This three-day workshop will guide you through the steps to set up your classes for standards-based grading.
Expanded support for middle and upper school teachers of ALL discplines from STEM to humanities. Bring your humanities colleagues with you!
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.
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Explore active learning strategies for deepening understanding of crucial concepts in environmental and sustainability science!
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If you have started using Standards Based Grading in your classes, this workshop is for you. You have doubtlessly encountered many questions about implementation, workload, objectives, assessments, reassessments, grade conversions, equity, philosophical underpinnings
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The January 2025 meeting of the New Teacher Working Group centered on refining teaching strategies, assessment practices, and classroom management techniques. A member shared insights from their recent student-led experiment project, where students designed chemical reaction experiments. While they initially struggled with…
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December 2024 The Regents Biology Working Group, an evolution of the Living Environment Working Group, continued its efforts to support educators teaching the new New York Biology Regents. Meeting throughout the Fall, the group offered virtual support sessions and hands-on, in-person labs….
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