Welcome !

ACC Collaborative2009 – 2010

Patty McLelland Hutto ISD Project DirectorScience Instructional Team Curriculum Coordinator Member

Dr. Margaret Reid ACC Project DirectorChemistry Professor

Jean Martin Round Rock ISD FacilitatorLead Curriculum Specialist, Elem. Science

April Sweet Round Rock ISD Instructional Team 5th Grade Teacher Member

Lori Reemts Pflugerville ISD Instructional Team Coordinator of MemberElementary Science

DATE NIGHT !Find your Wednesday Date…

and…

•Be ready to introduce yourself

•Be ready for conversation (bring your “I am just…” statement)

•Briefly introduce yourself (grade level, school district, school, etc

•Share your “I am just…” statements

•Read the cards with your date

•Discuss which cards belong within a profession

•Be able to share your reasoning

Parking Lot

Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellencein Science and Mathematics Teachingis an award-winning network of P-16

partnerships that provide sustained, high intensityprofessional development to P-12

teachers of science and mathematics.

ACC Collaborative2009 – 2010

Texas Regional Collaboratives

ACC Regional Collaborative

Pflugerville ISD Hutto ISD Round Rock ISD Austin CommunityCollege

Instructional TeamMember (ITM)

Instructional TeamMember (ITM)

Instructional TeamMember (ITM)

Science TeacherMentor (STM)

Science TeacherMentor (STM)

Science TeacherMentor (STM)

Cadre Members (CM)

Cadre Members (CM)

Cadre Members (CM)

Students Students Students

TRC

Professional

Development

AcademiesITMs

STMs

CMs

Professional

Development

Sessions

Campus PD

and Support

T-O-T Model

Building Capacity

Adding Resources

Support

Science Teacher Mentors (STMs)

•Attend 105 Professional Development (Science) hours•Including designated “required” sessions

•Turn-around 12 professional development hours to CMs

•Utilize resources and implement learning

•Keep track of PD attended and presented

•Complete required paperwork*•ACC Application Form•Participant Information Form(s)

•Be an advocate on campus

*Local ISD will provide more information

ACC Collaborative – General CalendarMixture of ISDs together and ISDs separate

Summer Opportunities to Note:

• June 15 - 19 Hutto ISD 40 hr Elem. Chemistry

• June 22 – 26 UT 40 hr Energy

• June 22 OR PISD 3 hr (PISD, RRISD) NSTA kick-off July 21 OR (attend 1 session) August 13

Others include:

~Various local PD offerings ~Project Wild (PISD August 12) ~Project Learning Tree (PISD August)

ACC Collaborative – General Calendar4 Substitute Days

•September 29, 2009 [PISD]

•December 8, 2009 [PISD]

•Day 3 & 4 held locally

New TEKS DissectionVertical and Horizontal

Alignment

3 Saturdays

•October 10, 2009 [ACC]

•November 21, 2009 [RRISD]

•January 30, 2010 [ACC]

ACC Collaborative…•Deeper into ELA integration and implementation of science notebooks•Texas Mathematics & Science Diagnostic System (TMSDS)•Formative Assessments•Physical Science (chemistry)•Vertical and Horizontal Articulation of the new TEKS•Curriculum and TAKS implications•Project Learning Tree•Project WILD•Elementary Physical Science Modules, with an emphasis on Chemistry•Science Mentor Models•Science Safety•Elementary Energy (partner with UT)•National Science Teachers Association On-line Learning Environments•Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (Galveston)•Texas Council of Elementary Science (Sea World)•Boston Museum of Science - Engineering is Elementary (EiE)•TAKScopes•Probeware

Establishing Norms

•how team members will interact, communicate, and conduct themselves as members of the team

•they help team members agree on how they'd like to get along before situations emerge that might otherwise prevent them from getting along.

DATE NIGHT !

Quickly find your Friday Date…

•As a double date, spend 3 to 5 minute brainstorming general “norms” for the collaborative.

•Sharing

•As a double date, take 2 minutes and decide on top three “norm” choices. One member place a colored dot next to each of their 3 choices.

You are with your date but see your

friends right next to you. You decide to

double-date.

In Summary…

•Parking Lot

•Introduced ourselves and met our collaborative members

•ACC structure

•General Roles (ITM, STM, CM)

•General Expectations

•Calendar Overview

•Established Norms

On way out, meet briefly in your district groups and “park” any questions or comments you have in the Parking Lot.

A final, humorous video…