Standards?

A. I’m a previous Formal Educator

(aka Teacher).

B. I’ve been to training.

C. I’m self-taught.

D. I feel like I’m looking for a

needle in a haystack. Where do

I begin?

0A B C Dhttp://INFsciED.participoll.com/

What experience do you have with

Standards Alignment?

A. I’ve never done this before.

B. I’m a beginner.

C. I’ve done this for a while now.

D. I’ve done this so much I can do

it in my sleep.

0A B C Dhttp://INFsciED.participoll.com/

How connected are your programs to

Standards?

A. It keeps getting pushed to the bottom of my to-do list…

B. Have tried, but not gotten far…

C. We’ve done some, but not all I would like…

D. I’m satisfied with our standards-connections.

E. Are you kidding? I am/my team is a pro!

0A B C D Ehttp://INFsciED.participoll.com/

Texas Education Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Standards

Alignment

DON’T REINVENT THE WHEEL

FIND THE CONNECTIONS

The Tools

Your Program Outline May have the bones

The Tools

Your Program Text can be quickly dissected

Wordle.com

The Tools

Your Program Outline

Wordle.com

TEKS App

The Tools

Your Program Outline

Wordle.com

TEKS App

TEKS & NGSS files

Science

Math

Tech

History

English

The Tools

Your Program Outline

Wordle.com

TEKS App

TEKS & NGSS files

Science

Math

Tech

History

English

CTRL + F 4

Let’s give it a tryPick your key word, then a platform… TEKS App… Online File… Saved File…

Help making the

connections…

Staff

Volunteer

Intern

Teachers

Pre-Service Teachers

…Requires infrastructure.

Topic

IdentificationMEETING TEACHERS NEEDS

WITHIN YOUR MISSION

Existing Resources

Science Misconceptions*

National

State

STAAR

Grade 5

Grade 8

EOC’s

Physics

Biology

Chemistry

Technology Deficient

Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans

Soliciting Information

Getting the information

Surveys to Existing teachers

Simple email

1 question, 1-3 responses

Survey Monkey (<10 ?s)

Incentives

How many teachers?

Looking at the results

mQliqer or other audience survey

software

Networks to solicit

Existing listserves

District Science/Tech leads

Science Teacher Clubs

In-service Days

Teacher’s already in PD

Strategies to Surveying

Content

Prescribed Responses

Based on Misconceptions

Based on your Existing programs

Based on your developing programs

Grade level/topics

Open-Ended to science

Open-Ended to all educators

Sample “Of the following… which is most important to you?”

Adaptation, lunar cycle, cell function, food webs

Kitchen Chemistry, dinosaurs…

Robotics, coding with Arduino…

Science for K-3, 4-6, 7-8, Biology, Chemistry, Physics

What two topics, developed as a PD, would benefit you and your students most

(Keep in mind we can do technology, interdisciplinary and other non-science-centered topics)

Keeping

Engagement

Strong

MUTUALLY BENEFIT WITH

SIMPLE PRACTICES

How do we keep teachers engaged?

Newsletter

Monthly Club

Skype webinar

In-Person Webinar

FaceBook Page with shared content*

FB Live!

Google Groups?

Other…?

*great for limited resources

Other resources

Informal-Formal

Collaboration IdeasConnected Science Learning http://www.nsta.org/publications/csl/

ID’ing Misconceptionshttp://newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/pages/miscon/subject-index.php

Technologies Used• PowerPoint-friendly Audience

Polling

• ParticiPoll (free or $99/yr)

• QR Code Generator

• http://www.qr-code-

generator.com/

• SurveyMonkey.com

• Free account = 10 questions

• Automated analysis – intuitive

and easy!

Standards Linkshttp://www.nextgenscience.org/print/121

http://tea.texas.gov/index2.aspx?id=6148

http://www.ped.state.nm.us/standards/