Professional Learning Opportunities
Area teachers learn how to use MakeyMakey at the SJCOE Tech Summit. Registration is open for SJCOE Tech Summit 2019
SJCOE STEM Programs Professional Learning Workshops
CCESSA Region 6 Administrator Workshop to Support NGSS Implementation Series
Come learn how to build shared language around the existing data for science instruction; deepen understanding of support for a site vision of equity in science; and, reflect on how science supports the goals of your site. This is a 5 module series alternating locations between the Stanislaus County Office of Education and the San Joaquin County Office of Education.
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Module 1 at Stanislaus County Office of Education, August 29, 9am to noon
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Module 2 at San Joaquin County Office of Education, October 23, 9am to noon
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Module 3 at Stanislaus County Office of Education, January 9, 9am to noon
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Module 4 at San Joaquin County Office of Education, February 19, 9am to noon
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Module 5 at Stanislaus County Office of Education, March 12, 9am to noon
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NGSS 5E High School Physics Collaborative Planning Workshop
September 3, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
NGSS curriculum resources are often challenging to navigate and develop into an appropriate scope and sequence for classrooms. Let SJCOE STEM Programs facilitate this process in a collaborative workshop with other area educators. We will explore NGSS resources and work alongside other grade-like educators to further develop 5E lessons, storylines and units that can be immediately implemented into practice.
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NGSS 5E High School Chemistry Collaborative Planning Workshop
September 12, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
NGSS curriculum resources are often challenging to navigate and develop into an appropriate scope and sequence for classrooms. Let SJCOE STEM Programs facilitate this process in a collaborative workshop with other area educators. We will explore NGSS resources and work alongside other grade-like educators to further develop 5E lessons, storylines and units that can be immediately implemented into practice.
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SJCOE Tech Summit 2019
Digital Block Party
September 14, 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
The SJCOE Tech Summit is where teachers, administrators, curriculum leaders, and IT staff members come together to learn how to incorporate more technology in the classroom.
The theme of the Fourth Annual Tech Summit is "Digital Block Party," which puts a focus on building educational communities. Tech is a tool that helps students work together in the classroom, allows educators to collaborate with one another, and connects students to the world around them. Together we can learn how to build safe educational communities through knowledge of powerful technology and how to be a responsible digital citizen.
The summit will be held on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the San Joaquin County Office of Education's Wentworth Education Center, 2707 Transworld Dr., Stockton, CA 95206.
We hope you can make it. It won't be a party without you.
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NGSS 5E Middle School Collaborative Planning Workshop
September 18, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
NGSS curriculum resources are often challenging to navigate and develop into an appropriate scope and sequence for classrooms. Let SJCOE STEM Programs facilitate this process in a collaborative workshop with other area educators. We will explore NGSS resources and work alongside other grade-like educators to further develop 5E lessons, storylines and units that can be immediately implemented into practice.
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Digitarium (Formerly known as Starlab)
September 19th (1st offering) and September 20th (2nd offering) at SJCOE, 4-7pm
Would you like to be able to bring the stars and planets to your students right at your own school? Now you can! The portable, digital planetarium brings a life like experience to your students while at the same time reinforces NGSS Standards.
Contact Vanessa Reynoso Mercado, vreynosomercado@sjcoe.net for more information.
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CA NGSS Statewide Rollout - Environmental Literacy
September 30 - October 1 at the San Joaquin County Office of Education
The California Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Statewide Rollout: Environmental Literacy is a two-day professional learning geared toward grade K-12 academic coaches, administrators, curriculum leads, and teacher leaders. Participants will experience grade appropriate learning sequences with an environmental literacy focus and examples of local environmental phenomena. A variety of community-based partners will feature resources that use the environment as a context for supporting student learning and CA NGSS implementation. It is recommended that districts send teams of four to six, which include at least one administrator.
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We are also sponsoring a "Poems for the Environment" competition for students in grades 6-12. Two students, one from middle school and one from high school will be selected to perform their poem at day 1 of the NGSS Roll Out. Please contact Bret States at bstates@sjcoe.net for more information and to submit student entries. The deadline to apply is September 20.
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Making Sense of SCIENCE - Next Generation Science Implementation: Systems Course for K-5
October 8-9, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
This 2-day Making Sense of SCIENCE (MSS) course provides opportunities for teachers to engage in adult-level, inquiry-based, multi-dimensional science learning guided by next generation pedagogy, to analyze their learning experiences and common student challenges in science, and to strategize for implementing this type of next generation science learning in their classrooms.
