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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 Center for Professional Development at BSCS. 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.
She joined the BSCS staff as a curriculum developer in 1983. Since joining BSCS, Nancy has served as the project director of two major curriculum development projects—Science for Life and Living: Integrating Science, Technology, and Health and BSCS Science T.R.A.C.S., both in elementary science education. Within the instructional materials developed at BSCS, she and the project staff incorporated professional development for teachers in the areas of constructivist learning, specifically, the BSCS 5E instructional model; performance assessment; collaborative learning; and inquiry- and standards-based instruction.
Nancy also has served as the director of an NIH-funded curriculum development project that produced curriculum supplements for elementary, middle, and high school students and teachers.
In her role as the division director in professional development, Nancy is the co-principal investigator of the SCI Center, an NSF-funded high school implementation and development center. She has worked with NSTA to develop inquiry-based professional development materials and strategies within NSTA’s Building a Presence for Science program.
Nancy also has experience in the professional development of teachers and has taught courses in science education for Michigan State University and the University of Hawaii. In addition, she has conducted numerous summer institutes and has worked with teachers in many schools and districts, extending from her home town of Fort Dodge, Iowa; to Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii; Bayamon, Puerto Rico; Seoul, Korea; and Singapore.
Nancy is particularly interested in helping teachers make the connections between curriculum implementation, professional development, and student learning, as well as establishing the conditions that make possible the successful implementation of meaningful instructional materials and strategies in science classrooms. |
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