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Project P.O.S.T. Preparing Outstanding Science Teachers

Project P.O.S.T. Preparing Outstanding Science Teachers. A Partnership of GCS & UNCG. High School Performance Science EOCs. Middle School Math Performance. The Vision. Provide relevant and engaging professional development for our middle school science teachers

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Project P.O.S.T. Preparing Outstanding Science Teachers

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  1. Project P.O.S.T.Preparing Outstanding Science Teachers A Partnership of GCS & UNCG

  2. High School Performance Science EOCs

  3. Middle School Math Performance

  4. The Vision • Provide relevant and engaging professional development for our middle school science teachers • Purchase resources to assist our team leaders with reflection on their personal growth in the areas of inquiry and content knowledge • Establish Professional Learning Communities in each school fostering collaboration among the science staff • Ensure our teachers model safe lab procedures with our students P.O.S.T.

  5. POST Participants Teachers from the middle schools in Guilford County

  6. Summer Courses Cohort 1 Physical science 2007 Biology 2007 Earth/Environmental 2008

  7. Summer Courses Cohort 2 Physics 2008 Biology 2008 Earth/Environmental 2009 Chemistry 2009

  8. Quarterly Academies All the science staff at each POST school Training in Inquiry based instruction

  9. Quarterly Academies Content instruction Training with science equipment

  10. Bi-weekly Meetings POST Team Leaders Develop Professional Learning Communities Lesson Study

  11. Lesson Study Cycle

  12. What now? What not to do…

  13. Commitment to actively participate for two years in this project as a POST Team Leader for your school Successfully complete four 2-week summer courses at UNCG Attendance at Quarterly Academies (8) and Biweekly staff meetings, during the 2007/08 and 2008/09 school years Expectations of Teachers

  14. Expectations of Teachers – cont. • Provide data through peer observations, surveys, and content knowledge evaluations throughout the life of the project • Develop, with support of the Project Coordinator, a professional development plan for your school, and a personal professional development plan for your individual classroom based on data from EOG and benchmarks

  15. Benefits of Participation • 12 hours towards a graduate degree from UNCG, with tuition, textbooks, and stipend ($750/course) for courses provided • Free science resources and equipment • Quarterly academies with free resources for all science teachers in your school

  16. Benefits – cont. • Substitutes to visit other science classrooms • Learn Inquiry-Based Instruction methods and deepen content knowledge specific to the NCSCOS for middle school science • Develop leadership skills, and receive support from UNCG, GCS, and your principal throughout the project

  17. Recruitment POST Website http://professional_development.gcsnc.com/POST.html Online Teacher Application

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