2015 Professional Development InstituteLeading for EquityOur 2015 Professional Development Institute (PDI) will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Dr. Megan Bang, University of Washington Keynote Speaker
Dr. Michael Lach, University of Chicago Luncheon Speaker The Professional Development Institute will be held in conjunction with the NSTA Annual Conference on Science Education in Chicago Illinois. All NSELA events will be held at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel. Breakout SessionsBreakout 1: Jonathon Grooms and Victor Sampson, “Coordinating Scientific Argumentation, the Next Generation Science Standards, and the Common Core State Standards through the Argument-Driven Inquiry Instructional Model” Breakout 2: Maria Simani, Jerry Valadez, Ana Lopez, Dawn O'Conner, and Joanna Totino, “Language development opportunities for students through meaningful integration of NGSS and CCSS” Breakout 3: Sally Crissman and Sara Lacy, “Implementing the Vision of the Framework and NGSS:A Professional Development Pathway” Breakout 4: William Penuel, Sam Severance, Heather Leary, Patricia Kincaid, and Jeffrey Miller, “iHub: A Research-Practice Partnership to Design New NGSS Curriculum” Download a description of each session (pdf)
Other EventsNSELA "Tools for Leaders"sessions throughout the NSTA conference
NSELA/ASTE Luncheon on Friday, March 13 featuring Dr. Jeanne Century of the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science at the University of Chicago. Dr. Century's talk is entitled "What Will it Take to Bring 'Lasting Change' to STEM Education." Reception for CSSS/NSELA Membership - Wednesday, March 11, Invitation Only, Location TBA Annual Breakfast - Thursday, March 12, 7:30-8:30 am, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel, Sponsored by Pearson Annual Membership & Business Meeting - Thursday, March 12, 8:30-10:00 am, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel
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