Events

The OpenSciEd Equitable Instruction Initiative provides ongoing professional learning for the OpenSciEd units, and optional professional learning opportunities, such as collaboration opportunities between teachers and leaders. Please see the table and calendar below for our upcoming offerings.

 

Ongoing Professional Development

 

Professional Development
    OpenSciEd 
    Professional
    Development    

 
  SUMMER 2023

  WINTER 2024

  • Round 2 Key Elements (2-day): Sound, Thermal Energy, Chemical Reactions & Energy
    • Jan. 22 - 23 | UMass Amherst, Amherst
    • Feb. 5 - 6 | Connors Center, Dover
    • Feb. 7 - 8 | Connors Center, Dover
  • Round 4 Universal Design for Learning (UDL) 2-day: Earth in Space, Photosynthesis & Matter Cycling, Weather, Climate, Water Cycling
    • Jan. 22 - 23 | UMass Amherst, Amherst
    • Feb. 12 - 13 | Connors Center, Dover
  • Round 6 Writing & Drawing (2-day): Cells & Systems, Earth’s Resources & Human Impact, Natural Selection & Ancestry
    • Jan. 24 - 25 | UMass Amherst, Amherst
    • Feb. 14 - 15 | Connors Center, Dover
   Champion
   Convenings
  • 2023-2024 Convening Schedule (registration coming soon)
    • Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 | Champion Convening 1
    • Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 | Champion Convening 2
    • Tuesday, April 9, 2024 | Champion Convening 3

Optional Cohort-wide Supports for Teachers and Leaders

 

Leaders   Teachers
Direct PD Offerings

Fall 2023 Leader Opportunities (registration coming soon):

  • Round 1 Leader: Launch 
    • October 11 | 9:30am - 2:30pm | Lowell
  • Round 2 Leader: Change Efforts 
    • October 24 | Time TBA | Boston College
  • Round 3 Leader: Sustainability (POSTPONED) TBD 
    • November | 9:30am - 2:30pm | The Connors Center, Dover 

Please review this one-pager about the Leaders sessions.

 

  • Additional Offerings Coming Soon!
Cross-collaboration
Offerings
  • OEI Leader Learning Community
    • Virtual on first Tuesdays, from 2:30-3:30
      Open discussion with OpenSciEd leaders. Zoom link (no reg. req.)
 
  • OEI Teacher Learning Network Focused Collaboration Series #1: Grading and Assessment
    • Do grading and OpenSciEd assessments have you scratching your head? 
    • Join us for the opportunity to collaborate with teachers teaching the same unit as you to work through assessments and grading for the specific lessons you are about to teach.
    • 5 sessions: Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, virtual on Zoom, September 26 through October 24, 2023.
    • Register at mass-stemhub.org/OEIFCS
    • For more information, check out this link, then reach out to your school support specialist or nicole.ruttan@bc.edu.
  • Friday, Oct. 6 | OSE Community Day 

Upcoming Events

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