amplify your connection to classroom teachers
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AMPLIFY YOUR CONNECTION TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS. CISC Summer Institute July 9, 2014. Our Purpose Today. 3 R’s: Reflect, Refresh, Renew Reflect: How would you like teacher involvement to change in your programs? Refresh: Nature Museum programs as a case study for teacher engagement - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
AMPLIFY YOUR CONNECTION TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS
CISC Summer Institute July 9, 2014
Our Purpose Today
3 R’s: Reflect, Refresh, Renew Reflect: How would you like teacher
involvement to change in your programs? Refresh: Nature Museum programs as a
case study for teacher engagement Renew: What teacher engagement
strategies can you incorporate into your programs?
Symbol Guide
New Information
Verbal Reflection
Written Reflection
Today’s Agenda
How would you like teacher involvement to change in your programs?
Who/what is the Nature Museum?
Teacher involvement before, during, and after programs
Talk together about involvement strategies
Brainstorm and write down strategies for application
Written goal for your own programs
Agreements
Be Fully Present : No food or phones 2 B4 Me: 2 people share before I speak
again Watch My Air Time: 2 minutes Use our Tools: Index cards, folders, etc. Snaps: Acknowledging the good I witness
Reflect
On index card: How would you like teacher involvement to change in your programs?
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
The Urban Gateway to Nature and Science
Inquiry Cycle Model
Educators at the Nature Museum apply this inquiry model to the Science on the Go program as a way to engage and involve teachers.
Engage
Contact meeting Museum Educator
visits school Overview of program Schedules Roles and expectations
Prepare to Explore
Curriculum workshop Training on curriculum
binder, materials, and lessons
Networking opportunity with teachers from different schools
Prepare to Explore
Curriculum workshop
Before the Program
Talk together: How do you currently engage your teachers and prepare them to explore?
Brainstorm: How can I improve teacher involvement before my program begins?
Explore
Classroom implementation Three visits from a
Museum Educator We model one
lesson, teachers teach two more
Explore
Classroom implementation
Explore
Classroom implementation
During the Program
Talk together: What strategies do you use during your program to involve the teacher?
Brainstorm: How can I improve teacher involvement during my program’s implementation?
Reflect
Teacher feedback on lessons and program as a whole through survey monkey
Share
Reconvene meeting Face-to-face talk to
wrap up the Science on the Go program
After the Program
Talk together: How do you currently reflect and share after your program is complete?
Brainstorm: How can I improve teacher involvement in the way I wrap up my program?
Renew
On back of index card: What strategies or ideas will you take away from this session?