Unlocking Science…AP-2-K: Understanding What It Means To Be Academically Able

NC Department of Public Instruction K-12 Science Section

NC Science Teachers’ Association

41st Annual Professional Development Institute

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Presenter: Jami Inman, High School Consultant

What is AP-2-K all about?

• Implementing vertical K-12 science professional development teams

• Utilizing research-based science resources to clarify national, state and local standards

• Developing learning progressions by back mapping standards from AP to Kindergarten for action-planning

• Implementing formative assessment strategies to identify student understanding and misconceptions in order to guide instruction

• Achieving high levels of learning for all students

Vertical K-12 Science Teams

Foundational Principals:

• Standards

• Equity and Access

• Instruction

• Coordination

• Collaboration

• Enthusiasm

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Learning Progressions

• Anchored in strand maps from Project 2061’s Atlas for Scientific Literacy– National Science Digital Library

(NSDL) Science Literacy Maps

• Identifies aligned state/local standards across grade levels

• Example: Natural Selection (CTS Study Guide, Map & Example Assessment formats)

Formative Assessment

North Carolina Formative AssessmentLearning Community Online Network(NCFALCON)• http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/falcon/

• Statewide online professional development series

• Five formative assessment modules for teachers

Formative Assessment Resources

• Science Formative Assessment: 75 Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction and Learning by Page Keeley

• Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol.1-4

• CTS Assessment Probe Scaffold for designing assessment probes and crosswalk to probes

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Vol.2, p. 143

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Vol.4, p. 113

Essential Science for Teachers Produced by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2003

• Annenberg Media video courses – designed for teacher professional development, or

content review– series includes Life Science, Earth and Space

Science and Physical Science.– Life Science series, Session 5. Variation,

Adaptation, and Natural Selection uses in-depth interviews to uncover student ideas

– http://www.learner.org/resources/series179.html

2010-2011 AP-2-K Teams

• Region 1– Pitt County

• Region 2– Duplin County

• Region 3– Johnston County– Durham County– Halifax County

• Region 4– Cumberland County– Moore County– Richmond County– Harnett County

• Region 5– Randolph County– Guilford County

• Region 6– Charlotte/Mecklenburg– Gaston County

• Region 7– Burke County

• Region 8– Buncombe County

K-12 Science Team

Beverly Vance, Section ChiefDebra Hall, K-5 Science ConsultantDonna Kenestrick, K-5 Science

ConsultantJanet Bailey, 6-8 Science ConsultantBenita Tipton, 6-8 Science ConsultantJami Inman, 9-12 Science ConsultantRagan Spain, 9-12 Science Consultant