Fairness in Science Schooling, Half 2

Welcome to It’s Time for Science! For our first episode of 2024, host Tom Racine continues our dialog on fairness in science training! Tom talks with Meagan Sternberg, a Ok-12 Science Tutorial Coach in Oregon, and Channon Jackson, a Program Director on the Alameda County Workplace of Schooling.

Episode Abstract

Tom discusses with Ms. Sternberg and Ms. Jackson how their work helps fairness, entry, and inclusion within the science classroom and why this is a vital focus for them. They talk about what is required to supply extra equitable science educating and studying and what they might advise educators and leaders to do to heart fairness of their techniques.

We finish the episode with a couple of phrases from Diana B. Vélez, writer of this month’s Insights article, Entry and Fairness: Altering How We View and Assist All College students.

Episode Company

Meagan Sternberg

Meagan Sternberg is a Ok-12 Science Tutorial Coach in North Clackamas College District, Milwaukie, Oregon. Sternberg taught center faculty science for 16 years at two North Clackamas College District colleges. Throughout that point, she developed abilities working with adults via skilled studying facilitation and state requirements implementation.

In 2011, she transitioned into an tutorial coach place targeted on supporting science academics as Oregon transitioned to the Subsequent Era Science Requirements (NGSS). Her focus is now on supporting academics in implementing curriculum with a concentrate on efficient tutorial practices via guiding teacher-leader groups and facilitating skilled studying periods.

Channon Jackson

Channon Jackson is a Program Director on the Alameda County Workplace of Schooling in Hayward, California. As an elementary trainer for 15 years, Ms. Jackson liked educating science. She grew to become a science lead trainer within the Oakland Unified College District and spent a 12 months working as a science curriculum author on the Lawrence Corridor of Science^™.

As a program director, Channon makes use of her love for college kids, science, and integration to create supportive skilled studying alternatives in her county and all through the state.

Creator of January’s FOSS Perception Article: Diana B. Vélez

Diana B. Vélez is a curriculum developer {and professional} studying supplier for the Full Choice Science System Challenge (FOSS Ok–8) on the Lawrence Corridor of Science. She makes a speciality of English language growth and the mixing of literacy in science educating and studying. Ms. Vélez assists within the growth and implementation of FOSS tutorial supplies and creates pedagogical assets that assist entry and fairness.

She additionally leads skilled studying experiences for educators, directors, households, and neighborhood members utilizing FOSS tutorial supplies to develop scientific literacy, trainer capability, and systemic change in colleges and districts nationwide and internationally. Earlier than coming to the Lawrence Corridor of Science, Ms. Vélez was the academic chief for a science-centered elementary faculty in Oakland, California, and a founding member and trainer in a Spanish dual-immersion program.

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