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Southwest washington regional Science Leadership NetworkVickei hrdinaRegional science coordinatorFall meetingsOctober 7, 9 and 14 2014

Welcome!...We will begin in 5 minutesSign-inPlease silence phonesWifi Password : RestroomsParking Lot: www.todaysmeet.com/OctoberSLTDo you have the APP?!?

Outcomes from today1.Engage in discussion on the current stage of implementation of NGSS & develop an action plan to support their building during the transition to the NGSS.2. Participate in and analyze instruction against the intent of NGSS with respect to the current transition plan.

Agenda8:30-9:00 Welcome and Warm-Up Activities9-10Changes to Program - Building Leadership Capacity - Updates11-12NGSS Conceptual Understanding work 12-1Lunch, on your own1-3Now You Sea Ice, Now You Dont3-3:30Evaluations, Action Plans & Clock hoursNormsHonor time constraints- keep to agendaFollow through on commitmentsPay attention to self and others- monitor air time, be fully engaged with tasks, be aware when others want to communicate, allow think time.Respect all ideas, voices, and responsibilitiesBe open to doing things differently

Your Science Frame of referencePurpose of activity: Provide a glimpse into what science looks like in each of our buildings and classrooms.a coordinate system used to represent and measure properties of objects, such as their position and orientation, at different moments of timea complex set of assumptions and attitudes which we use to filter perceptions to create meaning. The frame can include beliefs, schemas, preferences, values, culture and other ways in which we bias our understanding and judgmentYour classroom (the inner circle)Your core supports (the outer circle)Your personal goals and interests (the permeable membrane)Your building or district

Where have we been? Where are you along the path?

Bread Crumbs

Review of Last Years Work: Think about what you learned from those activities. Have you applied anything? What do you need more or less of?

Communication: emails, Wiggio

Updates: Aligning kits, PD, LASER, New Assessment timeline, WSTA conference

Whats in a Name?

Use new assessment timeline from EllenScience Leadership networkPurpose of the Science Leadership NetworkScience teacher leaders will meet regularly throughout the school year. This groups role is to address the following district needs:Act as science teacher leader in their building and district. Participate in 3, full-day meetings arranged by the Regional Science Coordinator. Attend update webinars as necessary. Provide input and information to the LASER Alliance and Science Coordinator regarding the professional development needs in their building. Identify and mentor teachers in the building who need foundational kit training, content courses or other learning opportunities, and direct them to the ESD for professional development. Support the transition to NGSS by informing building staff regularly of news, upcoming science workshops and other professional development activities.Serve as a science advocate within their building and district. Support school-level science enrichment activities that develop a positive science culture in the building and include the family and community as partners.

CBAM-Stages of Concern

What has changed in your building in your stage of concern since the spring?

Where is your building now on this path? Use the dot to indicate.

H/O the Cbam reflection sheet and allow timr to process. Discuss intervention strategies. Time for a 15 MIN Break!!

Are you ready?

Kitchen Tools & Techniques(Practices)An Analogy between 3-Dimensional Learning and CookingBasic Ingredients(Core Ideas)Herbs, Spices, & Seasonings(Crosscutting Concepts)Preparing a Meal(Three dimensional Learning)

Whats your analogy? Someone suggested that crosscutting concepts were more like Herbs, Spices and Seasoning. They provide a flavor that can bring all the pieces together.

12Assessing readiness for teaching with practices Complete the appropriate inventory of proficiencies of Science and Engineering Practices for your grade level. Organize by grade band and share your thoughts, concerns, what you have in common. We will share out in 15 mins.

H/O Activity 8 from facilaitators guide (30-40 mins)Transition planning by grade levelLocate pages titled Science and Engineering Practices in ____GradeAs you read, note any places in your current curriculum (kits) where you are already doing this practice/CCC. Also note when things are new.

Protocol for Reading Transition Documents

For something that is reassuring to you.For something you really like, ormakes you happy. If you have a question about this.

!!!!If something really freaks you out.

H/O transition planning documents

Lunch we will resume at 12:45pm

Teaching and learning in 3 dimensions: observing the intent of NGSSA focus on practices (in the plural) avoids the mistaken impression that there is one distinctive approach common to all science a single scientific method. Framework, pg. 48

Fact: Understanding what NGSS-aligned instruction looks like requires a deep, thorough understanding of the Practices, Crosscutting Concepts as well as Content. This takes practice.

Fact: Your curriculum (the science kits) are not aligned, they will be, but in the meantime focus on locating and making explicit the Practices and CCs illustrated in the kits you have now.

Now you Sea ice, now you dont

Now you Sea ice, now you dontWelcome to Palmer Station, Antarctica Long-Term Ecological Research Project!!1Ornithologists2Oceanographers3Meteorologists4Marine Ecologists5Fisheries BiologistsAs a team of specialists, graph your data, then spend some time interpreting your graph. Have your completed graphs and summaries ready in 20 minutes.

Count off by 5 and organize into Speacialist groups; show videoHome-base research groups

Using the specialist report sheets, each scientist will present the findings from their research data. Use the flowchart cards, construct a flowchart within your home-base using your data as evidenceConsider the following questions: 1. How has the ecosystem of the Antarctic Peninsula changed over the last 50 years? What are the most likely explanations for this change? (CLAIM)2. Is there sufficient evidence to support these explanations? Why or why not? What further questions are left unanswered? (EVIDENCE, REASONING))3. Did your Specialist Group come up with any explanations that you think are unlikely base don the complete story presented in your Home Groups? (REBUTTAL)

Integrating the dimensionsThink-pair-share What aspects of good science teaching were evident in this model activity?Disciplinary Core Ideas Appendix ECrosscutting Concepts Appendix GScience and Engineering Practices Appendix FEquitable Teaching Practices (modifications)Transfer to an upcoming unit or investigation

Modeling (practice) /Systems & Systems models (CC)A system is a group of parts working together to fulfill a purpose or meet a need. A subsystem is a small system that is part of a larger one. Systems can be technological (designed) or natural.

http://alexthegreat.edu.glogster.com/universal-systems-model-ofAction PlanningAction Planning TemplateConsider the short term by next meetingConsider the long-term by end of yearWhat can you do next week?

Evaluations & Postcards from the FutureFill out your postcard to your building principal. Dear _____, During the Science Leadership meeting I was wondering aboutORI thought it would be valuable to share with the staff that.

Participant Survey and clock hours1. Participant Survey http://tinyurl.com/OctSLNTitle of Training SELECT OTHER THEN ENTER: Science Leadership Network Ocean HubCourse Number - 47100Training Date October 9, 2014Number of Hours of Training - 6ESD providing training ESD112

2. Clock Hours Evaluation