Are you in your first year or two of teaching Issues and Science? This webinar series is designed for maximum flexibility to offer additional support as you teach with Lab-Aids. Registration is required in advance of each webinar and registration closes the day prior. In an effort to create a safe space, webinars will not be recorded. 

Intended Audience:

  • Teachers in their first year (or two) of teaching Issues and Science.
  •  Attendees will ideally have completed the formal professional learning sessions for new implementations.

 

Schedule & Registration Links

Month DayTopic

September 18, 2024

7 pm EDT

Navigating the Lab-Aids Portal | REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

  • Accessing Student Content
  • Multi-window views between Teacher Editions and Teacher Resources
  • Ancillary Supports
  • Assessment Resources

October 16, 2024

7 pm EDT

 

Classroom and Materials Management | REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

  • Materials management – bins, etc
  • Making group roles and using them
  • How to group students for cooperative learning
  • How to set up routines: starting class vs. ending class

November 13, 2024

7 pm EST

Pacing: How to Stay on Track | REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

  • Pacing lessons vs. pacing units
  • Tools to use - timers, color codes, and more
  • Evaluating activities to scale them for your time frame
  • Developing daily and weekly routines to keep the class on track

January 15, 2025

7 pm EST

Student Discourse in the Classroom | REGISTER

  • How do we get kids to talk to each other?
  • Providing prompts & practicing discourse
  • Partner vs. group vs class discussion
  • Utilizing the 4-2-1 cooperative learning model

February 19, 2025

7 pm EST

Sensemaking and Literacy: Checking in on Notebooks

  • How do we get buy-in from students?
  • Accountability for notebooks
  • What goes in the notebook?
  • Structuring the notebook

March 19, 2025

7 pm EDT

Formative and Summative Assessments

  • Planning for assessment - beginning with the summative.
  • Which skills are graded?
  • How do points factor into rubric grading?
  • What else can I grade besides the Performance Expectations?

April 16, 2025

7 pm EDT

Tracking Phenomena in a Learning Pathway

  • Tracking both investigative and anchoring phenomena throughout a unit
  • Using summary tables
  • Using phenomena to connect the "why" to student learning

May 21, 2025

7 pm EDT

Reflection on Year 1 and Prep for the Future

  • How did it go? 
  • What will you change?
  • What new ideas do you have?
  • What do you want to try out next year?
  • How can Lab-Aids help you?

Teacher-to-Teacher Support: A flexible series delivered by teachers, for teachers

All webinars are designed to cover hot-topics and provide lots of time for meaningful conversation:

  • 15-minute spotlight on a topic relevant to the implementation process.
  • 45-minute open forums provide teachers a safe place to ask questions, find solutions, or seek curricular assistance.
  • Experienced presenters guide each session. These interactive webinars are delivered by a Lab-Aids partner, a teacher who was once new to Issues and Science, too. 

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