New Resources for Professional Learning!

May 14, 2024

New resources for professional learning

Hello Ambitious Science Teachers,

Are you a science teacher leader or district specialist? We are excited to share with you some new resources for professional learning!

Supporting PLCs in Working Toward Justice-Centered Science Teaching

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A teacher’s journey to science and becoming a district science specialist

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Entry Points into Centering Social Justice Elementary Science Education in Large Districts

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Read Aloud Tools for Bilingual Classrooms and Professional Learning

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We want to hear from you!

The site redesign has been a collaborative effort among dozens of teachers and teacher educators. And it’s ongoing.

NEXT STEPS

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If you have 5 minutes, please fill out this survey about the usability of the new website.
If there is a tool or resource from that site that you’ve used, please share your story! We will do a $250 gift card raffle in May 2024.
If you are looking to build local collaborations, please see our partner page.
Feel free to reach out through our contact form if you have any questions or comments.

Onward,

The Ambitious Science Teaching team

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“The broad umbrella to me is focusing on teaching practices, is taking everything students say as legitimate resources and then as a teacher, figuring out what and when to do something with them.”

– K-12 Teacher

Ambitious Teaching—An overview

In this video we illustrate what Ambitious Teaching looks like in classrooms ranging from high school to kindergarten. The practices were developed through collaborations between teachers and researchers, and they are continually evolving as we learn more about how they work with young learners. There are several themes that you’ll see in all examples, such as a focus on puzzling and complex phenomena, opportunities to make sense through talk, making thinking visible, attending to who is participating, using various forms of scaffolding and tools, and much more.

This site is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Award #1907471 and #1315995