The way some districts approach Professional Development may not always be the best, and they tend to use the same methods, the same materials, and look at it in the same way, year after year. In this post, we interview Lacey Eckels, Science Instructional Lead at Jefferson County Public Schools, and unpack how they use Curriculum-Based Professional Learning. With …
The NGSS isn’t about students writing CER statements. If we look closely at the standards, we might be able to see a few elements of a single SEP that asks students to do this. We are aware that even though some standards focus on the DCI, the main goal of the NGSS is to have …
How can we be more intentional with lesson planning and effectively remediate students where they need some support. In this post, we’ll walk you through the K-12 progressions and analyze how ideas progress from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Performance Expectation vs K-12 Progressions You’re probably most familiar with the NGSS through the Performance Expectations (PEs), …
Prior to the NGSS, science standards looked at knowledge in isolation. To understand if students “knew” or “understood” what was taught in class, teacher assessments centered around the content that students had been explicitly taught in class. A Framework for Future Scientists Scientists and engineers don’t use knowledge in isolation. A scientist’s job does not …