Description:If you’ re charged with helping educators achieve the vision of the new science standards, this is the professional development resource you need. This book is chock-full of activities and useful advice for guiding teachers and administrators as they put the standards into practice in the classroom. Written by three experts in professional development for science teachers, Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS• Introduces the vocabulary, structure, and conceptual shifts of the NGSS• Explores the three dimensions of the Framework— science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas— and how they’ re integrated in the NGSS• Provides classroom case studies of instructional approaches for students challenged by traditional science teaching• Covers curricular decisions involving course mapping, designing essential questions and performance assessments, and using the NGSS to plan units of instruction• Examines the connections between the NGSS and the Common Core State Standards• Offers advice for getting past common professional development sticking points and finding further resourcesGiven the widespread changes in today’ s education landscape, teachers and administrators may feel overwhelmed by the prospect of putting the new standards into practice. If you’ re a science specialist, curriculum coordinator, or instructional coach who provides professional development, you will find this collection immensely helpful for heading off “ initiative fatigue,” whether in an individual school or throughout a district.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator's Guide. To get started finding Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator's Guide, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator's Guide
Description: If you’ re charged with helping educators achieve the vision of the new science standards, this is the professional development resource you need. This book is chock-full of activities and useful advice for guiding teachers and administrators as they put the standards into practice in the classroom. Written by three experts in professional development for science teachers, Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS• Introduces the vocabulary, structure, and conceptual shifts of the NGSS• Explores the three dimensions of the Framework— science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas— and how they’ re integrated in the NGSS• Provides classroom case studies of instructional approaches for students challenged by traditional science teaching• Covers curricular decisions involving course mapping, designing essential questions and performance assessments, and using the NGSS to plan units of instruction• Examines the connections between the NGSS and the Common Core State Standards• Offers advice for getting past common professional development sticking points and finding further resourcesGiven the widespread changes in today’ s education landscape, teachers and administrators may feel overwhelmed by the prospect of putting the new standards into practice. If you’ re a science specialist, curriculum coordinator, or instructional coach who provides professional development, you will find this collection immensely helpful for heading off “ initiative fatigue,” whether in an individual school or throughout a district.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator's Guide. To get started finding Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator's Guide, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.