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Professional Development: Workshops and Services

More than ever, science teachers and administrators are challenged to improve school science programs while meeting the requirements for teachers to be considered "highly qualified" as set forth in the "No Child Left Behind" Act. Helping teachers acquire new knowledge and skills is vital to their continued professional development. We offer a variety of professional development workshops to help teachers improve their effectiveness in the classroom. Our consultants are accomplished classroom teachers, science supervisors, and college faculty. All are effective, experienced presenters.

We currently offer workshops on:

  • SEPUP Curriculum Programs
  • Inquiry
  • Assessment
  • Literacy support for science.

 Full-day and half-day programs are available.

A NEW professional development OPPORTUNITY
We’ve recently partnered with the Center for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Learning (CERTL) at Wake Forest University in order to deliver a new workshop series designed especially for new science teachers.

The Effective Middle School Science Teaching (EMSST) program is designed for new and crossover middle-level teachers, teachers who were not science majors, or those teaching needing to make progress toward the – highly qualified – requirement of NCLB. Topics include classroom management, inquiry teaching and learning, assessment, literacy, and effective use of technology. Selected curriculum materials from federally-funded exemplary curriculum projects will be used as examples of best practice and to illustrate key points in pedagogy.

Participating teachers will be assigned an "e-mentor" for dialogue and assistance throughout the school year. Course staff include college faculty and our own certified SEPUP trainers.

Teachers can find our more or register for the course at http://www.certl.org/workshops. Contact your LAB-AIDS regional representative with any questions.

We look forward to working with your teachers, and appreciate your continued interest in our products and services.

Look What Teachers
Are Saying...

SEPUP represents best practice in science teaching. With direction from the National Science Standards, SEPUP provides environmental contexts that stimulate students to act as science practitioners. The performance assessment rubrics allow students to actively participate in the evaluation of their work. Over the year, students develop a broad range of skills including; lab design and investigation skills, communication of science ideas, and evaluation of evidence and tradeoffs.

The science vehicle is delivered through many disciplines: applied math, social perspectives, reading in the content area, and written expression just to name a few. Thorough lesson plans and pre-sorted lab materials ease the time commitment to a reasonable load for the science teacher to bear. I cannot imagine my teaching career without it!

Liz Nelson, Teacher
Tucson, AZ

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