JoinLeaders Institute
National Conference in Denver • March 21, 2024
Location:
Hyatt Regency Denver, Capitol Ballroom • 650 15th St, Denver, CO 80202
Join fellow administrators for a day of empowering strategies, connection, and inspiration through focused leader-centric professional learning.
At NSTA’s Leaders Institute, education leaders will explore practical, research-based approaches that transform teaching and learning in the classroom, participate in formative conversations with subject-matter experts, boost their leadership skills, and expand their network of supportive colleagues and peers. Don’t miss this immersive, full-day learning experience—you will come away with actionable insights into your own leadership, a renewed sense of purpose for your work, and clarity about future goals for your ongoing growth as a leader.
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Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:45 AM | Breakfast kindly provided by our sponsor, ECA Science Kits |
| 9:00 -11:45 AM | GENERAL SESSION Transforming Science Teaching and LearningBuilding Capacity for Curriculum-Based Professional LearningExperience curriculum-based learning and consider how it differs from traditional professional learning. Engage in core, structural, and functional design features and enabling conditions of curriculum-based professional learning and consider implications for your work. Participants will receive a copy of Transforming Teaching Through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning by James B. Short and Stephanie Hirsh. Presenters: Jody Bintz, Susan Gomez Zwiep, and Jim Short |
| Noon- 1:00 PM | Lunch kindly provided by our sponsor, ECA Science Kits |
Breakout SessionsChoose from sessions in 4 focused strands, hosted by BSCS, ACESSE/CSSS, Boston College, and NSELA/WestEd. | |
| 1:00 - 4:15 PM | STRAND 1Transforming Science Teaching and Learning: Using the Elements of Curriculum-Based Professional Learning (BSCS) STRAND 2Transforming Learning: Leadership for All Students (ACESSE/CSSS) STRAND 3Transforming Learning: Supporting Principals with Tools for Classroom Visits (Boston College) STRAND 4Transforming Learning: Leadership for District Administrators to Ensure a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum (NSELA/WestEd) |
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Participants registering for the Leaders Institute are invited to purchase conference registration at a discounted cost. Details will be emailed after you register.