LUC-CPS-CCA Professional Learning Partnership
Loyola University Chicago Center for Science and Math Education (Loyola CSME) is partnering with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Center for Curriculum Analysis (CCA) to create a sustainable 6-8 Amplify Science Professional Learning (PL) Program. Coaches and specialists from Loyola CSME and CPS received Amplify certification training and serve as site-based experts and PL facilitators for this project. This expertise, combined with the power of CCA data, will support the program of 6-8 CPS Amplify Science PL. The work of this professional learning partnership is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Upcoming 6-8 Professional Learning
August 24th-26th - Skyline Science 6-8 Unit-Specific User Groups
These 1-hour synchronous sessions will focus on an identified instructional strategy for each unit. Participants will collaborate around best practices to support students' learning. CHRE, equity, and DL/EL support will also be leveraged tin every session. Participants will engage in 30 minutes of asynchronous prep work around the instructional strategy in the unit before attending the session. This hybrid synchronous/asynchronous session is an alternate path to the fully asynchronous 90-minute unit specific Amplify sessions.
Tuesday, August 24th, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. 6th Grade Microbiome
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Wednesday, August 25th, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. 7th Grade Geology on Mars
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Thursday, August 26th, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. 8th Grade Harnessing Human Energy
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For additional Professional Learning information, please reference the fliers on the PL Offerings Page and sign up for CPS Department of STEM ListServ to get notifications sent right to your CPS inbox.
Contacts
Instructional Coaches
Julie Jacobi, jjacobi@luc.edu
Chandra James, cjames11@luc.edu
Sarah Stults, sstults@luc.edu