High School Science Teacher Inquiry and Technology Professional Development Program

University of South Carolina and the SC Commission for Higher Education

Dr. Christine Lotter

Nassim Lewis, Maria Rajan, Heather Nix,

Maria Damian, Carter Morford, Charlyn McNeill,

Chemistry Practice Teaching Session

PredictObserve Explain

Program Goals

Improve your science content knowledge

Help you integrate technology into your lessons

Gain new inquiry-based lessons that will motivate your students to learn

Improve your high school students understanding of science

Professional Development

2-week Summer Workshop

(July 23-August 3) Morning inquiry pedagogy component

Teachers participate in inquiry/technology lessons as “students”

Afternoon content component Concentrated content training through participation in

inquiry activities and content discussions in content teams (USC science and education faculty and ~6 teachers)

Format of Professional Development

Practice Teaching with high school students Practice new methods in a stress free

environment before enacting them in their classroom

Reflection Analysis of videotaped instruction during the

workshop Strengths, missed opportunities, and student

learning issues

Academic Year Support

9 monthly workshops Saturdays (9am to 12pm) starting in August Workshop Events

Teachers participate in additional inquiry/technology model lessons

Work with USC science faculty in new content groups to develop additional content knowledge

Develop a second inquiry/technology lesson to enact in classroom

Eligible for USC graduate science credit through course SMED 729

In-classroom coaching

What’s in it for you???

Improved teaching and increased student knowledge!!!

Money ($1000 + mileage, more $$ for enactment of lessons and academic year workshops)

Possibility for 3 graduate level science credits

www.ed.sc.edu/ipdLessons and application

Christine Lotter

USCInquiryWorkshop@gmail.com