Overview

Professional development (PD) is much more complex than just holding teacher workshops. Professional development can be helpful in fostering more appropriate workshops for Science as Inquiry, but a well-designed plan can influence certification of teachers and pre-service and in-service programs for teachers.

A working group, led by CS3, with representation from NRC, CCSSO, AAAS, the American Chemical Society (ACS), NSTA, AESP, and other education leadership groups, will be facilitated through a process for developing a Professional Development Template (PDT), complete with criteria and indicators, congruent with the operational definition of Science as Inquiry. This Professional Development Template will be useful to help direct and guide state and local level professional development programs for teachers of science in the implementation of Science as Inquiry." 

"Working in partnership with key national organizations and institutions, CS3 will use Science as Inquiry to define, describe, enumerate and construct a PDT. This template will be useful as a guide in the design of college/university teacher preparation programs and state and local in-service programs for science educators. In order to be more successful with program implementation, it is necessary for CS3 members to better understand the systemic nature of their work and to approach it with objectivity and utilitarian guidelines."

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