The calendar below shows the professional learning events hosted by OpenSciEd and our Certified Professional Learning partners.
As schools around the country struggle with uncertainty, many states continue their efforts to implement three-dimensional science standards, a difficult process under the best of conditions. Join us for an edLeader Panel to discuss how educators can highlight the value of science education and continue implementing next-generation standards while meeting the challenges brought by COVID-19. […]
In this webinar, Sarah Delaney, Director of Science for OpenSciEd and Katie Van Horne from BSCS Science Learning will introduce participants to the middle school science COVID-19 and unit.
This professional learning event is for organizations who are interested in becoming OpenSciEd Certified Organizations. The event will be seven 1/2-day of virtual professional learning where future facilitators will be […]
In this free webinar, unit authors Lindsey Mohan and Emily Harris from BSCS Science Learning will share the unit storyline and features. During this webinar participants will experience the anchoring […]
In 2020, Carnegie Corporation of New York released a challenge paper calling on school and system leaders, teachers and coaches, and all specialists in professional learning to transform teaching and […]
We will share updates and gather feedback on the development of OpenSciEd's High School program. This effort was launched in January of 2021 and we will hopefully have updates on […]
Cherbow, K. & McNeill, K. L.Ā Teacher planning for epistemic agency in discussion-based, storyline unit lessons.
Lee, S., Anderson, S., Mendez Perez, K., McNeill, K. L.Ā Evaluating Educative Features for Emergent Multilingual Learners' Opportunities to Learn and Support for Three-dimensional Science and Language instruction.
Lowell, B. R., Cherbow, K. & McNeill, K. L.Ā Using a discussion types framework to support collective sensemaking.
McNeill, K. L., Affolter, R., Lowell, B. R., Gonzalez, C. & Cherbow, K.Ā Curriculum-based professional development to support teachersā vision of recent shifts in science instruction.
Centering Racial Equity Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Can We Make Decisions to Care for Ourselves, Our Families, and Our Communities? Learn how students in grades 3ā5 can explore issues of racial equity while investigating the COVID-19 pandemic, supported by family engagement and social-emotional learning. Takeaways:Ā Participants will learn that: 1. studentsā […]
Experience a contact tracing activity and explore how a storyline unit supports SEL during the pandemic while emphasizing health equity. PrintĀ http://bit.ly/MSContactTracingĀ ahead of time. Takeaways:Ā Participants will: 1. learn how discussions of a pandemic can be attentive to studentsā social-emotional needs; 2. consider how COVID-19-focused learning can and should provoke students' thinking about how their actions affect […]
