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STEAM Micro-Credentialing: Cultivating Educator Excellence
How can we cultivate and validate educator expertise in STEAM?
As the number of schools identifying themselves as STEAM increases, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Human Resources Division developed and launched a research- and…
Opportunity for Successful Science Implementation in a Post-Pandemic Climate
The following excerpt below and accompanying PDF is provided by the Networked Improvement Community Region 10 (Geographic area in California that includes Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties).
In CASE You Missed It (February/March 2022)
We made it through January and now we’re well into the new year. Here at CASE, we haven’t skipped a beat. We have plenty of professional learning and networking events (virtual AND in person) coming your way, and so many other happenings as well.…
Coherent and Student Centered Science Assessment Systems
When someone tells you to think about assessment, what pops into your head? After spending the last year talking about NGSS assessment with thoughtful science educators from across California, I think of this depiction of a Coherent Assessment System…
Planned Happenstance in Career Exploration
We’ve grown up being asked that question as early as Kindergarten and we continue to ask that of each other and ourselves throughout our years. From an early age we are conditioned to pick a title/career and focus solely on that career as we navigate…
Taking on Climate Change with Courage
I remember the day I was invited to attend a group meeting with Dr. Deborah Ball to learn more about discretionary spaces and how these small interactions carry such great weight in classrooms. I was so excited to chat more with her about teacher…
