The following table outlines the workshops to
be conducted by TIRs/consultants/UAH staff for HASP LSC districts.
All workshops will begin at 8:30 AM and end at 3:30 PM.
Italicized facilitators indicate responsibility for two
sessions.
| Workshop |
Date |
Site |
For |
Led by |
Goals |
|
Concept Development/
Assessment Focus
|
|
|
|
|
Develop scientific
reasoning ability
Develop conceptual
understanding of science
Demonstrate a model for
assessing science learning
|
|
Living Things and Organisms
|
July
12-14
and
July
26 -27
and
Aug
2 - 3
|
MH 122
|
Teacher/ Scientist Leaders
99/2000
|
Belinda Lowery
Valerie Powell
M K Hodges
Bill Waters
|
Living things have
structures that perform specific functions to help the
organism live and grow
Structures of organisms
contribute to the maintenance and growth of the
organism.
Structures of organisms
show their adaptations to their environments
|
|
Changes
|
July
12-14
and
July
26 -27
|
WH 202
|
Teacher/ Scientist Leaders
99/2000
|
Karen Warren
Carol Mueller
David Elrod
|
Investigate the differences
between physical and chemical changes
Investigate the
relationship of temperature and change of
state
Evaluate experimental
designs
Present and interpret data
graphically
|
|
Plant Growth and
Development
|
July
12-14
and
July
26 -27
|
MH 312
|
Teacher/ Scientist Leaders
99/2000
|
Brenda Terry
Michelle Nelson
Richard Modlin
|
To provide participants
inquiry-based, hands-on learning activities, the
opportunity to enhance understanding of the processes and
concepts related to plant growth and
development.
Structure and function of
plant parts necessary for survival (roots, leaves,
flowers)
Reproduction in
plants
Plant growth and
develoment
|
|
Animal Studies
|
July
12-14
and
July
26 -27
|
MH 310
|
Teacher/ Scientist Leaders
99/2000
|
Linda Burns
Sue Gunter
Pete McGraw
|
All living and non living
elements that surround an animal, such as other animals,
plants, climate, water, air, and location, affect the
life of that animal.
Scientists can learn about
animals through close observation, and by following
specific guidelines to ensure the accuracy of
results
An animal‘s habitat
should provide all the basic and specific needs the
animal must have to survive and reproduce
|
|
Ecosystems
|
July
12-14
and
July
26
-27
|
MH 316
|
Teacher/ Scientist Leaders
99/2000
|
Mary Harris
Debbie Easley
Brad Bole
|
To enhance teachers'
understanding of interdependent systems and how they are
linked together.
To develop teachers'
understanding of how natural and man-made pollutants
effect the stability of interdependent
systems.
|
|
Measuring Time
|
July
12-14
|
MH 129
|
Teacher/Scientist Leaders
99/2000
|
Susan Shepard
Carol Strong
|
Discover the relative motions
of celestial objects such as the sun, moon and stars and
their relation to time.
|
|
Revision of Performance
Assessment
|
June 21
|
WH 202
|
Invited Teachers
(3 per gr.)
|
Maryellen Harmon
|
Revise PA at each grade
level based on 1998-99 usage in classrooms
Create PA for each grade level to assess some
aspect of the module ton which PD will be delivered
during 1999-2000.
|
|
Portfolio Pilot Extension
|
June 22 /K-2
June 23 /3-6
|
Bevill Center
|
All LT
|
Maryellen Harmon
|
Reflect on portfolio pilot
for 1998-99
Prepare all LT for portfolio use during
1999-2000
|
|
Writing Objective Questions for
Assessment Purposes
|
|
WH 202
|
Invited LT
|
John Wright
|
Create objective assessments
for modules in 4th, 5th and 6th grade.
|
|
Principal's Conference
|
June 10
|
|
Principals
Supt.
CoPDs
|
Ros Pressnell
|
To develop an understanding
of the leadership role of teachers, principals, and
superintendents in a reform effort
To inform principals of the
preparation for sustainability through professional
development.
To extend knowledge learned through science to
other disciplines.
|
|
Webpage
development
|
June 4
June 11
June 24,25
July 22,23
Aug 2
|
Decatur PTC
|
Invited teachers
|
Sharyl Nye
|
Websites for modules created
last summer will be systematically re- viewed &
modified. Websites for 2 modules per grade level will be
created. Preliminary plans may be viewed at http://www.dcs.edu/hasp/
|
|
Jackson County Lead
Teachers
|
June
2-4
|
Tech School
|
Jackson
County
LT
|
Arlene Childers and mentor
teachers
|
Reflect on teaching and
learning based on their past years experience with using
modules in the classroom.
Prepare teachers to
implement a new module to be piloted 1999-2000.
Familiarize teachers with current research on
change and the stages on concern through which teachers
progress.
|
|
New Teacher Workshops
|
July 29, 30 and
Aug 2, 3
|
|
New/
Transferred
Teachers
|
Ros Pressnell
|
To new and transferred teachers
to use modules in their classrooms.
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