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Nancy M. Landes
Director of Center for Professional Development
nlandes@bscs.org
Nancy M. Landes currently serves as the director of the BSCS Center for Professional Development. She began her professional career as a classroom teacher. She has a Master of Arts degree in curriculum and instruction and a Ph.D. in science education from Michigan State University.
Nancy joined the BSCS staff as a curriculum developer in 1983. Since joining BSCS, she has directed a number of projects, both in curriculum and professional development. Specifically, Nancy served as the project director of two major curriculum development projects—Science for Life and Living: Integrating Science, Technology, and Health and BSCS Science TRACKS, both in elementary science education. She was part of the team that developed the BSCS 5E instructional model in the mid-1980’s and helped cultivate the organization’s use of collaborative learning, formative assessment, and inquiry-based strategies for teaching and learning. She also served as the co-principal investigator of an NSF-funded high school implementation and dissemination project that produced the BSCS National Academy for Curriculum Leadership (NACL).
In her role as the center director, Nancy continues to offer guidance in defining what it means to provide “BSCS professional development” in science for teachers and other instructional leaders. She is supported in these efforts by her BSCS colleagues who are dedicated, skilled professional development providers. She hopes that anyone who interacts with the BSCS Center for Professional Development comes away with a renewed sense of purpose and a dedication to inquiry-based learning and teaching through the implementation of high-quality instructional materials.
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