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Enhancing High School Chemistry Programs through Collaborative Teacher Initiatives

This article discusses a successful 5-year collaboration between Metropolitan State College of Denver and Denver Public Schools to improve high school science education through curriculum redesign, teacher training, and student assessment. The project aimed to enhance teacher retention, increase science licensure, and revamp the curriculum to better engage students in scientific inquiry. The article outlines the new curriculum structure, field-testing results, and the impact of group inquiry learning on student performance. It also addresses the challenges faced and the funding sources that supported the initiative.

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Enhancing High School Chemistry Programs through Collaborative Teacher Initiatives

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  1. Text TExtending Chemistry is in the News to High School Programs Susan M. Schelble Department of Chemistry, (MSCD) Metropolitan State College of Denver Denver, Colorado

  2. TWHOxt TDenver Public Schools (DPS) Teacher Education Department (TED) Liberal Arts School (LAS) at MSCD Text TWHATxt Te5 Year Collaboration through Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant (TQE)

  3. Populations MSCD DPS 22,500 Downtown Denver 300-400 10-40 78,000 Metro Denver 10 HS, 18 MS Enrollment Campus Education Majors Science

  4. WHY DPS MSCD Improve teacher retention Increase science licensure Secondary science redesign Science redesign of curriculum

  5. HOW Change current course structure for science curriculum at DPS Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8* Grade 9 Grade 10* Grade 11 Grade 12 Mixture of all science topics Mixture of all science topics Mixture of all science topics Life science Elective Elective Elective

  6. HOW New structure for DPS science curriculum (Field Testing 2006/07) Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8* Grade 9 Grade 10* Grade 11 Grade 12 Weather, atmosphere, earth Life science Physical science Earth science and/or elective Life science and/or elective Chemistry or physics and/or elective Chemistry or physics and/or elective/none * CSAP for Science given to all students

  7. STANDARDS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Scientific inquiry & investigation Physical science Life scienceext Text Earth and space science Interrelationips with IT, humanities Connections among sciences

  8. Changing Strategies 90/90/90 Schools* 1. Strong emphasis on achievement 2. Clear curricular choices 3. Frequent assessment and chances to improve. 4. Strong emphasis on writing. 5. External scoring of student work. Text * Reeves, Douglas, Accountability in Action, 2006

  9. Becoming Successful Successful schools Assessment w/ shared rubric On-going peer coaching Some shared assessment Integration of content Collaboration Clear expectations Multiple types of assessments are used Reality in most schools State Norm Tests PD days Traditional grading Independent content Teaching isolation Teaching is a secret Tests only grading objective

  10. EFFECTS OF GROUP INQUIRY Term ACS %tile Retention 61 60 63 63 61 65 78 83 89 87 94 96 S 1998 S 1999 S2000 S2001 S2002 S2003

  11. Challenges Universal computer access Library access Class time Group grading ? ? ?

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  13. Funding 1) NSF CCLI- A&I 2)Colorado Section ACS Student Travel Grants 3)UCDHSC Undergraduate Research Opportunity Fund 4)US Dept. Education Secondary Teacher Enhancement Project 5)ACS Project SEED

  14. Colorado Student Assistants Janene Filareki Filarecki Cindy Hickel Elaine Martinez Shannon Hopkins Eric Lupo Erik Angles

  15. Collaborators DPS MSCD Sharon Sikora Jim Short Debbie Hearty Angie Powers (TED) Nancy Sasaki (BIO) Melanie Haas (TQE) Dennis Dell (TQE)

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