sanilac county science and math center
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Sanilac County Science and Math
Center
Brown City
Carsonville-Port Sanilac
Croswell-Lexington
Deckerville
Marlette
Peck
Sandusky
. Serving
7265 Students
500+ Teachers
in these local districts...
Our Mission “The mission of the Sanilac County
Science and Mathematics Center is to provide leadership, programs, and services to improve interest, involvement, and achievementin mathematics,science,
engineering and technology.”
Our Demographics DEMOGRAPHICS
The SCSMC is located in a 1,000 square mile area in the Thumb of Michigan. Sanilac County is geographically the largest county in the lower peninsula.
The SCSMC is a member of the Michigan Mathematics and Science Centers Network.
Our Services LeadershipStudent ServicesProfessional
Development Curriculum Support Resource
ClearinghouseCommunity
Involvement
LEADERSHIP
“Great schools are built by people, people who care and who act…The secret ingredient is human, not electronic.”
America 2000
Leadership Edited and distributed ABC in Science News Lead the Thumb Region with the K-7 transition into
the use of the new Battle Creek Area Math Science Center teaching kits.
Provided leadership in the rollout of new state standards in both mathematics and science
Lead the Sanilac area with implementation of new technology (Data Director & Curriculum Crafter)
Provides leadership for the staff of the Summer Science Camps
Lead and directed the professional development of all STEM teachers
Student Services “The yardstick is whether
students…can understand as well as memorize, apply as well as state, imagine as well as copy, solve problems ratherthan shrug them off, and make themselves felt in a society that seems to be in trouble
for lack of thesecapacities.”
Harriet Tyson Science Education Guidebook
Student Service
ABC in Science K-7 Inquiry-based Kit Program provided 29 different hands-on science kits to K-7 classrooms
Provided to all 4th grade students “The World of Bats”
Provided to all 2nd grade students a hands-on outdoor classroom experience
Provides various summer science camps
“Doing experiments helps me to remember and teaches me to figure out problems.” 3rd Grade Student
Professional Development
“You can’t have a learning society without learning students, and you can’t have learning students without learning teachers.” Fullan (1993)
Professional Development
Conducted ABC in Science workshopsNew Teacher kit workshops Preparing for Science MEAP Investigations Unit Revision Workshops
Provided workshops for Sanilac County educators and community environmental educators Science Teacher Leader Program Websites for Teachers Instructional Technology
Curriculum Support
“Curriculum planning must be an integral part of the continuous school improvement process.”
Science Education Guidebook
Curriculum Support
Sanilac ISD Science Specialist and the Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center revised ABC in Science kits for grades K-6
Sanilac ISD Science Specialist and the Battle Creek Area Math Science Center provided for the first time 7th grade science investigative , kit based curriculum
Support for Science and Math Curriculum Revisions Support of Curriculum Mapping Process Provided technology for K-12 teachers to have common
assessments and disaggregation tools of test results
Resource Clearinghouse “If you want to encourage
elementary school teachers to teach science through inquiry, you have to provide them with the right stuff at the right time. You have to give teachers a deal they can’t refuse.”
Larry Small, Science Materials Support (1992)
Resource Clearing House
Expanded curriculum materials enhance ABC in Science kits
Provide science kits to support inquiry-based science in grades K-7
Monitor ABC in Science kit distribution center to store, refurbish and distribute science kits.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
“Parents, other community members, administrators, students and teachers all need to work together toward [a common] vision of scientific literacy.
Science Education Guidebook
Community Involvement
Showcase Night
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