The calendar below shows the professional learning events hosted by OpenSciEd and our Certified Professional Learning partners.
Looking to make your classroom more inclusive? Want to support your students with IEPs better? UDL provides a framework for removing barriers and increasing access for students. The Universal Design […]
Preview how the OpenSciEd High School Chemistry course unit sequence will help students figure out progressively more nuanced parts, properties and interactions of matter with engaging, real-world phenomena. McCormick Place […]
Equitable instructional practices are central to the design of the OpenSciEd materials. Learn about these practices and take away strategies for your practice. In this session, participants will be […]
See how tools developed within OpenSciEd units can support students’ progression of and engagement in SEPs and CCCs across a variety of unit contexts. Teachers need open source, high-quality instructional […]
Struggling with figuring out how to meet your grading needs while supporting 3D sensemaking? This session will provide sample 3D assessments and approaches to grading. As educators shift their teaching […]
Explore how students can build elements of disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices coherently across middle school. It has been common practice to move around units in science curricula based on teacher licensure, teacher preference, or state standards. However, the shifts in three-dimensional science learning supporting equitable science education emphasize the […]
Explore supports for growth in the practice of Engaging in Argument from Evidence embedded in a storyline middle school chemistry unit. Arguing from evidence can be an integral part of the knowledge-building work students do as part of any three dimensional science learning, as students make sense of their findings and use them to develop […]
Support students in making sense of complex biological phenomena by beginning with the most observable level to motivate figuring out smaller-scale components, relationships, and mechanisms. Participants will explore examples of three life science units that use accessible entry points to support students in making sense of complex biological phenomena. Complex biological phenomena, such as how […]
OpenSciEd Facilitator Next Level is designed for facilitators who have already attended the OpenSciEd Curriculum Launch for Facilitators and are ready to take their facilitation to the next level. We’ll build on what you learned in the Launch by digging into the five additional 2-day unit-launch professional learning modules that support impactful implementation of OpenSciEd’s […]
OEI has planned an engaging 4-day Curriculum Launch PD : Light & Matter, Contact Forces, Chem Reactions & Matter (Cohort 2) August 8-11, 2022 at Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place, Springfield, MA. Please note this is a 4 day event! August 8th 8 am - 4 pm, with reception and dinner following August 9th 8 am-4 […]
Using OpenSciEd’s instructional materials (or considering it)? This is your chance to get professional learning to help you make OpenSciEd come alive in your classroom! The OpenSciEd Curriculum Launch immerses […]
If you are new to the OpenSciEd materials, this webinar will help you get off on the right foot. We will talk through the website, the many ways to download […]
