Curriculum and Instruction Action Item |
DATE: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Inquiry is the method used to help teachers attain a deeper content understanding which enables them to construct the learning process themselves. Training content includes demonstrations of hands-on activities to ensure lessons qualify as inquiry, instruction in how to ask leading questions, and instruction on how to relate inquiry to grade level content. Participants will conduct presentations, cookbook labs, guided inquiry, and open-ended inquiry in order to examine the differences. Participants will be trained to teach specific benchmarks using inquiry pedagogy. Having learned inquiry and how to conduct inquiry activities in the classroom, the next step for teachers is how to take existing textbook labs and activities and modify them to be inquiry based. The train-the-trainer model will be used so participating teachers can provide this training to teachers in the future.
ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)
EVALUATION
SUBMITTED BY:
Josie Sanders, General Director, Middle School Education
Andi Ringer, Supervisor, Middle School Science
Wynne A. Tye
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction (813) 272-4221 |
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270 |
A 5.31 | |
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20080715_295 * Section A Item# 5.31 |