October 2, 2021 (Online)
Standards Based Grading workshops – Register below
We have heard from many of you that there is a lot of interest in Standards Based Grading, as it is a topic that aligns assessment practices with the student-centered teaching practices that we focus on. So we are planning for a series of Standards Based Grading workshops throughout the school year, with the idea that each will build upon the previous. (If you can’t make one of them, you can catch up!) The idea here is to help teachers grow and prepare over the course of the year, not just a one-and-done session.
Standards Based Grading for Beginners https://www.eventbrite.com/e/167088136113
Standards Based Grading for Intermediates https://www.eventbrite.com/e/167089401899
February 5th, 2022 (Brecksville-Broadview Heights Middle School)
Teaching Forces for Physical Science and Physics – Register
Kelly Kroesen, Keiry Franklin & Larissa VanDerMolen (Brecksville-Broadview Heights Middle School); Molly Sauder (Twinsburg High School)
This is an in-person event in a well-ventilated room. Face masks are required.
Teaching students how to think about forces in middle school is hard; making sure the thinking they do in middle school helps them when they get to more advanced classes is even harder. This exciting and hands-on workshop will focus on helping students develop a working model for the idea of a force. The activities and curricular resources shared will elicit student investigation through inquiry and discovery aligned to Ohio state science standards. Discussions of the vertical alignment between 8th grade, Physical Science, and Physics standards will help participants use best practices as designing lessons and prepare students for the 8th grade science OST.
The target audience will be 8th-9th grade physical science and physics teachers (higher or lower grade level physical science/physics teachers also absolutely welcome). Participants will walk away with materials used in the workshop.
May 21st, 2022 (Harriet Keeler Memorial Picnic Area, Brecksville)
STEMteachersCLE Annual General Meeting 2022 – Register
STEMteachersCLE would like to invite you to join us over a meal to think about how to continue and improve moving forward. All ideas and suggestions are welcome at this meeting. What would you like to see? And what can you contribute? We will be planning our weekend sessions for the year as well as discussing longer workshops to be offered Summer 2022.
Games and a hike to follow!