Is there a topic that you would like to learn more about that is not already offered in the Professional Learning Portal? This is your chance to earn up to 20 clock hours for your own exploration of a topic of your choice; choose your own adventure and design your own learning plan!

Teachers will explore Learning Pathways in Numeracy in the area of counting and cardinality and explore related resources to better understand early math development.

Build an understanding of the vision behind the Next Generation Science Standards by collaboratively exploring key parts of the Framework.

Become familiar with the 8 Science and Engineering Standards within NGSS.

Explore the concepts of nonfiction reading and the application to your science classroom. You will need a copy of the book Reading Nonfiction: Notice and Note to participate in this module.

Gain an understanding of why engineering has been included in the NGSS and what core ideas point to engineering specifically.

This module will bring an understanding of the high points of critical learning for LSSD science teachers in shifting practice to address Next Generation Science Standards. The activities included are highlights of the experiences that secondary science teachers had in building a foundation in NGSS around the following questions: Why Three Dimensions? How is NGSS different? Why less teacher centered and more student-centered? What does instruction look like in this new environment?

Unpack the critical speaking and listening Common Core Standards to discover what your grade band expects and how it builds on previous expectations.

What is expected in your grade level band? Set your focus so you are prepared to teach grade-appropriate grammatical concepts to your students.

Examine the language standards. What is expected in your grade level? What are you building on?

Use multiple sources to help define this hot term.

Use mutiple text resources to define this hot term.

Examine the intent of the standards for learning through multimedia to narrow your focus.

Learn about different types of text dependent tasks students can do post-reading, inlcuding writing responses that utilize evidence.