Toyota's TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers
For information on the $550,000 in grants available in 2010, please visit
http://www.nsta.org/pd/tapestry.
The deadline for entries is January 18, 2010.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
2010 TAPESTRY Grants
Friday, November 6, 2009
NSF Evolution Resource
NSF Special Interactive Report: Evolution of Evolution - 150 Years of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
NSF has released a new interactive website relating to 150 years of scientific thinking since Darwin's "On the Origin of the Species." The website includes topics such as Evolution, Polar Sciences, Geosciences, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, and a resource section for further exploration.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/ darwin/
MSPnet Location: http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/17911
2010 Summer Education Grants
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Fund for Teachers Accepting Applications for 2010 Summer Education Grants
Fund for Teachers invites educators from across the United States to design and submit proposals for their own educational adventures next summer.
The program is designed to provide educators with the opportunity to pursue areas of personal and professional interest and bring their experiences back to the classroom for the benefit of their students. Eligible projects include tours, conferences, and independent studies anywhere in the world.
The program offers individual grants of up to $5,000 each and team grants of up to $10,000 each for the summer of 2010.
Visit the Fund for Teachers Web site for detailed information about the schools/districts eligible for Fund for Teachers grants and for complete application guidelines.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
Primary Subject: Education
Geographic Funding Area: National
Introduction to Lesson Study
The Florida and the Islands Comprehensive Center (FLICC) is delighted to be partnering with the Florida Department of Education to sponsor a very special opportunity for Florida secondary educators. FLICC will host seven opportunities in the five regions of the state to introduce a powerful strategy that will enhance professional learning communities: Lesson Study. The FLDOE has recognized that Lesson Study is a means of improving instructional knowledge while increasing collegiality among teachers and has made it a statewide priority by identifying it as a basic, first-line intervention strategy in the state's Differentiated Accountability Plan. This letter will provide details about the institute and the facilitator for this exciting event!
What: An Introduction to Lesson Study
Facilitator: Dr. Lois Brown Easton
When: Two-Day Institutes scheduled across Florida in November/December 2009
Participants: FLDOE, Regional Assistance Centers, Middle School Science Initiative (MSSI) and Secondary School Redesign Initiative (SSRI)
Institute Description
Lesson study is a potent embedded peer-to-peer professional learning strategy. It requires teachers and other educators to work collaboratively to strengthen a given lesson until it has been refined as much as possible and then teach it to get powerful data about how well the lesson works. Our facilitator, Dr. Lois Easton, is a nationally recognized expert in learning designs for adults and students. A middle school English teacher for 15 years, Easton earned her Ph.D. at the University of Arizona. Easton has been a frequent presenter at conferences and a contributor to educational journals. She is currently co-president of the Colorado Staff Development Council. See the attached description for more information about Lesson Study, the goals of the training, and Dr. Easton's extensive background. In order to fully understand how Lesson Study can benefit you, please plan to dedicate a full two days to this experience.
Who Should Attend
Florida Department of Education representatives, Regional Assistance Center personnel, Secondary School Redesign Initiative and Middle School Science Initiative District and School participants are invited to attend. Districts may wish to strongly consider sending staff developers who can teach the Lesson Study process to others to this institute.
Registering for the Institutes
A registration form is attached with this information. All registrations will be handled through FLICC's partner, the David C. Anchin Center at the University of South Florida. Please email or fax your registration to Chris Crocco by the deadline date listed in the schedule below.
Schedule for Lesson Study Institutes Statewide
Training Dates | Locations | Deadline to Register for Institute |
November 16-17 Region 2 | Ocala Hilton 866-341-4793 | October 30 |
November 19-20 Region 2 | St. Augustine Casa Monica Hotel 800-648-1888 | November 6 |
December 3-4 Region 3 | Orlando Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress http://grandcypress.hyatt.com/ 1-888-591-1234 | November 13 |
December 7-8 Region 4 | Embassy Suites Tampa-Brandon www.tampabrandon.embassysuites.com | November 13 |
December 10-11 Region 4 | Naples Grande Resort http://www.naplesgranderesort.com/ 888-722-1267 | November 13 |
December 14-15 Region 5 | Embassy Suites Boca Raton http://embassysuites1.hilton.com/en_US/es/hotel/BCTNWES-Embassy-Suites-Boca-Raton-Florida/index.do 561-994-8200 | November 20 |
December 17-18 Region 1 | Aloft Tallahassee Downtown 850-513-0313 | November 20 |
We look forward to seeing you at the Lesson Study Institute!
Lesson Study
Description of Lesson Study
Lesson study is a potent embedded peer-to-peer professional learning strategy. It requires teachers and other educators to work collaboratively to strengthen a given lesson until it has been refined as much as possible and then teach it to get powerful data about how well the lesson works. In a colloquium after the lesson is taught, the teacher (who can be anyone in the lesson study group) reflects on the lesson first, and then the other members of the lesson study group share data they collected during the lesson. Lesson study groups make a decision about whether to revise the field-tested lesson and teach it again or simply apply what they have learned to another lesson.
Lesson Study Institute Goals
In addition to understanding the basics of lesson study and engaging in three lesson study experiences, participants will learn about lesson study variations. They will plan implementation of lesson study in their regions, districts, and schools, and they will work together to solve problems related to implementation.
Participants will:
- Know how to do lesson study themselves and how to teach educators at their schools to do lesson study;
- Understand how lesson study is a way to strengthen teaching and learning in schools, especially those that are low performing;
- Know a variety of ways to vary lesson study, including writing lessons and then testing them through lesson study;
- Learn about other professional learning activities related to lesson study; and
- Help each other – through follow-up electronically and in person – to work with their schools to initiate and build professional learning communities with a focus on lesson study.
Introducing Dr. Easton
Lois Easton, Ph.D., works as a consultant, coach, and author. She is particularly interested in learning designs – for adults and for students. She recently retired as Director of Professional Development at Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center, Estes Park, Colorado. Easton was Director of Re:Learning Systems at the Education Commission of the States (ECS) from 1992 to 1994. Re:Learning was a partnership between the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and ECS. Prior to that, Easton served in the Arizona Department of Education as English/Language Arts Coordinator and then became Director of Curriculum and Instruction, and then, Director of Curriculum and Assessment Planning.
A middle school English teacher for 15 years, Easton earned her Ph.D. at the University of Arizona. Easton has been a frequent presenter at conferences and a contributor to educational journals. She is currently co-president of the Colorado Staff Development Council.
She has published four books. Her book The Other Side of Curriculum: Lessons From Learners was published by Heinemann in 2002. She is editor of and contributor to a book published by the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) in August 2004, with a second edition appearing in 2008: Powerful Designs for Professional Learning. Corwin Press published her third book, Engaging the Disengaged: How Schools Can Help Struggling Students Succeed in 2008. This book won the Educational Book of the Year Award from Kappa Delta Gamma in 2009. ASCD has just published her fourth book, Protocols for Professional Learning (2009), and she is working on two additional books.
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