Curriculum Adoption and Implementation in Science

One strand of the learning arc for the professional learning series is how to foster CR-SE using the curriculum materials through: using phenomena to connect to student ideas, lives, and communities, encouraging and validating diverse ways of science knowing and learning, using instructional routines to facilitate student agency, and incorporating justice-centered learning that focuses on developing a critical lens of science and society.

One strand of the learning arc for the professional learning series is how to support Multilingual Learners (MLLs) in accessing the curriculum through: embedded scaffolds, making student prior knowledge and ideas visible, and the implementation of the transfer learning routine. The Science Coaching Tool, which is introduced during administrator workshops, can be used to structure coaching conversations on how teachers are using the curriculum materials and instructional routines to promote equitable access for all students including MLLs.

This project will incorporate the SIMPL model in all in-person professional learning. The SIMPL model encourages participants to take on different perspectives throughout a workshop, as they first experience the materials as a science learner and then reflect on the materials as teachers and instructional leaders.