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Addressing CA Computer Science Standards Through Robotics
Saturday, October 9, 2019 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
The computer science standards are a chance for all students to gain computational thinking skills. As our world is becoming increasingly digital, all students should know how to use computers to solve problems logically. One fun way to do this is through robotics. Get to try out robotics at different grade levels and learn how to address the CA CS standards.
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NGSS 5E High School Biology Collaborative Planning Workshop
October 10, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
NGSS curriculum resources are often challenging to navigate and develop into an appropriate scope and sequence for classrooms. Let SJCOE STEM Programs facilitate this process in a collaborative workshop with other area educators. We will explore NGSS resources and work alongside other grade-like educators to further develop 5E lessons, storylines and units that can be immediately implemented into practice.
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Formative Scaffolding NGSS Assessment, Grades 6-12
October 22, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Participants will learn how to add meaningful scaffolds and supports to existing assessments to better prepare students for formative, NGSS, 2 and 3 dimensional learning and performance tasks.
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Make and Take Electrophoresis, Grades 6-8
November 19, 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Come and experience how electrophoresis can be used to address CA NGSS Performance Expectations and make a class set of equipment that will allow you to continue this activity in your classroom for years to come! This make and take workshop will begin with participants experiencing how the lesson can unfold based upon viewing an engaging phenomenon. Once observed, participants will model what they think is happening. Over time, they will pan and execute an experiment, develop a scientific explanation that includes claim, evidence and reasoning. Kit assembly will serve a class of 35 working in pairs.
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NGSS 5E High School Physics Collaborative Planning Workshop
January 28, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
NGSS curriculum resources are often challenging to navigate and develop into an appropriate scope and sequence for classrooms. Let SJCOE STEM Programs facilitate this process in a collaborative workshop with other area educators. We will explore NGSS resources and work alongside other grade-like educators to further develop 5E lessons, storylines and units that can be immediately implemented into practice.
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NGSS 5E K-5 Collaborative Planning Workshop
January 29, 2020, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
NGSS curriculum resources are often challenging to navigate and develop into an appropriate scope and sequence for classrooms. Let SJCOE STEM Programs facilitate this process in a collaborative workshop with other area educators. We will explore NGSS resources and work alongside other grade-like educators to further develop 5E lessons, storylines and units that can be immediately implemented into practice while integrating Common Core Math and ELA.
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NGSS 5E Middle School Collaborative Planning Workshop (2nd Offering)
January 30, 2020, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
NGSS curriculum resources are often challenging to navigate and develop into an appropriate scope and sequence for classrooms. Let SJCOE STEM Programs facilitate this process in a collaborative workshop with other area educators. We will explore NGSS resources and work alongside other grade-like educators to further develop 5E lessons, storylines and units that can be immediately implemented into practice.
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NGSS 5E High School Chemistry Collaborative Planning Workshop (2nd Offering)
February 11, 2020, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
NGSS curriculum resources are often challenging to navigate and develop into an appropriate scope and sequence for classrooms. Let SJCOE STEM Programs facilitate this process in a collaborative workshop with other area educators. We will explore NGSS resources and work alongside other grade-like educators to further develop 5E lessons, storylines and units that can be immediately implemented into practice.
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Building Toward the CAST (How do you design a 2D and 3D assessment?) Grades 6-12
February 25, 2020, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Come learn how to best utilize the resources for the California Science Test (CAST) including training, practice tests, rubrics and scoring guides. Participants will also experience a performance task and collaboratively work toward creating classroom NGSS assessments to better prepare our students and to inform instruction. This will be 1/2 day workshop.
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Tech in Teaching
February 25, 2020 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Often in Education people think about what a technology is, rather than what they need students to be able to do. We will cover lots of ways to have tech support student learning. Tech in Teaching is a PD to cover useful technologies for teachers, from media usage to augmented reality.
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NGSS 5E High School Biology Collaborative Planning Internal Workshop (2nd Offering)
February 26, 2020, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
NGSS curriculum resources are often challenging to navigate and develop into an appropriate scope and sequence for classrooms. Let SJCOE STEM Programs facilitate this process in a collaborative workshop with other area educators. We will explore NGSS resources and work alongside other grade-like educators to further develop 5E lessons,
storylines and units that can be immediately implemented into practice.
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Engineering with 3D Printing
March 21, 2020, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
3D printing is a constantly expanding technology, from prototyping small electronic inventions, to building concrete structures. Students can learn engineering using 3D printers in the classroom. Join us to experience an engineering lesson and learn how to use 3D printers.
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