The calendar below shows the professional learning events hosted by OpenSciEd and our Certified Professional Learning partners.
The four-day curriculum launch will guide teachers with a wide range of backgrounds and experience through the paradigm shift from “sage on the stage” to skillful facilitator of equitable science […]
Learn how the NextGen Science Storylines approach is implemented in the OpenSciEd Middle School Science Program. Storylines are coherent from the students’ perspective, in which students see their science work […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
