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Materials Support Assessment
Professional Development
Community/ Administrative
Involvement
Curriculum Materials
Science: It’s Elementary
Bringing science to life at an early age . . .
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Materials Support Assessment
Professional Development
Community/ Administrative
Involvement
Curriculum Materials
Science: It’s Elementary
Materials Support Assessment
Professional Development
Community/ Administrative
Involvement
Curriculum Materials Assessment
Community/ Administrative Involvement
$13.5 million appropriation to improve K-6 science education statewide.
SIE is a Pennsylvania
Department of Education
program replicating the
successful hands-on, inquiry-
based teaching and learning
approach implemented by
ASSET Inc.
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Materials Support Assessment
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2,600
Teachers
120
Districts
8
Regions
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Materials Support Assessment
Professional Development
Community/ Administrative
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Curriculum Materials
Science: It’s Elementary
Materials Support Assessment
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59,000 students are experiencing hands-on, minds-on
science
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Materials Support Assessment
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Science: It’s Elementary Science: It’s Elementary
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Teacher Professional Development
Cohort 2 Teachers:• 3-days of rigorous, hands-on
learning
• Standards-based teaching methods
• Maximizing knowledge of learning strategies
– Inquiry-based teaching– Science Notebooks
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Teacher Professional Development
Cohort 1 Teachers:• 2-days of module enrichment
on their first module
• 2-day session on a second module
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Insights
FOSS
STC
Insights
FOSS
STC
Standards-Based Curriculum Materials
• Aligned with national and state science education standards
• Developed using a rigorous research and development process
• Assessed and reviewed by master teachers, scientists and engineers
• Enable students to apply newly learned concepts and skills to their everyday lives
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Science: It’s Elementary
With ASSET Professional Development, classroom teachers become more empowerededucators, using hands-on inquiry to trulyengage young minds in the sciences, becausesessions are:
• Created by teachers for teachers
• Designed to meet national and state education standards
• Aligned specifically with the topics teachers need to cover
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With ASSET’s Materials Support Center, materials are
stored, refurbished and shipped directly to the school district, allowing teachers to
do what they do best… Teach!
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Science: It’s Elementary
Student and Program Assessment are essential to continuously improving teaching and learning
Horizon Research, Inc. is conducting an
external evaluation of Science: It’s
Elementary:
• Student pre- and post-tests
• Teacher professional development
• Classroom observations
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After a year of implementation Science: It’s Elementary is already making a difference
• 95% of teachers indicated that SIE professional development (PD) increased their confidence in teaching science.
• Students who received instruction while using the SIE-provided module scored significantly higher on four of the six modules.
• Students of teachers who participated in all three days of SIE professional development scored even higher on the post-test than those of teachers who participated in only two days of professional development.
*For a full report on Horizon Research, Inc.’s Year One Evaluation Report, contact ASSET’s office.
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To improve the learning and teaching
of science…
Support and partnerships from the following are a
necessity:
• foundations
• legislators
• corporations
• parents
• community members
• school districts
• academic institutions
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Showcase of Student Learning
During a Showcase, you’ll actively engage in investigations from the Science: It’s Elementary
modules that highlight important science concepts
sparked by hands-on, inquiry-based learning.