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Making Sense of SCIENCE: Building Stronger Science Education Communities with Transformative Professional Learning and Needs-Based Technical Assistance

Making Sense of SCIENCE empowers teachers, leaders, administrators, and all science educators with the knowledge and skills needed to engage learners and increase achievement in 21st century science classrooms and beyond.

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What You Will Learn

Making Sense of SCIENCE (MSS) is proven to make profound impacts on teachers and students, across districts and states. Our wide range of services meets the needs of pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, coaches, administrators, leaders, and school teams.

We offer:

  • Distance Professional Learning
  • In-Person Professional Learning
  • Professional Learning Community Support
  • Leadership Development
  • Technical Assistance

Service Delivery

  • Online Onsite

Who Will Benefit

  • Coach
  • Community Service Provider
  • District Administrator
  • School Administrator
  • State Education Agency
  • Teacher
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Who Will Benefit

  • Coaches
  • Community Service Providers
  • District Administrators
  • School Administrators
  • State Education Agencies
  • Teachers

Service Details

MSS believes that transformative professional learning empowers teachers and leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to support a culture of productive learning. Backed by rigorous research, MSS offers an array of services from short half-day workshops to in-depth learning pathways that include leadership training and site-based technical support.

We understand that every site is different and look forward to exploring and serving that uniqueness. There are many ways to customize an MSS experience to accommodate your site’s unique needs. Learn more about our services and options on the Making Sense of SCIENCE website.

What Makes This Service Unique

MSS professional learning builds on more than a decade of research and development and combines in-depth earth, life, and physical science content with a focus on supporting literacy, pedagogical reasoning, and effective classroom practices.

In rigorous national studies, MSS professional learning courses have been shown to significantly strengthen teachers’ content knowledge and classroom practices and, most importantly, significantly improve student achievement.

Cost

Costs vary. Visit the Making Sense of SCIENCE website and contact us (mssevents@wested.org) for more information.

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Ready to bring proven professional learning to your site? Let us help you innovate. Visit the Making Sense of SCIENCE website or contact us at mssevents@wested.org.

While I have always been a strong science teacher, Making Sense of SCIENCE has changed the way I teach. Each course I participated in unfolded the content in a way that not only pushed my thinking, but also uncovered the challenges that my students have in understanding complex concepts. This combined with the rich conversations around examining student work and literacy connections has made Making Sense of SCIENCE one of the best professional development experiences, and for that matter overall learning experiences, I have ever had.

Wendy Pierce, Teacher, Chief Joseph Middle School, Bozeman, MT, and Presidential Awardee in Secondary Science

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