Wade Institute Customized Professional Learning Services
Providing virtual and on-site science professional learning that engages the curiosity and wonder of students and inspires teachers!
Depending on your school district’s needs, we can provide either an on-site professional development program, a virtual program, or a combination of both platforms.
Our Customized Professional Learning programs support both on-site and remote STEM instruction.
Wade Institute Customized Professional Learning Services…
- provide professional learning experiences tailored to teachers’ needs within a school or district
- align with the 2016 MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework
- model the use of the Science and Engineering Practices for instruction and assessment
- apply inquiry-based science instruction strategies
- share resources for engaging and effective remote science and engineering instruction
- provide skills to develop phenomena-based units and investigations
- foster teachers’ use of inquiry-based, hands-on instruction and assessment
- support school-based initiatives to strengthen science instruction and assessment
- use a variety of scheduling options to offer sustained learning experiences to promote lasting change
Wade Institute Customized Professional Learning Services promote:
- integrating literacy, math, and critical thinking skills in science instruction
- using productive talk and gallery walks effectively
- implementing phenomena-based instruction
- strengthening students’ written and oral communication about science
The educators at the Wade Institute who design, develop and deliver the Customized Professional Learning Services programs are…
- highly credentialed and experienced K-12 science education specialists
- skilled in the use of inquiry-based, hands-on science instruction
- responsive to identified professional learning needs
- well-versed in the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards
- available to work directly with classroom teachers on-site or remotely to support their implementation of inquiry-based instruction and the Science and Engineering Practices
Visit our Customized Professional Learning Services Education Specialists page to learn more about the educators preparing and delivering your Customized Professional Learning Services program.
The Wade Institute encourages districts interested in partnering with each other to bring these professional learning experiences to their teachers to contact us. Partnering with other schools fosters teacher collaboration, enriches the learning environment and can make the PD more cost-effective!
We are an OpenSciEd Certified Organization, and in addition to our Customized Professional Learning Services, we can provide support for OpenSciEd.
OpenSciEd:
- is a high-quality, open source curriculum that has been pilot tested by Massachusetts schools
- is a nationally recognized NGSS and MA STE Framework-aligned high-quality science curriculum – all available for free
- is centered on phenomena-based storyline units that are student driven
- has a Massachusetts OpenSciEd Scope and Sequence of Units Recommendation available from MA DESE
- supports equitable science learning
To learn more about OpenSciEd and how our Education Specialists can provide support for an OpenSciEd launch or continued OpenSciEd support for your district, please visit our OpenSciEd page.