Transcript Welcome to our Science Vertical Team Meeting

Macomb Science Leadership
Council
January 15, 2015
Macomb Science Leadership Council
The purpose of this group is to provide professional
learning, support, and networking opportunities
for district-level science curriculum and instruction
leaders in Macomb County.
Our work will center on supporting districts as we plan
for the Next Generation Science Standards.
Something I’ve done to
move my district
toward NGSS
readiness….
Move to your group and
discuss your answers:
Something I’ve done in
my own practice to
move myself toward
NGSS readiness….
• K-5 teachers
• 6-12 teachers
• Building Leadership
• District Leadership
Thriving in times of change
It is unreasonable to ask a professional to change
much more than 10 percent a year, but it is
unprofessional to change by much less than 10
percent a year.
~Steven Leinwand
At our last meeting…
Guideposts for Designing Effective
Professional Development
Read
page 5
What are some ways your
district might ensure that
science professional
development is…
…coherent?
…integrated?
…engaged?
…practical?
Developing a Professional Development Plan
What PD
opportunities are
available?
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MISD workshops
Pages 8-13 of book
Webinars
Book study
Call Jen or Mike or
Paul
Etc…
What time might we
capture?
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PLC
Department Mtgs
Staff Mtgs
PD Days
After School
Etc…
What are our
priorities for
this year?
Finding resources from previous meetings
http://www.macombscience.org/science-leadership-council.html
Calling All Science Leaders!
Objectives for today
 NGSS Update:
 MDE Update
 NGSS High School Evidence Statements
 NGSS Classroom Sample Assessment Tasks
 Getting Started in your District:
 NGSS Readiness Pathways and MISD support for 2015-16 and
beyond
 Crosscutting Concepts
 Sharing:
 Supporting each other as we develop readiness pathways for
our districts
NGSS Updates
MDE Updates
 New standards were presented to the State Board of
Education in November as the Michigan Science
Standards
 Adoption vote has been postponed until May
 MISD (along with other ISDs) is moving forward as
if they have been adopted
Architecture of the NGSS
Disciplinary
Core Ideas
Science and
Engineering
Practices
Crosscutting
Concepts
Performance Expectations
Disciplinary
Core Ideas
Where do each of the
three dimensions
show up in the
performance
expectations?
Science and
Engineering
Practices
Crosscutting
Concepts
http://www.nextgenscience.org/hsps-wer-waves-electromagnetic-radiation
NGSS High School Evidence
Statements
Middle School and
Elementary School
Evidence
Statements are
coming soon!
What do you think the
purpose of these
might be?
How might they be
used?
Read pages 3 – 8.
What are the big
ideas?
NGSS/CCSS-M Classroom
Sample Assessment Tasks
Read the
Purpose and
Overview
How might
these be useful
to us?
Scan either the
Middle School
or High School
Task.
What do you
think?
How might
these tools be
useful as we
implement the
NGSS?
Getting Started in your District
A Model for Change
“As-Is” Model
Where are we now?
“To-Be” Model
Where do we want to be?
Culture
Culture
?
Conditions
What’s the plan
Competencies
Conditions
to move toward
the “To-Be”
Model?
Based on Harvard Change Leadership Group
Competencies
Adopting NGSS in your District
Instructional Alignment
Curricular Alignment
3 Dimensional Teaching and
Learning
Disciplinary
Core Ideas
Scope and Sequence
Science and
Engineering
Practices
Crosscutting
Concepts
When do they learn about
volcanoes?
Adopting NGSS in your District
Instructional Alignment
Curricular Alignment
3 Dimensional Teaching and
Learning
Disciplinary
Core Ideas
Scope and Sequence
Science and
Engineering
Practices
Crosscutting
Concepts
When do they learn about
volcanoes?
