Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Formative Assessment - GREAT online conversation - Please Join Us

Michigan Mathematics and Science Centers Network
Michigan Formative Assessment Academy

Learn and Share Math & Science Formative Assessment Strategies

Schedule of Virtual Meetings:

Amelia Gotwals (Michigan State) - Formative assessment within elementary learning progressions- Sept. 25
Hilda Borko (Stanford) -Mathematics Formative Assessment working with teachers - October 9 (rescheduling - - watch for updates)
Alicia Alonzo (Michigan State) - Formative Assessment in Science - October 16
Sue Allen/Cary Sneider (Engineering Experts) - Formative Assessment and Engineering education November 6
Megan Bang (Washington) - Equity in Formative Assessment - December 18
Lorrie Shepard (UC-Boulder) - Formative Assessment - Science January 8
Bill Penuel (UC-Boulder)- Science formative assessment January 22
Erin Furtak (UC-Boulder) - Formative assessment cycle, Math and Science - February 12
Carla Zembal-Saul (Penn State) - Science and Mathematics formative assessment through talk February 26
Phil Bell (Washington) - Science formative assessment March

Logging In to Join - Phone or Computer

All meetings will be from 4:00-5:30 Eastern Standard Time Join us.

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/7346128780

Or iPhone one-tap :

US: +16699006833,,7346128780# or +14086380968,,7346128780#

Or Telephone：

Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location)：

US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 408 638 0968 or +1 646 876 9923

Meeting ID: 734 612 8780

Post Meeting Recordings will be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7TW9npE6jZhdjh4ZlVCZ2E4Qlk?usp=sharing

To share ideas, or to ask questions, contact Mary Starr, Exec. Director, MMSCN starrm@mimathandscience.org

The Academy is developed as part of TESLA, a multi-year project funded by MDE through the MMSCN.

Friday, September 22, 2017

Michigan Wildlife Education - Sign Up for Free Lessons by September 30th

From: Michigan DNR <MIDNR@govsubscriptions.michigan.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 1:46 PM
Subject: Know any K-12 students or teachers? Get Michigan's wildlife into their classroom

The deadline to register for the DNR's free wildlife educational opportunities is approaching.

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Wildlife Education

Know any K-12 students or teachers? Get Michigan's wildlife into their classroom!

The deadline to register for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' free wildlife educational opportunities is approaching. These resources offer educators a fun way to integrate the state's unique flora and fauna into their curriculum, while still meeting required educational standards.

Programs are available for kindergarten through 12th grades:

Elk University is offered for ninth through 12th grades.
A Year in the Life of a Michigan Black Bear is available to sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Go Wild for Michigan's Wildlife is offered to kindergarten through fifth grades.

Educators are asked to register for these classroom programs by Sept. 30.

To register, educators can visit mi.gov/dnrteachers and click on "Wildlife Education and Outreach," then select the program(s) they are interested in.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state's natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Consultant Position for NSF Study

FYI - This sounds interesting!

Laura

Greetings,

Please see the message below for a job opportunity related to science task development for a National Science Foundation (NSF) research study. If you are interested in applying for the position, please go to: http://etscareers.pereless.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=249900&BUID=2538.

Sincerely,

Jamie

Jamie N. Mikeska, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Student and Teacher Research Center

Educational Testing Service is seeking graduate students in science education and science teachers from elementary or middle schools to work with research and test development staff in a project related to elementary science instruction. The project is focused on developing and validating a set of performance-based tasks delivered within a simulated classroom environment in order to improve preservice elementary teachers’ ability to orchestrate discussions. These tasks will provide opportunities for preservice elementary to facilitate discussions with upper elementary student avatars (third to fifth grades) about the structure/properties of matter. A short description of this NSF project can be found at:http://cadrek12.org/projects/developing-preservice-elementary-teachers-ability-facilitate-goal-oriented-discussions-scie

Previous experience and familiarity with NGSS is required. Physical science content expertise as well as knowledge and/or experience teaching upper elementary science is preferred.

The work will run for approximately 16 months, beginning in September 2017 and ending around December 2018. Work will take place remotely, but participants will be expected to produce specific deliverables based on the project timeline and will be paid based on the time committed to each deliverable. In total, approximately 80 to 120 hours over the course of the 16 month period will be required. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities include:

· Training on the overall project goals and on the process for developing performance-based tasks

· Developing and revising performance-based science tasks that provide opportunities for preservice elementary teachers to learn how to facilitate discussions in science

To apply, please go to: http://etscareers.pereless.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=249900&BUID=2538

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Anyone Want to Have FREE Access to the NSTA Learning Center?

