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Enhancing Teacher Engagement in Nature Museum Programs | CISC Summer Institute

Join us on July 9, 2014, to reflect, refresh, and renew your approach to teacher involvement in educational programs. Explore strategies to amplify your connection with classroom teachers using the Nature Museum as a case study. Engage in discussions, workshops, and reflection sessions to enhance teacher collaboration. This session will provide practical tools and insights to enrich your programs and foster meaningful teacher engagement.

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Enhancing Teacher Engagement in Nature Museum Programs | CISC Summer Institute

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  1. AMPLIFY YOUR CONNECTION TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS CISC Summer Institute July 9, 2014

  2. Our Purpose Today 3 R’s: Reflect, Refresh, Renew • Reflect: How would you like teacher involvement to change in your programs? • Refresh: Nature Museum programs as a case study for teacher engagement • Renew: What teacher engagement strategies can you incorporate into your programs?

  3. Symbol Guide New Information Verbal Reflection Written Reflection

  4. Today’s Agenda • How would you like teacher involvement to change in your programs? • Who/what is the Nature Museum? • Teacher involvement before, during, and after programs • Talk together about involvement strategies • Brainstorm and write down strategies for application • Written goal for your own programs

  5. Agreements • Be Fully Present : No food or phones • 2 B4 Me: 2 people share before I speak again • Watch My Air Time: 2 minutes • Use our Tools: Index cards, folders, etc. • Snaps: Acknowledging the good I witness

  6. Reflect • On index card: How would you like teacher involvement to change in your programs?

  7. The Chicago Academy of Sciences

  8. The Chicago Academy of Sciences

  9. The Chicago Academy of Sciences

  10. The Chicago Academy of Sciences

  11. The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum The Urban Gateway to Nature and Science

  12. Inquiry Cycle Model • Educators at the Nature Museum apply this inquiry model to the Science on the Go program as a way to engage and involve teachers.

  13. Engage • Contact meeting • Museum Educator visits school • Overview of program • Schedules • Roles and expectations

  14. Prepare to Explore • Curriculum workshop • Training on curriculum binder, materials, and lessons • Networking opportunity with teachers from different schools

  15. Prepare to Explore Curriculum workshop

  16. Before the Program • Talk together: How do you currently engage your teachers and prepare them to explore? • Brainstorm: How can I improve teacher involvement before my program begins?

  17. Explore • Classroom implementation • Three visits from a Museum Educator • We model one lesson, teachers teach two more

  18. Explore Classroom implementation

  19. Explore Classroom implementation

  20. During the Program • Talk together: What strategies do you use during your program to involve the teacher? • Brainstorm: How can I improve teacher involvement during my program’s implementation?

  21. Reflect • Teacher feedback on lessons and program as a whole through survey monkey

  22. Share • Reconvene meeting • Face-to-face talk to wrap up the Science on the Go program

  23. After the Program • Talk together: How do you currently reflect and share after your program is complete? • Brainstorm: How can I improve teacher involvement in the way I wrap up my program?

  24. Renew • On back of index card: What strategies or ideas will you take away from this session?

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