TIU 11 STEELS Professional Learning

Click on dates listed under each heading to read full descriptions and register.

Tier 1: Foundational Knowledge and Practices to Support STEELS and 3-Dimensional Learning

LEAs must attend at least one of these first.

School Leaders Establishing Foundations for the New Science “STEELS” Academic Standards: NGSX PLANS

In-person
Select only one set of dates
- Wed. 1/9 - Thurs. 1/10/24

Audience: administrators, school science leaders, secondary science teachers

Implementing the STEELS Standards: Developing Science Leadership Teams

In-person
Choose consecutive two days or attend any Day #2 after attending Day #1
- Tues. 1/30 - Wed. 1/31/24

Audience: administrators, school science leaders, K-12 science teachers, special education teachers, ELL teachers

ENGINE 3D STEELS Educators Community of Practice

Virtual Webinar Series - 10 sessions, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

In-person, hybrid or asynchronous
- Spring 2024 sessions begin Tues. 1/2/24

Audience: administrators, K-12 teachers, special education and resource teachers, paraprofessionals, substitute teachers

For a list of topics, click here.

For more information contact Peney Wright pwright@tiu11.org

STEELS Experience for K-12 Teachers

Immersive and Foundational STEELS experience

In-person

Audience: administrators, K-12 teachers, special education and resource teachers, paraprofessionals, substitute teachers

Tier 2: Implementation and Engagement Strategies

LEAs must attend a Tier 1 session before registering for Tier 2 sessions

STEELS Leadership Teams Meetings

District-Level STEELS Leadership Team Planning Sessions

Topics to include: 3-Dimensional Assessments, Technology and Engineering Standards Integration, Integrating STEELS at the Elementary Level and Secondary Level, Shifting and/or Selecting High Quality Instructional Materials, STEM/STEAM and Computer Science with STEELS

STEELS Teams - Spring Meeting

(For any district which has completed Implementing the STEELS Standards: Developing Science Leadership Teams. All team members encouraged to attend; special topics will be featured.

Choose one date
- - W 2/14/24
  - W 3/6/24

District-Level Virtual 30 minute Check-ins

Spring 2024 Virtual Check-ins

(Any district which has completed Implementing the STEELS Standards: Developing Science Leadership Teams)

(30 minutes per district team, all members not required to attend, team representatives are fine)
Choose one day and time and time (via Google Form)
- Spring Sessions A
  - 2/20/24
  - 2/21/23
  - 2/23/24
- Spring Sessions B
  - M 3/11/24

T 3/12/24
TH 3/14/24

Ambitious Science Teaching

Prerequisite: one or more Tier 1 training

In-person Sessions Include:

AST Session #1: Introduction to Ambitious Science Teaching and Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy
- - Tues. 8/6/24
AST Session #2: Practice 1 - Planning for Big Ideas
- - Thurs. 2/22/24
  - Wed. 8/7/24
AST Session #3: Practice 2 - Eliciting Students’ Ideas
- - Tues. 12/19/23
  - Mon. 8/12/24
AST Session #4: Practice 3 - Supporting Ongoing Thinking
- - Wed. 1/24/24
  - Thurs. 2/8/24
  - Tues. 8/13/24
AST Session #5: Practice 4 - Evidence-based Explanations
- - Tues. 2/13/24
  - Thurs. 4/11/24
  - Wed. 8/14/2024
AST Session #6 Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
- - Wed. 3/13/24
  - Wed. 4/17/24
  - Thurs. 8/15/24

Tier 3: Special Topics

LEAs may choose from these "menu" options once they have completed at least one Tier 1 session and AST sessions #1 to #3.

Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs)

Participant Teams may attend back to back days or any Day #2 as schedules allow.

Engineering is Elementary K-8

Spring 2024 dates TBA
By appointment

Strong, integrated literacy components

Engineering by Design K-12

Spring 2024 dates TBA
By appointment

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