This is to announce the opening of priority registration for the Mathematics I and Energy II courses offered at Northeastern University and UMass-Boston by the Greater North Shore Science Partnership (GNSSP) and Boston Energy in Science Teaching (BEST) grants. These courses run one evening per week starting in January. Further details about each course are below. Priority registration for teachers from grant partner districts (Boston, Malden, Lynn) extends through December 10th. Teachers from these districts who have registered online AND submitted their registration checks before December 10th will receive priority enrollment status over teachers from other districts. However, interested teachers from all districts are encouraged to register and mail their $50 checks as soon as possible, to be processed on a first-come-first-served basis during the general registration period.
COURSE SCHEDULE (http://www.bostonscience.org/try/upcoming.html)
Winter & Spring 2011
• Mathematics I – Mathematics for Middle School Science Teachers (Northeastern University) – REGISTRATION OPEN NOW
Course Details & Registration: http://www.bostonscience.org/try/MathematicsI(Winter2011).html
• Energy II – Energy Concepts for Teaching Science (UMass-Boston) – REGISTRATION OPEN NOW
Course Details & Registration: http://www.bostonscience.org/try/EnergyII(Spring2011).html
• Energy I – Integrating the Sciences through Energy (Northeastern University) – Priority Registration Opens in February 2011
Course Details: http://www.bostonscience.org/try/EnergyI(Spring2011).html
Summer I 2011
• Physics I – Forces, Energy & Motion (Northeastern University) – Priority Registration Opens in May 2011
Course Details: http://www.bostonscience.org/try/PhysicsI(Summer2011).html
Summer II 2011
• Biology II – Ecology, Evolution & Diversity of Life (Northeastern University) – Priority Registration Opens in May 2011
Course Details: http://www.bostonscience.org/try/BiologyII(Summer2011).html
• Earth Science I – Weather & Water (Northeastern University) – Priority Registration Opens in May 2011
Course Details: http://www.bostonscience.org/try/EarthScienceI(Summer2011).html
• Chemistry III – Structure & Function (Northeastern University)
We are considering the possibility of offering a Chemistry III (Structure & Function) course at Northeastern University in Summer 2011 for high school teachers needing an additional chemistry course for licensure. This course would cover the topics of chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry and would be targeted specifically towards high school chemistry teachers, covering both the content and pedagogy required to teach beginning and advanced chemistry on the high school level in Massachusetts. If you are interested in this course, please take a minute to complete the brief survey. If enough teachers are interested we may run the course. LINK TO BRIEF SURVEY: http://www.bostonscience.org/try/ChemistryIII(Summer2011).html
Contextualized Content Course Model Overview
These Contextualized Content Courses were originally created by the Boston Science Partnership through funding provided by the NSF, to serve the needs of Boston’s science teachers and learners in grades 6-12 in order to immerse teachers in the science topics most relevant to their teaching practices. In these courses, teachers become students of science, developing their conceptual understandings through scientific inquiry. To ensure their relevance and high caliber of instruction, all courses are co-developed and co-taught by a combination of university faculty from University of Massachusetts-Boston and Northeastern University and teacher leaders from the Boston Public Schools and other partner districts. Each course provides contextual linkages between the science content and the standards-based curriculum of the Boston Public School district. The program is open to science educators at all stages of the professional continuum, from pre-service teachers up to the levels of master teacher and science administrator. The program welcomes all teachers who teach science at the middle or high school levels, including those who serve students with special needs or English language learners. If you teach or are preparing to teach any science at the middle or high school level, these courses are for you!
This course model has been adopted by the Greater North Shore Science Partnership, which receives funding from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, to extend the reach and significant impact of these course to teachers from districts across Eastern Massachusetts.
Mathematics I – Mathematics for Middle School Science Teachers (sponsored by the Greater North Shore Science Partnership through the Massachusetts DESE)
Course Audience: Middle school science teachers
Course Description: The course will cover mathematical concepts using mostly examples from science. Its goal is to refresh and enhance the mathematical skills middle school science need to teach science more effectively. The course will cover the following topics: ratios and proportions, algebraic equations (linear and quadratic), systems of linear equations, functions (linear and quadratic, graphical representation and interpretation of graphs), basic statistical analysis of data (mean, range, standard deviation, curve fitting), basic geometry (area of triangles & circles, volume of solids, similar and congruent triangles) and basic trigonometry (sine, cosine, tangent and basic vector analysis into components). Furthermore, this is a required course for the completion of the Master of Education in Middle School Science at Northeastern University.
Session: Winter 2011
Dates: January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 5 (Saturday), 10, 17 (24 – NO CLASS); March 3, 5 (Saturday), 10, 17, 24, 31; April 2 (Saturday).
Times: 4:00 PM - 7:30 PM on Thursday dates, 3 Saturday all-day classes.
Location & Room: Northeastern University (Room Location TBA)
Parking: Parking passes will be available.
Instructional Team: Larry McGrail (RESEED), Malcolm Pringle (MIT), Ryan Keser (BPS).
