Northeast Alliance
5. Professional Development Trainings
Christine Tuckerman
Director
Center for School Improvement
Educational Service District 101
4202 South Regal St.
Spokane, WA 99223
Voice: 509-789-3526
Fax: 509-456-2999
ctuckerman@esd101.net
Jonathan Hanson
Math/Science Specialist
Educational Service District 101
4202 South Regal
Spokane, WA 99223
Voice: 509-323-2739
Fax: 509-323-2785
jhanson@esd101.net
North East Washington Science Education Resource Center (NEWSERC) is housed at ESD 101 in Spokane.
ESD 101 is the largest, geographically, of the nine ESD regions in Washington. There is vast diversity in size and geographic isolation among districts. The main goal of NEWSERC is to provide high quality materials and professional development science education resources to all schools in the ESD region both large and small.
Educational Service District 101 and nine school districts have formed the Northeast Washington LASER Alliance to support K-12 science education in the ESD 101 region. Those same districts will form a materials refurbishment cooperative housed at ESD 101. Although NEWSERC is starting with nine districts it is hoped that many more will soon join as their circumstances permit.
In year one of operation, NEWSERC will support 100 teachers in grades K-6 Foss physical science kits implementation through providing professional development, purchasing and refurbishment services, and teacher leader development. Year two will serve 200 teachers and will provide support for implementation of earth science and physical science kits.
North East Area Participants and Presenters
at
Strategic Planning
NEWSERC Organizational Meeting
Northeast Washington LASER Alliance Members
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Central Valley (2008) Cheney (2005) Chewelah (2006) Colfax (2007) Columbia (2007) Curlew (2007) Cusick (2005) Deer Park (2007) East Valley (2005) Freeman (2008) Inchelium (2007) Lind (2007) Mary Walker (2007) Medical Lake (2005) Nine Mile Falls (2006) Northport (2005) Odessa (2007) Pullman (2005) Reardan Edwall (2005) Republic (2007) Ritzville (2008) Rosalia (2005) Selkirk (2007) Wellpinit (2007) West Valley (2007) |
Material Supported
The instructional materials (kits) supported by Northeast LASER Alliance are shown here.
| Grade | Physical Science | Earth Science | Life Science |
|---|---|---|---|
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FOSS |
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K |
Wood and paper |
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Animals Two by Two |
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1-2 |
Solids and Liquids |
Air and Weather |
New Plants |
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3-4 |
Magnetism and Electricity |
Water |
Human Body |
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3-4 |
Physics of Sound |
Earth Materials |
Structures of Life |
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5-6 |
Levers and Pulleys |
Landforms |
Food and Nutrition |
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FOSS/STC |
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6 (Middle) |
Light |
Planetary Science |
Diversity of Life |
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7 (Middle) |
Energy, Machines and Motion |
Catastrophic Events |
Human Body System |
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8 (Middle) |
Properties of Matter |
Earth History |
Populations and Ecosystems |
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5. Professional Development Trainings
The initial kit trainings the Northeast Washington LASER Alliance are designed to address the attributes of high quality science teachers. The Alliance started in 2005 offering three levels of physical trainings and then added the earth science trainings in 2006-2007 and in 2007-2008 will add the life science trainings. The K-6 professional development workshops Northeast LASER Alliance will offer during the 2007-2009 are shown in Table 1.
Table 1: FOSS K-6 kit Trainings
| Physical Science (year one) | |
|---|---|
| Training (I) initial kit use, note booking, alignment, assessment, learning cycle | 6 hrs. |
| Training (II) invloves inquiry, learning cycle, note booking, assessment, alignment | 6 hrs. |
| Training (III) invloves content alignment and assessment | 6 hrs. |
Earth Science (year two) |
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| Training (I) involvess initial kit use, note booking, alignment, assessment, learning cycle | 6 hrs. |
| Training (II) involves note booking, assessment, alignment, learing cycle | 6 hrs. |
| Training (III) involves content, alignment and assessment | 6 hrs. |
Life Science (year three) |
|
| Training (I) involves initial kit use, note booking, alignment, assessment, learning cycle | 6 hrs. |
| Training (II) involves integration, learning cycle, note booking, assessment, alignment | 6 hrs. |
| Training (III) involves content, alignment and assessment | 6 hrs. |
The 6-8 professional development workshops Northeast LASER Alliance will offer during 2007-2009 are shown in Table 2.
Table 2:FOSS/STC 6-8 kit Trainings
| Physical Science (year one) | |
|---|---|
| Training (I) initial kit use, inquiry, note booking, alignment, assessment, learning cycle | 6 hrs. |
| Training (II) inital kit use, inquiry, note booking, alignment and assessment | 6 hrs. |
| Training (III) involves reflection, sharing, alignment and assessment | 6 hrs. |
Earth Science (year two) |
|
| Training (I) initial kit use, note booking, alignment, assessment, learning cycle | 6 hrs. |
Training (II) initial kit use, note
booking, inquiry and assessment |
6 hrs. |
| Training (III) invloves reflection, sharing, alignment, and assessment | 6 hrs. |
Life Science (year three) |
|
| Training (I) initial kit use, note booking, alignment, assessment, learning cycle | 6 hrs. |
| Training (II) initial kit use, inquiry, note booking, alignment, assessment | 6 hrs. |
| Training (III) involves reflection, sharing, alignment and assessment | 6 hrs. |
For the latest information on training dates and locations, please check this website: http://csi.esd101.net/workshops.htm
Last updated 2/15/2008