Teaching Channel
Project Title
For a project to design and field test a model for online, video-based professional learning that leverages the implementation of high quality instructional materials aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and further develop an engagem
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
15 months
Description
With Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) recently adopted or adapted by thirty-three states and the District of Columbia, more than half of American students will be in schools that are intended to teach science in ways that reflect the innovations and vision of NGSS. Teaching Channel’s proposed project responds to a growing market need for high quality instructional materials and examples of NGSS-aligned classrooms. This project will develop an innovative professional learning model, using video and online learning, and also empower teachers as leaders to help with NGSS implementation. The grant supports the development of an online course and proof of concept (using two chapters of a middle school ecology unit called Disruptions in Ecosystems) that fuses instructional materials with video, online learning, and coaching. Teaching Channel also will pursue a dissemination strategy to engage more teachers in the NGSS and contribute to a robust “movement” with the teacher’s voice at its center.
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Project Title
For the expansion of the Next Generation Science Standards resource site on TeachingChannel.org
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Teaching Channel’s mission is to create an environment where teachers can watch, share, and learn new techniques to help every student grow. They accomplish this by providing free, on-demand videos that model best teaching practices and an interactive collaboration platform where teachers become part of a community of professional learning—a space where they get better together. With previous Corporation support, Teaching Channel created a new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) resource site on TeachingChannel.org, their free open source website that reaches nearly one million educators a month. Along with NGSS videos and video-related resources, the site hosts NGSS aligned “challenges” to engage teachers across the country in working with the new standards. With renewed Corporation support, the Teaching Channel will continue to ensure they are helping teachers learn to change their practice in NGSS instruction in measurable ways.
Website
Project Title
For a dedicated Next Generation Science Standards/science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) resource site on TeachingChannel.org
Date
Jun. 04, 2015
Duration
12 months