Are you ready to dive-in to the OpenSciEd middle school materials? Are you hoping to build internal capacity to support teachers in your network? Join us for the virtual OpenSciEd Middle School Curriculum Launch! You’ll leave with everything you need to get started, including a comprehensive understanding of the OpenSciEd middle school curriculum, how to implement it in your classroom, and how to facilitate the professional learning for other educators (if attending the facilitator sessions). The developers of the OpenSciEd curriculum are excited to give you the tools and professional learning needed to help you make OpenSciEd middle school come alive in your classroom, school district, or other context.

During these sessions, you will immerse yourself in teaching and learning best practices to help you build science learning experiences anchored in compelling phenomena and in important community and global problems. You will engage in lessons as a ‘student’, reflect as a teacher, and become an expert in navigating the resources embedded in the OpenSciEd materials so you can maximize your impact on student engagement and learning. Majority of the four days will be spent diving into the first unit in the OpenSciEd 6th grade scope and sequence. 

Focal units for this event:

6.1 Light & Matter

Teachers:

• Four days of virtual professional learning via Zoom – February 13-14, 20-21 
• Hours: 11 AM-6 PM Eastern (EST) daily; one-hour “lunch break” at 2 PM EST
• $1000 per participant 
• Continuing Education and Graduate Credits are available! All participants will be provided with an official certificate of completion. 
• Registration closing date: January 8, 2024

Facilitators: 

• Four days of virtual professional learning via Zoom – February 13-14, 20-21
• Three additional half days of virtual professional learning via Zoom – February 9, 16, & 23, Hours: 12-3 PM (EST) 
• $1750 for individuals, $1500 per person for organizations sending 3 or more individuals
• Continuing Education and Graduate Credits are available! All participants will be provided with an official certificate of completion at the end of the course with the number of clock hours of professional learning completed. 
• Registration closing date:  January 8, 2024

For questions about registration or the event, please email us at info@openscied.org.