2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog
2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog
2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog
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Intermediate Level Science (ILS) Assessment Training<br />
What skills, knowledge, and experiences should students have in order to perform well<br />
on the NYS Intermediate Level Science test?<br />
This one day workshop will prepare participants to set up, administer, and score the performance test<br />
(Part D) of the ILS (Intermediate Level Science) assessment that was first administered in the spring of 2001.<br />
As a result of this workshop, educators will:<br />
• Ientify Grades 5-8 MST Learning Standards and core major understandings that are being assessed<br />
• Become familiar with how to set up the three task stations for the performance test<br />
• Acquire helpful tips for the setup and administration of the performance test<br />
• Be able to administer the performance test portion of the ILS assessment<br />
• Learn how to score the performance test portion of the ILS exam<br />
• Turnkey train other middle level science teachers who will be scoring the performance test component<br />
of the ILS assessment<br />
• Share strategies and ideas for developing parallel tasks and learning activities.<br />
PARTICIPANTS: Educators new to the facilitation and setup of the Intermediate Level Science test (middle<br />
level administrators, science teachers, special educators, staff developers, and instructional coaches)<br />
DATE/TIME: Mar 25 2014 8:30AM - 3:00PM<br />
COST: $150 for Curriculum Center Members; $173 Curriculum Center Non Members<br />
LOCATION: Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; Yorktown Heights, NY; School Services Building<br />
FACILITATOR: Fred Ende is the Assistant Director of Curriculum and Instructional Services for Putnam/<br />
Northern Westchester BOCES. Prior to this role, Mr. Ende served as the Regional Science Coordinator<br />
and Director of SCIENCE 21 at P/NW BOCES, and worked for ten years in Chappaqua as a middle school<br />
science teacher and department chair. He was also a facilitator for the American Museum of Natural<br />
History’s online professional development program and has both written and reviewed manuscripts for the<br />
National Science Teachers Association and ASCD.<br />
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics<br />
REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY: 3/11/2014<br />
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