Inquiry Teaching and Learning Workshop Series
We offer professional development in inquiry-based learning and teaching by providing a series of week-long immersion workshops, as well as an annual two day follow-up conference. The Introduction to Inquiry Workshop, Classroom Application Workshop, Formative Assessment Workshop and the Annual Follow Up Conference constitute our Inquiry Teaching and Learning workshop series. See our ITL General Information.
Introduction to Inquiry
Summer 2013 Workshops
Annual Two Day Follow Up Conference
The Connecticut Science Center's Inquiry Teaching and Learning workshop series is committed to
the philosophy that professional development is a continuous process rather than a one
week event. To this end, we have support offerings during the school year
and a Two Day Follow Up Workshop at the end of each school year.
Click here to find out more about our additional workshops.
The Two Day Follow Up Conference is an extension of the Introduction to Inquiry week! This workshop is an important part of the process you began in one of our inquiry institutes.
Our overall inquiry professional development program applies the inquiry learning model learned in the Introduction to Inquiry workshop. Using the model of the 3 stages of inquiry learning (below), the Introduction to Inquiry workshop week you attended was the inquiry starter, where you raised questions about using inquiry in your practice (as teacher, administrator or otherwise). At the end of the week you may have developed a plan (a classroom inquiry or set of ideas) to implement or investigate in your practice. This was getting into the second stage; focused investigation.
The Two Day Follow Up Workshop will be your opportunity for Shared Understanding.This means a focus on sharing out your experience with inquiry learning in your practice and an overall synthesis by facilitators.
It’s time for us to get back together to share out our findings!
Only participants who have previously attended the Introduction to Inquiry Workshop may attend this conference.
Date: July 1 & 2, 2013 Time: 8:30 – 3:00 Location: TBD Breakfast and lunch are included each day
- Click to register Registration Deadline: April 1, 2013.
Classroom Application Workshop
This five-day workshop will focus on additional classroom strategies for implementing inquiry-based experiences, as well as formative assessment strategies to be used in the science classroom. Only teams who have previously attended the Introduction to Inquiry Workshop are eligible to attend this workshop.
Date: July 8-12, 2013 (Robert J. O'Brien STEM Academy & Dr. Ramon E. Betances School & Florence E. Smith STEM School) |
Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year
Time: 8:30 – 3:00
Location: TBD
Cost: $1,300 per participant
Breakfast and lunch are included each day
Min. 25 participants per workshop
Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to: Attn: Janina Johnkoski, CT Science Center Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms. Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013.
Formative Assessment Workshops
This five-day workshop will focus on creating formative assessments for your inquiry-based units.Only participants who have previously attended the Introduction to Inquiry and Classroom Application workshops are eligible to attend this workshop.
Date: July 15-19, 2013 (Robert J. O'Brien STEM Academy) |
Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year
Time: 8:30 – 3:00
Location: TBD
Cost: $1,300 per participant
Breakfast and lunch are included each day
Min. 25 participants per workshop
Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to: Attn: Janina Johnkoski, CT Science Center Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms. Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013.
Introduction to Inquiry
Date: June 24-28, 2013 (High School Session) Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year Time: 8:30 – 3:00 Location: TBD Cost: $1,300 per participant Breakfast and lunch are included each day Min. 25 participants per workshop Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to: Attn: Janina Johnkoski, CT Science Center Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013.
Date: July 8-12, 2013 (Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy) Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year Time: 8:30 – 3:00 Location: TBD Cost: $1,300 per participant Breakfast and lunch are included each day Min. 25 participants per workshop Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to: Attn: Janina Johnkoski, CT Science Center Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013.
Date: July 15-19, 2013 (Dr. Ramon E. Betances School & Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School) Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year Time: 8:30 – 3:00 Location: TBD Cost: $1,300 per participant Breakfast and lunch are included each day Min. 25 participants per workshop Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to: Attn: Janina Johnkoski, CT Science Center Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013.
Date: July 22-26, 2013 (Florence E. Smith STEM School & Ridgefield Middle School & East Hartford Middle School) Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year Time: 8:30 – 3:00 Location: TBD Cost: $1,300 per participant Breakfast and lunch are included each day Min. 25 participants per workshop Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to: Attn: Janina Johnkoski, CT Science Center Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013.
Date: July 29-August 2, 2013 (Winthrop Elementary Magnet STEM School) Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year Time: 8:30 – 3:00 Location: TBD Cost: $1,300 per participant Breakfast and lunch are included each day Min. 25 participants per workshop Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to: Attn: Janina Johnkoski, CT Science Center Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013.
