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Principles of Effective Professional Development
Of the tape: Seven principles of professional development are highlighted with images of these principles "in action". Of the category/strategy: Seven principles of effective professional development focus on issues of vision, teacher knowledge, matching teacher and student learning, community building, leadership, systems, and assessment.

Designing Professional Development: A District Profile
Of the tape: A look at a comprehensive, district-wide professional development program in science and mathematics. Of the category/strategy: The professional development design model consider key inputs (knowledge and beliefs, context, and critical issues) before setting goals, planning, acting, and reflecting. PD strategies are selected, planned for and implemented based on the data from the input categories.


Mathematics Videos

Immersion in Number Theory
Of the tape: After a summer institute, secondary mathematics teachers make connections to their classroom practice. Of the strategy: Engaging in the kinds of learning (content and process) that teachers are expected to practice with their students, such as inquiry-based mathematics investigations and problem-solving.

Immersion in Spatial Reasoning
Of the tape: Elementary teachers explore geometric concepts together. Of the strategy: See previous description.

Mathematics Curriculum Workshop
Of the tape: Teachers on Special Assignment facilitate a workshop to introduce a new elementary mathematics curriculum unit. Of the strategy: See previous description.

Exploring Mathematics Through Cases I
Of the tape: Elementary teachers discuss mathematics during a summer institute. Of the strategy: Examining written narratives or videotapes of classroom events and discussing the problems and issues illustrated.

Exploring Mathematics Through Cases II
Of the tape: An elementary teacher leader engages colleagues in learning about mathematics. Of the strategy: See previous description.

Observing Mathematics Teaching
Of the tape: Elementary mathematics teachers experience two different approaches to the presentations of demonstration lessons. Of the strategy: See previous description.

Curriculum Focused Coaching
Of the tape: A lead teacher coaches a beginning teacher in high school mathematics. Of the strategy: See previous description.

Examining Content and Student Thinking
Of the tape: A study group of high school mathematics teachers explores their own understanding of mathematics of change and examines student work. Of the strategy: Carefully examining content and how students think about (make meaning of) that content by examining student work.


Science Videos

Content Based Coaching
Of the tape: A supervisor uses coaching strategies to provide feedback and promote reflection and improvement of a 9th grade biology lesson. Of the strategy: Working one-on-one with another teacher to improve teaching and learning through a variety of activities, including classroom observation and feedback, problem-solving and CO-planning.

Assessing Student Work
Of the tape: A group of elementary teachers and administrators practice applying a rubric to assess student understanding. Of the strategy: Carefully examining scoring rubrics and other assessment protocols through student work samples to determine how to apply assessments that are valid, reliable, bias-free and standards-based.

Observing Science Teaching
Of the tape: A veteran teacher demonstrates a physical science lesson in a second grade classroom. Of the strategy: Focused classroom observation of teacher practice preceded by a dialogue with the teacher about what he/she will be doing and followed up with an opportunity for dialogue and reflection with the teacher about what occurred.

Exploring Science Through Cases
Of the tape: Elementary science teachers discuss students' ideas about electricity and magnetism. Of the strategy: See above description.

Curriculum Implementation Issues and Challenges
Of the tape: Teacher leadership teams expand the inquiry components of a science kit program and confront the challenge of selecting curriculum materials that align with their state science standards. Of the strategy: Learning, using and refining use of a particular set of instructional materials in the classroom.

Scientific Inquiry
Of the tape: Teacher leadership teams are immersed in physical science inquiry at a science center. Of the strategy: See previous description.

Immersion in Biotechnology
Of the tape: Teachers of grades 9-14 engage in laboratory activities to learn about biotechnology. Of the strategy: Engaging in the kinds of learning (content and process) that teachers are expected to practice with their students – that is inquiry-based science investigations.