Good Morning STEM Leaders,

Please see email below. Need to have names ASAP of anyone interested. This is a wonderful FREE science resource that will help you with our new science standards. Get the word out to all science teachers in your building. To Join the group add your name to the list.

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The Math and Science Centers Network has some NSTA Learning Center accounts available. These accounts will be good from June 1 through next school year.

We are asking that you have a plan to use the Learning Center as part of PD (rather than just handing the accounts over haphazardly). To get those started we need a list of the teachers names and email addresses. Ideally, this would be before Monday(might be able to be a little flexible!) Please send the list to me as soon as you can. If it's going to be after Monday, please let me know it's coming.

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I was thinking of the same format we had the last time we did this. Please ask and forward this to teachers in your building that might be interested. I want to open it up to all science teachers this time. If you participated the last time, you can still participate this time.

Meeting Dates for 2017-1018 Learning Center

All meeting will be held at RESA

Email Laura Chambless (chambless.laura@sccresa.org) with any questions.

To Join the group add your name to the list.

Date	Time	Topic/Activities
June 2017	4:45-6:15	NSTA LC Introduction • Login • Overview of resources • Profile • Share something you found during the month Collections • Making and Sharing • Reviews • Build and Share a collection during the month
October 2017	4:45-6:15	Build My Library • Journal Articles • Webinars • Attend at least one Webinar • SciGuides • Complete one SciPack during the month
December 2017	4:45-6:15	PD Indexer • Complete a PD Indexer during the month
February 2018	4:45-6:15	Community Features • Forum • Cohort Hub • Private messaging • Badges and Leader Boards • Add to Forum discussion during the month
April 2018	4:45-6:15	Blended Learning • Content Focus Research • Pedagogy Focus Research
June 2018	4:45-6:15	Sharing Session

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

MCTM Members - Summer State Math Conference

******* DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 2, 2017 ********

Dear MCTM Member,

With cutbacks in school/district professional development monies, many more teachers are paying for PD opportunities from their own funds. The MCTM Scholarship Committee is excited to offer for a second year an opportunity to MCTM members: $500 Teacher Conference Scholarships to attend the MCTM Annual Institute and Conference!

Any teachers who is an MCTM member is eligible to receive the scholarship except for current MCTM Board Members. Scholarship applications and guidelines are available on the MCTM website at (https://www.mictm.org/index.php/scholarships/teacher-conference). Applications are due by close of business on May 2, 2017, with recipients notified by May 20, 2017. Up to six (6) $500 scholarships will be awarded.

The application is made up of an information form as well as a brief, typed proposal (two pages maximum), a letter of support that describes your role in mathematics education (preferable from your current administrator), and confirmation that you are a current member. Details are available at the link above.

Applications are due no later than May 2, 2017 and are to be emailed with attachments to info@mictm.org.

Questions about the scholarship? Please contact Scholarship Selection Committee Chair, Christine Kincaid Dewey at dewey@wcskids.net.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

MSTA Mini-Grants - Deadline is June 30th

It's time to apply for MSTA mini-grants!

The Michigan Science Teachers Association will award up to $1000 in mini-grants to selected members. You must be a current member to apply.
Grant applications should be submitted electronically through Google forms using the link provided below.
The grant deadline is June 30, 2017.
Award winners will be notified by September, 2017.
Projects MUST be completed by June 9, 2018.
As part of the Grant process, award winners are required to write a narrative of their project to be published in the MSTA Newsletter or Journal.

Click on the link to apply:

https://goo.gl/forms/ndcKIZgq4kRK3CHN2

If you have questions about our mini-grants, please email: lynnthomas@eskymos.com

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Hello MMSCN Directors and Associates,

Where possible, please share the announcement below with your local high schools; the Seaborg Center is heavily involved in this Environmental and Sustainability educational camp and past participants have raved about the experience and all the U.P. has to offer!

Warm Regards,

Chris Standerford, Director

Glenn T. Seaborg Mathematics and Science Center

Northern Michigan University

906 227-2002

http://www.nmu.edu/seaborg

Camp link

nmu.edu/environmental-science-camp

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Hello again Math Science Center Directors and Associates,

Attached is a second opportunity in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for adult individuals or families together this summer. Please share, or check it out for yourself, with anyone who may be interested in spending a week camping on Isle Royale. The experience is led by two knowledge field guides and long-time educators; no camping equipment or experience required.