Engage Your Teachers in OpenSciEd Professional Learning!
New: The Wade Institute has now added Elementary (K-5), becoming a fully Certified K-12 OpenSciEd Professional Learning Provider!
The Wade Institute for Science Education at Manomet Conservation Sciences is now fully certified as a K-12 Professional Learning Provider, having recently completed additional training with OpenSciEd facilitators at the DESE OpenSciEd Elementary Institute. We now offer full support – professional learning and coaching – for Elementary, Middle School and High School OpenSciEd.
What Do We Offer?
As a certified OpenSciEd Professional Learning Provider, we provide high quality professional learning for K-12 teachers implementing or adopting OpenSciEd. Our experienced Professional Learning design team can customize programs to your specific school district’s context with multiple options for Professional Learning depending on your district’s needs and capacity. Our programs can include pedagogical and science content support for both teachers and leaders with the implementation of OpenSciEd. Beyond our Professional Learning Sessions, we can also offer wrap-around, 1:1 support for your teachers with instructional coaching and planning support during their implementation.
To inquire about arranging a professional learning program for your school district or for more information about our professional learning programs, contact us at wadeinstitute@manomet.org or 617-328-1515.
Who Are We?
Our experienced team of trained PL designers and facilitators includes elementary, middle and high school teachers and an OpenSciEd field test teacher. We have worked extensively with Massachusetts school districts on OpenSciEd implementation for the past several years, following our initial certification for OpenSciEd awarded in January 2022. We strive to continuously improve our programming with regular facilitator reflections and rigorous feedback survey data analyses.
What Sets Us Apart?
We create customized professional learning programs that are designed to support your teachers with their implementation of OpenSciEd units. Our in-person, on-site unit deep dives focus on understanding the entire OpenSciEd unit storyline and its many layers of embedded pedagogical features. As Massachusetts educators, we also have a deep understanding of the MA STE Frameworks and the OpenSciEd HS Adaptations. We’re also flexible and accommodating to your districts’ unique needs and constraints.
Teachers who have completed training with us experience real growth in their understanding of OpenSciEd and their confidence in implementing OpenSciEd in their classrooms:
- Four times as many teachers reported that they understood OSE instruction after the PL than before the training
- Four times as many participants saw an increase in their confidence in implementing OpenSciEd t after the PL than before the training.
What teachers we’ve worked with have to say:
- “I think I’m as prepared as I can possibly be without having tried the unit before. More confidence will come with experience!”
- “Fantastic job – I appreciated the ability to switch between teacher and student hat to address my questions.”
- “You were very responsive to questions and concerns throughout, which made the whole PD valuable. Thank you!”
- “I could not be more satisfied with the facilitators of the last two days. I have never enjoyed professional development so much and attend them regularly. They were humble and knowledgeable. they also did not claim to know it all. They were students for many parts of the training and that, to me, is one of the most valuable lessons. Thank you!”
Why Adopt OpenSciEd?
OpenSciEd is a high-quality, open source curriculum that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). It has received an “All Green” rating from EdReports and NGSS Design Badges on each and every unit. OpenSciEd had a robust field test that engaged students and teachers across multiple partner states to refine its instructional materials. Learn more about why your district should adopt this curriculum on the OpenSciEd website.
With OpenSciEd, your teachers can:
- Engage their students with high quality instructional materials
- Explore Storyline Teaching and Phenomena-Based Learning
- Shift to student-centered classrooms where students figure out science ideas through the Science and Engineering Practices
