West Windsor-Plainsboro Connect-Ed Phase II Team Jeff Grabell, Dutch Neck Elementary School Heidi Wachtin, Millstone River School Penni Bowen, Community Middle School Carolyn SooHoo, High School North Rob Richard, Science Supervisor K-12

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West Windsor-PlainsboroConnect-Ed Phase II
TeamJeff Grabell, Dutch Neck Elementary
SchoolHeidi Wachtin, Millstone River
SchoolPenni Bowen, Community Middle School
Carolyn SooHoo, High School NorthRob Richard,
Science Supervisor K-12

• Where Weve Been Where Were Going

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Summer 2009 Chemistry Mapping

• What We Did
• Mapped K-12 Chemistry Curriculum
• Established our PLC
• What We Learned
• Saw the big ideas and connections across
  curriculum and grades

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Chemistry Map
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Summer 2010 Summer Institute

• What We Did
• Created and presented a mini-BIM on heat
  transfer
• Shared our Chemistry Maps
• What We Learned
• Needed to improve outreach
• Recognized a measuring tool was needed

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Summer 2010 Mapping Teams

• What We Did
• Created and trained two new teams that mapped
  Life Science Astronomy
• Aligned maps to new state standards
• Added a new member (Carolyn) to our PLC
• What We Learned
• Recognized challenge of mapping curriculum to
  state standards

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Maps
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Winter 2011 Mapping Revisions

• What We Did
• Revised the chemistry map to align with the new
  NJCCCS
• What We Learned
• Science nerds never retire!

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Spring 2011 Spring Institute

• What We Did
• Presented mini-BIM Perfections and
  Discrepancies
• Presented Chemistry, Life Science and Astronomy
  maps
• Administered survey to measure effectiveness of
  maps and institute
• What We Learned
• Connected with enthusiastic, receptive
  colleagues, eager to gain content and process
  knowledge

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Summer 2011 Summer Institute Map Completion

• In Progress
• Preparing another institute
• Preparing to map Physics and Earth Science
  curricula
• Expanding outreach to administrators

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Impact of Our PLC

• On Ourselves
• Developed awareness of K-12 flow of big ideas and
  where we fit in
• Enhanced content and process knowledge
• Increased confidence in sharing BIT
• On District
• Exposed a number of colleagues to BIT
• Created formal documents showing flow of big
  ideas and connections with NJCCCS

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Envisioning the Future

• Conduct follow-up survey of institute
  participants and mappers
• Analyze collected data
• Continue to foster vertical and horizontal
  connections
• Export BIT to other disciplines
• Have BIT recognized as an integral part of our
  districts professional development

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Testimonials

• Some colleagues and I attended a workshop this
  past Saturday regarding big ideas and how they
  flow through our curriculum in scienceit was
  just AWESOME to get to have time to discuss and
  work on making sure everything we do matches up
  and there are no gaps. 

There is so much they modeled in terms of
pedagogy and concept development that it
re-inspired me to develop intentional lesson
plans from introduction to wrap-up. 
I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed this
workshop and how valuable all of us in attendance
thought it was...is there any way we can
incorporate more K-12 big idea planning into our
PD next year?