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LASER
Middle
School
Symposium
Goals
Goals
Participants in the National LASER Middle School Science Education Planning
Symposium will explore emerging models for, and current research on, middle
school reform, and will apply those models and research to their strategic
planning effort.
Through a 4 day program of interactive workshops and discussions, leadership
teams will—
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Address issues related to middle school science teaching and learning.
- Explore with educational leaders the current research on how middle school students learn and develop.
- Examine exemplary inquiry-centered middle school science curricula that help improve classroom teaching and learning.
- Address the five elements of reform through the lens of middle school science:
- Curriculum—Science curricula that are based on the National Science Education Standards and are produced through a careful research and development process.
- Professional Development—Programs that prepare educators to teach inquiry-centered science and that consider professional growth to be a long term process.
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Materials Support—Cost effective systems for supplying science equipment and materials to classrooms.
- Assessment—Strategies that align the evaluation of student performance with the goals of an inquiry-centered science program.
- Administrative and Community Support—Strategies for building and sustaining district and community support.
- Receive technical assistance in the strategic planning process.
- Network with others involved in middle school science education reform
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