The BSCS instructional materials are rich with a clean story line that my students find engaging. The professional development opportunities have moved the teachers in my department to a new level of understanding inquiry.
Scientific Instructional Learning Teams (SILT) – Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, Kentucky
- Provide professional learning opportunities for teachers to deepen their understandings and abilities to support students making meaning of science content
- Working to develop model teachers and classrooms that exemplify best practices that support student meaning making of science
- Working to develop small professional learning communities that provide a reflective space for teachers to share and learn from each other around best practices that support students making meaning of science
- Working to develop the next generation of science leaders in the Jefferson County Public School district
BSCS is working with teachers in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS):
- through the development of curriculum support documents that embed opportunities for students to write and discuss their scientific understandings;
- through the development of professional learning opportunities that focus on analyzing teacher practice and student artifacts to inform teacher practice;
- through the development of video-cases that articulate best practices around supporting student meaning making of science; and
- by supporting (through coaching) the growth of the future district and teacher leaders of JCPS.
This is a two-year program that supports both middle and high school science teachers.
For more information, contact BSCS at info@bscs.org.
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