Description: Empower your students to think and act like scientists by deeply embedding the SEPs into your core instruction. This session immerses educators in hands-on strategies designed to foster collective meaning-making and elevate student voice. Participants will practice "minds-on" activities that model how to weave discourse, observation, and investigation into every phase of the learning cycle. You will walk away with a toolkit of 3-Dimensional learning strategies that build student agency and transform your classroom into a space of active inquiry and discovery.
Description: Participants will explore the high-impact research to transform the classroom from a place where students simply "do" work to a place where they "display" thinking. Participants will walk away with a practical toolkit of "Monday-ready" strategies, including high-leverage questioning, all-student response systems, and Harvard Project Zero thinking routines designed to surface misconceptions and inform immediate instructional pivots. This session is specifically tailored for new teachers looking to move beyond "Any questions?" and toward a classroom culture where learning is loud, clear, and visible to all.
Description: Experience the power of the "Explore Before Explain" instructional shift by placing evidence-based reasoning at the center of your classroom. This session guides teachers through consensus mapping, data analysis, and discourse routines that prioritize student-led exploration over passive lecture. Educators will learn how purposeful talk moves not only supports scientific literacy but also strengthens the critical thinking skills required for state mastery. Leave with ready-to-use scaffolds, including sentence frames and annotation guides, to make science accessible for all learners.
Description: Kick off the year with high-impact instruction by mastering the 5E model, with a specific focus on the critical transition from Explore to Explain. This hands-on session demonstrates how to immerse students in data-rich phenomena before introducing formal academic vocabulary. Participants will discover how to use student-generated discourse to drive the learning process and "stick" the concepts. Walk away with phenomena-based routines, classroom talk moves, and lesson structures designed to build a culture of thinking from the very first week of school.
Description: Classrooms today may include one English learner or an entire group, each bringing with them one home language or many. This linguistic diversity is an asset, not a barrier, and there are effective ways to reach every learner. This session offers practical subject-specific strategies to support English learners across all disciplines. Participants will explore evidence-based techniques to build academic vocabulary, promote meaningful discourse, and scaffold understanding through responsive instruction. These strategies ensure learning is accessible, inclusive, and transferable for students at every level of language development.
FACILITATORS : Collaborative Teaching and Learning Group, LLC: Eric Rhoades
**These sessions will be offered to all School District of Palm Beach County teachers during 2026-2027 Secondary Math, Science, STEM Teacher Fest. No registration is required.**
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