ND Curriculum Initiative

The North Dakota Curriculum Initiative (NDCI) is a long-term professional development program for North Dakota public and non-public school curriculum administrators and teachers.

Events

Math Assessment and Instruction AND Effective Science Instruction

Draft_Math_Agenda.pdf ScienceAgenda12.08.pdf

Presented by: Math Presenters: Lori Gibson, Kathleen Dempsey, Judy Thomson, Janeen Norland - Science: Anne Tweed
When: December 1-2, 2008 - POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE (TBD)
Where: Kelly Inn ~ Bismarck, ND

Due to the weather and flooding situation in North Dakota the NDCI
Math/Science event scheduled for March 30-31, 2009 at the Radisson
in Bismarck, ND has been postponed until a later date.

Once new dates are determined, we will notify you and place the information
on our website at http://ndcurriculuminitative.org

Please be sure to cancel your hotel rooms at the Radisson by calling
701-255-6000.

Thank you for your understanding.

Assessment and Instruction: Which is the Cart and Which is the Horse?
50%, A, 10 Right, 5 Wrong, 1—- Grades, scores, tests, numbers—How does this help students (or teachers for that matter) make sense of student learning. In this session, teachers will explore how to use assessments (along the way and at the end) to truly discover what students know and are able to do. Participants will incorporate actual student work to investigate the cues and clues that help teachers understand their students’ thinking and misconceptions.
During this session participants will: examine the relationship between instruction and assessment; consider how belief systems can impact assessment; learn how to use student work to inform instruction; learn strategies to help students be more accountable for their own learning.

Effective Science Instruction Session 2:  Incorporating Inquiry Instruction 
In this session participants will begin by learning about the research on inquiry science instruction. In this session we will: review the five features of inquiry and then look at sample lessons to see how inquiry based they are; analyze video clips to observe teachers implementing inquiry approaches to help their students understand science concepts; look at practical ways that you can revise existing lessons to make them more inquiry-based; model the process and then practice on your own lessons. Participants should bring a sample lesson to revise.

Hotel: A block of rooms has been reserved for NDCI participants. Please call to reserve your room.
Kelly Inn
1800 N 12th
Bismarck, ND 58501
Telephone: 701-231-2685

Science_Description.pdf
Math_Description.pdf

Registration: To register, please click here.

Travel Assistance: Some assistance is available for sub costs, mileage, and lodging. Please see our Reimbursement Guidelines for more information.