Project P.O.S.T. Preparing Outstanding Science Teachers
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Project P.O.S.T. Project P.O.S.T. Preparing Outstanding Science Preparing Outstanding Science Teachers Teachers A Partnership of GCS & UNCG A Partnership of GCS & UNCG
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Project P.O.S.T.Project P.O.S.T. Preparing Outstanding Science Preparing Outstanding Science TeachersTeachers
A Partnership of GCS & UNCGA Partnership of GCS & UNCG
Percentage of Students NOT Proficient
0.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.0
Andrews Dudley Eastern HighPoint
Central
Smith
Biology
Chemistry
Physical Science
Physics
High School Performance Science EOCs
Percentage of Students NOT Proficient
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
Allen Jay Allen Ferndale Jackson Penn-Griffin
6th
7th
8th
Alg
Middle School Math Performance
The VisionThe 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.
POST ParticipantsPOST Participants
Teachers from
the middle schools
in Guilford County
Summer CoursesSummer Courses
Cohort 1 Physical science 2007 Biology 2007 Earth/Environmental 2008
Summer CoursesSummer Courses
Cohort 2 Physics 2008 Biology 2008 Earth/Environmental 2009 Chemistry 2009
Quarterly Quarterly AcademiesAcademies
All the science All the science staff at each staff at each POST schoolPOST school
Training in Inquiry based Training in Inquiry based instructioninstruction
Quarterly Quarterly AcademiesAcademies
Content instructionContent instruction Training with science Training with science
equipmentequipment
Bi-weekly MeetingsBi-weekly Meetings
POST Team Leaders POST Team Leaders Develop Professional Learning Develop Professional Learning
Communities Communities Lesson StudyLesson Study
Lesson Study CycleLesson Study Cycle
Analyze and Analyze and PlanPlan
Report onReport on GoalsGoals
Set GoalsSet Goals
Teach & Teach & ObserveObserve
Discuss &Discuss & ReviseRevise
Teach &Teach &ObserveObserve
Discuss &Discuss &ReviseRevise
What now? What now?
What not to do…What not to do…
Expectations of Expectations of TeachersTeachers
Commitment to actively participate for Commitment to actively participate for twotwo
years in this project as a POST Team years in this project as a POST Team Leader for your schoolLeader for your school
Successfully complete four 2-week Successfully complete four 2-week summer courses at UNCGsummer courses at UNCG
Attendance at Quarterly Academies (8) Attendance at Quarterly Academies (8) and Biweekly staff meetings, during the and Biweekly staff meetings, during the 2007/08 and 2008/09 school years2007/08 and 2008/09 school years
Expectations of Expectations of Teachers – cont.Teachers – cont.
Provide data through peer observations, Provide data through peer observations, surveys, and content knowledge evaluations surveys, and content knowledge evaluations throughout the life of the projectthroughout the life of the project
Develop, with support of the Project Develop, with support of the Project Coordinator, a professional development Coordinator, a professional development plan for your school, and a personal plan for your school, and a personal professional development plan for your professional development plan for your individual classroom based on data from individual classroom based on data from EOG and benchmarksEOG and benchmarks
Benefits of Benefits of ParticipationParticipation
12 hours towards a graduate degree 12 hours towards a graduate degree from UNCG, with tuition, textbooks, from UNCG, with tuition, textbooks, and stipend ($750/course) for and stipend ($750/course) for courses providedcourses provided
Free science resources and Free science resources and equipment equipment
Quarterly academies with free Quarterly academies with free resources for all science teachers in resources for all science teachers in your schoolyour school
Benefits – cont.Benefits – cont.
Substitutes to visit other science Substitutes to visit other science classroomsclassrooms
Learn Inquiry-Based Instruction Learn Inquiry-Based Instruction methods and deepen content methods and deepen content knowledge specific to the NCSCOS for knowledge specific to the NCSCOS for middle school science middle school science
Develop leadership skills, and receive Develop leadership skills, and receive support from UNCG, GCS, and your support from UNCG, GCS, and your principal throughout the projectprincipal throughout the project
RecruitmentRecruitment
POST Websitehttp://
professional_development.gcsnc.com/POST.html
Online Teacher Application