Some Possible NGSS Readiness Pathways
All dates are
speculative…
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
Option 1
NGSS
Awareness
and
Urgency
Instructional Alignment
Option 2
NGSS
Awareness
and
Urgency
Curricular
and
Instructional
Alignment
Option 3
NGSS
Awareness
and
Urgency
Curricular
Alignment in
grades K, 3, 6,
9
2017-18
2018-19
Adopt
Curricular
Materials
Curricular
Alignment
Instructional Alignment
Curricular
Alignment in
grades 1, 4, 7,
10
Curricular
Alignment in
grades 2, 5, 8,
11
Instructional Alignment
Curricular
Alignment in
grade 12
MISD Support for 2015-16 and
beyond…
High quality professional learning is…
 …job-embedded
 …ongoing and routine
 …impacts student
learning
 …sustained over time
DRAFT Professional Learning Options at
MISD for 2015-16 and Beyond…
Sept
Overview
Day
3-D
Teaching
and
Learning
Action
Research
Oct
Nov
Dec
Managing Exploration and
Modeling
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
K
Physical
Science
Grade 1
Physical
Science
Argument and Explanation
Development
Science and Engineering
Practices with Mathematics
Grade 3
Physical
Science
Grade 4
Physical
Science
Embedding Engineering
Data
Analysis
Day
Grade 2
Physical
Science
Grade 5
Physical
Science
Evening
Learning
Showcase:
Action
Research
Projects
Displayed
Example: 3rd grade teacher registers for
Managing Exploration and Modeling
Sept
Overview
Day
3-D
Teaching
and
Learning
Action
Research
Oct
Nov
Dec
Managing Exploration and
Modeling
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
K
Physical
Science
Grade 1
Physical
Science
Argument and Explanation
Development
Science and Engineering
Practices with Mathematics
Grade 3
Physical
Science
Grade 4
Physical
Science
Embedding Engineering
Data
Analysis
Day
Grade 2
Physical
Science
Grade 5
Physical
Science
Evening
Learning
Showcase:
Action
Research
Projects
Displayed
Example: 3rd grade teacher registers for
Managing Exploration and Modeling
Sept
Overview
Day
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Apr
May
Managing Exploration and
Modeling
3-D
Teaching
and
Learning
Action
Research
Mar
Data
Analysis
Day
5 Full days
and one
evening
Grade 3
Physical
Science
Evening
Learning
Showcase:
Action
Research
Projects
Displayed
Example: 5th grade teacher registers for
Embedding Engineering
Sept
Overview
Day
3-D
Teaching
and
Learning
Action
Research
Oct
Nov
Dec
Managing Exploration and
Modeling
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
K
Physical
Science
Grade 1
Physical
Science
Argument and Explanation
Development
Science and Engineering
Practices with Mathematics
Grade 3
Physical
Science
Grade 4
Physical
Science
Embedding Engineering
Data
Analysis
Day
Grade 2
Physical
Science
Grade 5
Physical
Science
Evening
Learning
Showcase:
Action
Research
Projects
Displayed
Example: 5th grade teacher registers for
Embedding Engineering
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Overview
Day
3-D
Teaching
and
Learning
5 Full days
and one
evening
Data
Analysis
Day
Action
Research
Embedding Engineering
Grade 5
Physical
Science
Evening
Learning
Showcase:
Action
Research
Projects
Displayed
Other MISD Support
 NGSS Readiness
Pathway Development
(15-16)
 Administrator
Workshops (15-16)
 K-5 Content Area
Workshops in Life and
Earth Science (16-17, 1718)
 Middle School Content
Area Workshops (16-17)
Getting Started in your District
Activity 9: Exploring Crosscutting Concepts
For your crosscutting concept, sort
your cards into a developmental
progression.
Activity 9: Exploring Crosscutting Concepts
What did you notice about the
progressions?
How does this connect to your
current practice?
Brainstorm some possible benefits
to helping students understand
how individual course content is
related to crosscutting concepts.
Activity 9: Exploring Crosscutting Concepts
When might you use
an activity like this
one?
Pages 81-84
What might you add to
your district
professional learning
plan?
Sharing
What is most important
right now?
What additions might
you make to your district
PD plan?
Move to your group and
discuss your answers:
• K-5 teachers
• 6-12 teachers
• Building Leadership
• District Leadership
Calling All Science Leaders!
Science Leadership Council
2014-15
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
JANUARY 15, 2015
APRIL 16, 2015
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Questions?
Paul Drummond
[email protected]
Jennifer Gottlieb
[email protected]
Mike Klein
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