Connecticut Science
Supervisors Association
Our wish for everyone:
Stay Healthy and Stay Safe
Connecticut Science
Supervisors Association
Our wish for everyone:
Stay Healthy and Stay Safe
Our Next Dinner Meeting, Feb 10th from 7-8 pm, will be an online Professional Development/Information session.
We will present the work to date of 2 groups:
1. The CT NGSS Task Development Project -
This group of educators has been developing high quality 3-dimensional tasks under the guidance of Aneesha Badrinarayan of the Learning Policy Institute. We will highlight their work and the process used to develop high quality tasks. The tasks will be available to CT educators following a series of peer reviews.
2. A District Specialist Group led by Todd Campbell and Jonathan Simmons of the UConn NEAG School -
This group of educators has been developing an NGSS Implementation Matrix with the lenses of Equity and Social Justice applied to Constructing and Critiquing Explanations and Solving Problems of Consequence.
When: February 10th 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Where: Zoom (link to be provided closer to the event)
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Little Scientists - Education Leaders
in hands-on science for 25 years
The CSSA is pleased that Little Scientists have extended their sponsorship to our next in-person dinner meeting.
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The Science Awards dinner has been postponed - date tbd
Materials from the December 4th Dinner Meeting
Jeff Greig's PowerPoint
Reviewed Assessments/Prescreeners:
Ch 1 Disruptions (MS) / Prescreener; Newton's Laws (MS) / Prescreener;
Case 1 Chem (HS) / Prescreener; Magnets (G3) / Prescreener
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Photos and link to Jeff Greig's PPT from our October 2nd, 2019 meeting
Congratulations to Lauren Danner and Chris Newlan
2019 CT State Finalists for Science
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)
Our Next Dinner Meeting, Feb 10th from 7-8 pm, will be an online Professional Development/Information session.
We will present the work to date of 2 groups:
1. The CT NGSS Task Development Project -
This group of educators has been developing high quality 3-dimensional tasks under the guidance of Aneesha Badrinarayan of the Learning Policy Institute. We will highlight their work and the process used to develop high quality tasks. The tasks will be available to CT educators following a series of peer reviews.
2. A District Specialist Group led by Todd Campbell and Jonathan Simmons of the UConn NEAG School -
This group of educators has been developing an NGSS Implementation Matrix with the lenses of Equity and Social Justice applied to Constructing and Critiquing Explanations and Solving Problems of Consequence.
When: February 10th 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Where: Zoom (link to be provided closer to the event)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Little Scientists - Education Leaders
in hands-on science for 25 years
The CSSA is pleased that Little Scientists have extended their sponsorship to our next in-person dinner meeting.
______________________________________________________________________________
The Science Awards dinner has been postponed - date tbd
Materials from the December 4th Dinner Meeting
Jeff Greig's PowerPoint
Reviewed Assessments/Prescreeners:
Ch 1 Disruptions (MS) / Prescreener; Newton's Laws (MS) / Prescreener;
Case 1 Chem (HS) / Prescreener; Magnets (G3) / Prescreener
_________________________________________
Photos and link to Jeff Greig's PPT from our October 2nd, 2019 meeting
Congratulations to Lauren Danner and Chris Newlan
2019 CT State Finalists for Science
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)
CT Conversations in Science:
Advancing Coherent and Equitable Systems of Science Education (ACESSE)
When and Where: Date and place to be scheduled soon
CT Conversations in Science: Advancing Coherent and Equitable Systems of Science Education (ACESSE) is a science educator led experience. It is an effort to advance the implementation of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for ALL teachers and students in Connecticut. It is FREE to all participants. On this day, teachers from participating districts will meet to engage in ‘ACESSE Resource G: Learning to See the Resources Students Bring to Sense-Making’ as we build our capacity to identify the range of intellectual resources students use as they make sense of phenomena.
(Click here for Additional Info).
Upcoming Opportunities for Professional Learning:
SciCamp tbd
Final 2019-2020 CSSA Dinner Meeting: postponed to September 2020
2019-2020 CSSA Board Meetings: March 11, May 27
Please email John Duffy if you wish to attend or want more information
2019-2020 CSSA Board Meetings: March 11, May 27
Please email John Duffy if you wish to attend or want more information
Members Click here to access the CSSA Annual report to the membership
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Harwinton, CT 06791
187 North Road
Harwinton, CT 06791