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About The mission of SEASAND is to provide professional development to science educators for the purpose of improving student understanding in science. Our vision is to build a network of educators, scientists, and other science professionals that will work with teachers in the San Diego area to become competent and confident through a rich understanding of the content knowledge aligned with California State Science Standards. SEASAND work focuses on middle school science teachers from state-designated low-performing schools. Based on this target audience and the student population of San Diego County, we have four main goals of professional development: · Increasing science content knowledge, · Modeling of constructivist and inquiry-based pedagogies, · Teaching science to English Language Learners, and · Developing teacher leaders through a lesson study model. These goals are accomplished primarily in 2-week summer institutes. The Lesson Study program also involves follow-up days in the fall of the academic year. Finally, teachers have the opportunity to attend science lectures once a month through the Perspectives on Science Series at Point Loma Nazarene University.
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