Course Tuition Payment/Graduate Credit: Northeastern University will grant 4 quarter hours of graduate credit for satisfactory completion of this course (equivalent to 3 semester hours). Tuition for the course will be $600 for teachers from all school districts (with $18.25 in mandatory university fees). The total cost of the course will be $618.25. Teachers will be billed directly for the total cost of the course (the bill will be issued by Northeastern close to the end of the course). As such, teachers will not need to make a tuition payment on the first day of class. Teachers wishing to receive a stipend for the course MUST take the course for graduate credit.
Stipend Information: Teachers are eligible to earn stipends of $600 which will directly cover the cost of tuition (not university fees). Stipends will be issued to teachers once all required work has been submitted and a passing letter grade has been issued. NOTE: All students MUST take the course for graduate credit (teachers will receive up to 60 PDP’s as well, pro-rated based upon attendance).
Attendance Policy: In order to receive graduate credit for this course, participants may not miss in excess of 8 instructional hours over the duration of the course. Any hours missed up until this point must be cleared with the instructional team, and alternative arrangements must be made to make up the work if necessary.
Energy II – Energy Concepts for Teaching Science (sponsored by the Boston Science Partnership/BEST through the National Science Foundation)
Course Audience: K-12 science teachers ***NOTE: Energy I is a Pre-Requisite***
Course Description: This course is a graduate-level science content course designed for pre-service and in-service middle and elementary school science teachers. It focuses on increasing understanding the big ideas in science and how they can be used to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Through an energy theme, and dependent on basic understanding of energy across the disciplines and in the K-12 curriculum (Physics 572—Integrating the Sciences Through Energy is a pre-requisite), this course deepens teachers’ content knowledge of the big ideas in science and applies this new knowledge to teaching children. Open inquiry, research methods, and pedagogical content knowledge will be emphasized. Observations of teaching integrating ideas, conducting interdisciplinary activities, and asking complex scientific questions will help students increase their understanding of how people learn science as well as move students from novice to expert in their ability to teach science that transcends disciplinary boundaries.
Session: Winter/Spring 2011
Dates: January 31; February 7, 14, (21 - NO CLASS), 28; March 7, (14 - NO CLASS), 21, 28; April 4, 11, (18 - NO CLASS), 25; May 2, 9, 16.
Times: 4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location & Room: UMass-Boston (Science Building - 3rd Floor, Room 126)
Parking: Parking passes will be available.
Instructional Team: Bob Chen (UMB), Robert Stevenson (UMB), Bala Sundaram (UMB), Haven Ripley (BPS).
Course Tuition Payment/Graduate Credit: The University of Massachusetts-Boston will grant 3 semester hours of graduate credit for satisfactory completion of this course. Teachers wishing to receive a stipend for the course MUST take the course for graduate credit through UMass-Boston. Teachers from all districts may pay for this course with a check in the amount of $305 (made out to UMass-Boston) on the first day of class, or elect to be billed by the university directly.
Stipend Information: Under the new stipend policy in effect for Boston teachers, teachers from BPS will receive a stipend of $435 for satisfactory completion of this course for graduate credit. This stipend amount will be issued by BPS and placed directly into your paycheck as a line item once you have received a final grade in the course. Non-Boston teachers are eligible to earn stipends of $600. This stipend amount will be issued by the GNNSP grant sponsoring non-Boston teachers. NOTE: All students MUST take the course for graduate credit (Boston Public Schools teachers will receive up to 60 PDPs as well, pro-rated based upon attendance).
Attendance Policy: In order to receive graduate credit for this course, participants may not miss in excess of 8 instructional hours over the duration of the course. Any hours missed up until this point must be cleared with the instructional team, and alternative arrangements must be made to make up the work if necessary.
If you are interested in taking either of these courses, please register online and send in your $50 registration fee (per course) as soon as possible. The $50 registration check is nonrefundable if you cancel less than 2 weeks prior to the start of the course. Confirmed receipt of your registration check will hold your position in the class, on a first come, first served basis. Once we receive your registration check, you will be sent a brief e-mail confirming your spot in the course. Two weeks prior to the start of class, you will receive a more detailed e-mail with building and room location and other important information.
We are anticipating a high level of interest in these courses, so please take the time to register (and mail your check) as soon as possible to ensure your spot.
Registration Check Information:
FOR ENERGY II: Please make the registration check in the amount of $50 (per course) payable to: UMass-Boston(include the course name and your preferred e-mail address in the memo line)
FOR MATHEMATICS I: Please make the registration check in the amount of $50 (per course) payable to: Northeastern University (include the course name and your preferred e-mail address in the memo line)
Send the checks for BOTH COURSES to:
Nick Smetana
Center for STEM Education
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue, 520 INV
Boston, MA 02115
Feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have.
Nick Smetana
phone: (617) 373-3706
e-mail: n.smetana@neu.edu
e-mail: bsp@umb.edu
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