November 6, 2017
Dr. Brian Mandell will lead a workshop at the “It’s Go Time! Science for All,” Conference in New York on November 7th, 2017. The conference in Mattydale will focus on the new standards but also incorporate a research-driven professional development practice called "Lesson Study," which is generally defined as a collaborative process for planning, analyzing, and continuously improving instructional practices.
At the conference, teachers and students from four Central New York districts will be participating in lessons aligned with the new state learning standards and based on curriculum modules developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. As the lessons unfold, conference participants will stand close by, observing individual students and taking notes on how each student’s learning progresses. The event marks the second year of a unique collaboration between the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services (OCM BOCES) and the Syracuse University School of Education. Support is provided by a 100kin10 grant to the Smithsonian Science Education Center and from several local teacher centers: Central New York/Oswego County; Jamesville DeWitt/Syracuse University; West Genesee/Syracuse University; Syracuse; and Cayuga-Onondaga.
Read more at http://www.ocmboces.org/teacherpage.cfm?teacher=3307