Teacher Practice Networks: Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning

Teacher Practice Networks: Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning

Launched in July 2014, Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning (TACCL) was an 18-month project facilitated by ISKME, and supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Teacher Practice Networks Initiative. TACCL provides training and resources to support teachers in creating cross-disciplinary lessons that focus on students’ close reading and inquiry-based learning skills. 

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OER Fellowship Program

OER Fellowship Program

ISKME’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Fellowship Program mentors educational leaders to champion OER into classrooms, school districts, and communities.

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Science Collaborator: Open Participatory Learning Infrastructure for Education (SCOPE)

Science Collaborator: Open Participatory Learning Infrastructure for Education (SCOPE)

As an innovative approach to faculty professional development, SCOPE was an NSF-supported exploratory project led by BioQuest that investigated the development and use of Problem Spaces with respect to 1) their utility as a focus for faculty teaching scholarship; and, 2) their potential impacts on students' biological problem solving skills. Introductory biology faculty from disparate institutional settings collaboratively developed online curricular resources and strategies to support students' work on contemporary scientific investigations.

 

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