Professional Development Workshops

Our goal is to help teachers, schools and districts find professional development opportunities offered by science education providers in the community.  We also realize that existing programs may not always fit the science professional development goals at your school.  CRS works with schools, districts and science education providers to develop workshops customized to your groups professional development needs. 

Your materials, resources, and background knowledge are superior to what I have available, so the children have benefitted in a way that would not be possible with only me as their teacher."

--3rd Grade Teacher, OUSD

If you are interested in participating in or hosting a CRS workshop, please e-mail us at CRS@crscience.org.

CRS Offers Workshops Covering: 

  • Hands-on science activities for afterschool providers
  • Vernier probe technology in 4th and 5th grade classrooms
  •  Assisting science teachers across a school district to align curriculum and chart a consistent path through available FOSS units. 
  • Standards-Based Science Lesson Planning
  • Articulated Lesson Demonstration
  • On-Site Science Enrichment
  • Using Internet Resources for Science
  • Using Inquiry to Teach Science
  • Retaining Science Knowledge
  • Understanding Student Learning

CRS workshops are designed to help build knowledge, skills and confidence in science teaching. Our workshops are fast-paced sessions that provide teachers with techniques, resource connections, tools, and planning time. Workshops are offered to both teacher groups of ten or more and whole faculties.  Whole-school workshops are offered on-site to let faculties work together as a school community to accomplish their science goals and understand student learning. We support the development of teachers who are able to plan, teach, and refine strong, subject-integrated science lessons using an inquiry-based approach to their teaching and their own professional development.