Life Science New Regents – Mapping the new labs to your curriculum.

Oct 20, Nov 17, and Dec 14, 2024 (10am-3pm; subject to change)

Hosted by the DNA Learning Center in Brooklyn

Led by Chris Resch, Qiao Feng, and other seasoned teacher-leaders!

Plan your new Regents Life Science Labs with us! Work with over three in person workshop days, with supportive, experienced, mentors and a community of colleagues, to experience the new labs yourself!

This summer we held a sold-out, one-week, professional learning workshop focused on the new Life Science Regents Labs. Based on what we learned from our teacher-participants, Chris Resch and a team of experienced teachers and teacher-leaders will host three in-person lab workshops, and four virtual planning sessions over the 2024-2025 school year.

Life Science education is often associated with memorization. But does it have to be? The Life Sciences is a subject rich in anchoring models that all tie together and build off each other and create a rich story of interactions and scale! Recent shifts in pedagogical research, NGSS/NYS Regents standards have caused movement towards this more conceptually based approach to biology education. We want to help you move your lessons and teaching there as well!

Summer 2024 Alumni Testimonials

• “I found the workshop really helpful and thought provoking… It was hands on and concrete and we were able to brainstorm approaches with other teachers in the same and in different circumstances than us.” Tobie B.
• “It was a great model for , since it was taught/explained/ run by real classroom teachers. I love the simple idea of doing the class as teacher mode and student mode.” Joanna P.
• “… was extremely helpful to unpack and grapple with the information alongside veteran teachers who had so much to share from their own experiences teaching Biology to middle and high school students. Chris is an especially calm teacher, and his approach with us in the workshop allowed us to experience what our students will experience as they embark on a more inquiry based approach to studying Biology, as well as validating our angst as teachers in helping our students build the skills needed to be successful…” Ruth F.

Priorities for the New Life Science Regents Labs Series:

1. Curricular sequencing and placement of the labs.
2. Cross-unit connections to the bigger ideas and being more intentionally three dimensional.
3. Claims Evidence Reasoning (CER) model will be woven through all three of the labs.
4. Focus on pedagogical shifts inherent to NGSS/NYSSLS. Planning for the shift towards science literacy and practices, and away from tons of facts.
5. Workshops in the series will target launching phenomena, Socratic Dialogue, and narratives, and highlight very concrete lessons that complement the NYS labs.

We look forward to supporting you this year!

Cost:

Full Series (All In-Person Labs + Monthly Virtual Sessions) > $280

Three In-person Labs Only > $195 (three labs, $65/lab)

Monthly Virtual Sessions Only > $85 (7 sessions, ~$12/session)

Single Lab Workshop > $70

STEMteachersNYC delivers professional development workshops for teachers, by teachers, about teaching, since 2011. All workshops over 2hrs offer CTLE. CUNY Pre-service teachers may attend for free. Please reach out if your school requires an invoice. We are an NYCDOE MTAC Vendor.

Current CUNY students with valid ID may attend summer workshops at a discount or for FREE! Please email [email protected] for details.

Email general questions to [email protected]. Note this workshop requires a minimum number of participants. In the event there are not enough participants, the workshop will be cancelled, and a refund will be issued.

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FAQs

Is STEMteachersNYC an approved NYC DOE CTLE Vendor?

Yes. STEMteachersNYC is a Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) vendor for the New York City Department of Education (#STE-068881). New York State Teachers will receive a CTLE certificate at the end of the workshop. (CTLE ID # 23385)

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

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Is the full workshop fee or the balance of the workshop fee refundable?

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Is my reservation/ticket transferrable?

If your school or organization has made the ticket purchase for you, your credit may be transferable to a school or organization colleague.

Authorization from our team will be required. Please contact the STEMteachersNYC Registrar ([email protected]) if you need to transfer your reservation to a different person/name, or if you wish to transfer your reservation to a different workshop.

Can I update my reservation information?

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The name on the reservation/ticket doesn’t match the attendee. Is that okay?

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Can I receive college level credits?

In-service teachers will receive CTLE hours.

Pre-service teachers whose college is participating in our “field-site hours” program will recieve filed site hours or credit depending on that institution’s partnership agreement. Please make sure to include your faculty advisor or course professor’s name and contact when registering.

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