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Wednesday, April 10

NSELA Leadership Summit Breakfast			7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
Room: Grand Ballroom E, Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch
By Invitation OnlyPlease visit www.nsela.org for additional information.
Session Type: Networking Opportunity

W-1: Global Conversations: Welcome to My Elementary Classroom			7:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Maple Richmond Heights Elementary School, Off-site
Ticket Price: $30, by preregistration only Add your tickets when you register online or via the Attendee Service Center if you’re already registered. Welcome to My Classroom is a program sponsored by NSTA’s International Advisory Board and is intended primarily for international participants to view science classrooms. This year, trip participants will visit Maple Richmond Heights Elementary School or Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience. Participants will be split into groups where half will visit the elementary school, and the other half will visit the college preparatory school. Time has been set aside for participants to observe and interact with teachers and students at their selected location. Those with W-1 tickets will visit Maple Richmond Heights Elementary School, a grades 3–6 elementary school in which teaching and learning is focused by using the “School As Museum” metaphor to organize classroom projects. As students take on the role of curator and designer for their own museum exhibits, they are able to go in-depth into science and social studies units. Students and teachers choose the focus questions for their research allowing instruction to be differentiated naturally. The research process extends children’s opportunities for reading and writing across the curriculum. Creating exhibits based on this research and interpreting them for visitors provides an embedded way for students to demonstrate what they know and for teachers to assess their learning. For more information, visit Maple Richmond Heights Elementary School’s website. Meet your educational trip leader at the Convention Plaza entrance of America’s Center at least 15 minutes before departure time.
Session Type: Educational Trip

W-2: Global Conversations: Welcome to My High School Classroom			7:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience, Off-site
Ticket Price: $30, by preregistration only Add your tickets when you register online or via the Attendee Service Center if you’re already registered. Welcome to My Classroom is a program sponsored by NSTA’s International Advisory Board and is intended primarily for international participants to view science classrooms. This year, trip participants will visit Maple Richmond Heights Elementary School or Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience. Participants will be split into groups where half will visit the elementary school, and the other half will visit the college preparatory school. Time has been set aside for participants to observe and interact with teachers and students at their selected location. Those with W-2 tickets will visit Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience, an innovative, college preparatory school with high expectations of its academic team and student body. With a highly diverse learning community, the grades 9–12 school strives to achieve excellence by engaging in student-centered, experiential learning; integrating effective instructional technology; and using collaborative, real-world learning experiences. For more information, visit Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience. Meet your educational trip leader at the Convention Plaza entrance of America’s Center at least 15 minutes before departure time.
Session Type: Educational Trip

Designing Three-Dimensional Lessons and Units Workshop			8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Regency B, Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch
By Separate Registration Only Participants deepen their understanding of three-dimensional teaching and learning by focusing on developing storylines and learning how to use their resources to support broader implementation efforts in their schools and districts. Click here for more information and to register.
Session Type: Meeting

NSELA Leadership Summit			8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Grand Ballroom D, Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch
By Registration Through NSELA. Visit www.nsela.org for more information and to register.
Session Type: Meeting

PLI-1: Designing Meaningful STEM Lessons SOLD OUT			9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Room: Landmark 1, Marriott St. Louis Grand
PLI-1 is SOLD OUT. Ticket Price: $125; with conference registration Add your tickets when you register online or via the Attendee Service Center if you’re already registered. The question, “What does STEM look like in the classroom?” typically prompts a wide variety of responses. In their book, Designing Meaningful STEM Lessons, Jackie Speake Dwyer and Milton Huling propose a solution to this question: StEMTify your lessons! Science standards in all states have consistent big ideas—it is how we teach and frame the content that makes a significant difference in student learning and retention of important science concepts. The authors’ goal is to help teachers increase the efficacy of their current science lessons by substituting the StEMT process into already existing lessons to ensure real-world application using mathematics and engineering design. Click here for more details.
Speakers: Milton Huling, Curriculum Specialist, Polk County Public Schools Jackie Speake Dwyer, Independent Education Consultant, Learning Sciences International
Session Topic: General Science Education
Session Type: Professional Learning Institute
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PLI-2: Becoming a Practitioner of Science: Engaging Students in Solving Real Earth Science Problems in Earth, Physical, or Environmental Science Classrooms			9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Room: Landmark 2, Marriott St. Louis Grand
Ticket Price: $125; with conference registration Add your tickets when you register online or via the Attendee Service Center if you’re already registered. Students engaged in authentic three-dimensional learning benefit from teachers who are practitioners of science—curious and reflective individuals participating in their own sense-making as they guide students in doing science. This PLI engages participants in the role of true practitioner, experiencing the feeling of “not-yet-understanding” during the investigation of three Earth systems problems. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how to integrate Earth science into an interdisciplinary curriculum and how to mentor students during authentic investigations. Click here for more details.
Speakers: Mary Colson, Science Teacher, Horizon Middle School Russell Colson, Professor of Geology, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Session Topic: Earth and Space Science
Session Type: Professional Learning Institute

PLI-3: NextGen TIME: Transforming Implementation Through Materials Evaluation			9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Room: Landmark 3, Marriott St. Louis Grand
Ticket Price: $125; with conference registration Add your tickets when you register online or via the Attendee Service Center if you’re already registered. Are you planning to adopt new science instructional materials for your district or school? If so, you know this is an important, but challenging process. Claims about the standards alignment are common in materials, but which ones will really help teachers hone their craft? With new science standards, limited resources, and diverse student needs to consider—where do you even begin? NextGen TIME includes a suite of tools and processes designed to guide your deep dive into next generation science and to support you in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of new materials. The full process of NextGen TIME is often spread out over an extended period of time, but this professional learning experience will ground you in the core processes while helping you see through alignment claims. You will learn to identify important qualities necessary in instructional materials that are designed for the NGSS or other standards rooted in A Framework for K–12 Science Education. Click here for more details.
Speakers: Jo Topps, Regional Director, K-12 Alliance/WestEd Jody Bintz, Senior Science Educator, BSCS Matt Krehbiel, Director, Science, Achieve, Inc.
Session Topic: General Science Education
Session Type: Professional Learning Institute
Available Handouts :

PLI-4: Selecting Anchoring Phenomena for Equitable 3-D Teaching

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM