At our
school, not many teachers have experience teaching science. To become a team leader, I, with the help of
another teacher, have created an upper grade, 3-5, science team in which we
will be conducting inquiry based lessons every Friday. We used to have interest groups (cooking, PE, art, etc..) occurring the last 45 minutes of the week. This year we are switching to STEM focused interest groupsTo get teachers on board, we have made it as
simple as possible for them. Each teacher
will have a specific content that they will teach all year compiled of 3-5 lessons. The students will rotate between teachers
every two months. This way each teacher
has time to practice teaching the same skills, and conducting the same lessons
throughout the year. The preparation will
be minimal and PLC meetings will focus on reflection of our lessons. By practicing the same few lessons all year,
teachers will become comfortable implementing inquiry based lessons.
