Learning to vet science instructional materials with NextGen TIME

Learning to vet science instructional materials with NextGen TIME

Come learn how to evaluate science teaching materials using NextGen TIME at our event!

By AIU Math & Science Collaborative

Date and time

July 30 · 8:30am - July 31 · 3:30pm EDT

Location

Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA

475 East Waterfront Drive Homestead, PA 15120

About this event

  • 1 day 7 hours

Learning to vet science instructional materials with NextGen Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation (TIME):

Learn how to effectively evaluate and select science instructional materials for your classroom.

Who: Science Leadership Teams from school districts in Allegheny Intermediate Unit. It is strongly recommended that you and your team have previously engaged in the "Planning Strategically for Science Professional Learning" professional learning offering in June 2023 or April 2024. (If this is not the case, please reach out to corinne.murawski@aiu3.net or kristen.rice@aiu3.net to discuss other possible preporatory professional learning for you and your team.)

When:

July 30 and 31, from 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Where: Allegheny Intermediate Unit; 475 E. Waterfront Dr.; Homestead, PA 15120

Price: Free to science leadership teams from school districts who attended the Planning Strategically for Science Professional Learning in June 2023 or April 2024.

During this two-day professional learning offering, you and your district science leadership team will learn how to use three of the five tools in the NextGen Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation (TIME) suite. More specifically, we will engage with the Prepare, Prescreen, and Paperscreen tools using an examplar unit.

Expect that by the conclusion of the two day professional learning offering, you and your district colleagues will be equipped to use the NextGen TIME pre- and paperscreening tools to review and vet science instructional materials for their quality and alignment with PA STEELS to better decide which materials you will move forward into a pilot phase.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to improve your science curriculum!

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AIU Math & Science Collaborative

The Math & Science Collaborative is an AIU program that brings innovative and effective approaches to build a cohesive K-12 STEM curriculum that meets the rigor of the PA Core. Through our contracted training services, we help educators across Allegheny County and surrounding regions implement high leverage practices in the classroom to prepare students for tomorrow's careers. We also provide mathematics and science curriculum audits and alignment services. We provide professional development in effective pedagogical practices that engage all students in rigorous STEM learning through developing teacher leadership, implementing professional learning communities, utilizing lesson study, and customized support in content and pedagogical content knowledge.