Recent Entries
NPASS2 Proposal Submitted
Report from the Field
Santa Cruz California: Campus Kids Connection Vignette
Uses of the Trebuchet
Regional Training Update
Paper Towel Testing Adaptation
Sink and Flop
CBO Vignettes, anyone?
Reaching out at Regional Meetings
News from Headwaters, MN
Talking Points...
Soda Science in Rochester, NY
Uploading CBO Vignettes
Garden of NPASS
January 29, 2009
NPASS in 2009
From January 2009 onwards it will serve as the link between all of us who worked together on the NPASS1 initiative, and the new group that has formed around the NPASS2 proposal.
During 2009 Charlie Hutchison will be leading NPASS trainings and participating in other informal Science PD events as follows
January 06, 2009
NPASS2 Proposal Submitted
This site is under reconstruction. From January 2009 onwards it will serve as the link between all of us who worked together on the NPASS1 initiative, and the new group that has formed around the NPASS2 proposal.
During 2009 NPASS trainings and other events are being planned in California, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and possibly other states.
Watch this space for more information on these and other OST Science PD events.
October 15, 2007
CBO Vignettes, anyone?
The point of the (collection of) vignettes is to illustrate the range of CBOs we are serving across the country and how they are benefiting from the program. The audience is ourselves -- so we can all see who we are working with -- and future sponsors or new partners -- so they can relate our work to the audiences they serve.
Heres' a format you might use (although feel free to deviate in the name of creative license.
Just a couple of paragraphs and a picture would be great..
NB. Anecdotes from individual site visits are fine but are not the main point. Use anecdotes only to the extent they illustrate the larger learning curve you or the CBO are on.
Erin Roth in Rochester gets the prize (not sure what it is yet) for being the first to upload a draft. I'd love to see the rest soon!
August 27, 2007
3rd Annual Trainers Meeting
It was great to see you all in Boston!
March 30, 2006
N-PASS Project Overview
Download a text version of this overview
The Center for Science Education at Education Development Center, Inc, in Newton, MA (EDC) and the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, CA (LHS) are leading a national initiative to promote a model for long term professional development for after school program providers to help community based organizations (CBO’s) implement high quality, hands-on science and engineering projects with their children.
Staff at EDC and LHS are responsible for the overall management of the program, as well as providing annual training institutes for all trainers and mentors. EDC, LHS are also developing guidebooks and other resources that will help professional developers everywhere train afterschool staff to do these (and similar) science projects with children.
Taking our cue from research in formal education, which indicates that occasional or one-shot training has little impact on the way teachers present science material to their students, N-PASS focuses on long term training and support of afterschool agencies in order to ensure a lasting impact on the way these institutions contribute to the science education of the children they serve. Science Museum and 4-H affiliated professional trainers from across the country have begun offering monthly training sessions and regular follow-up support to a committed cadre of community based organizations (CBO’s) in their regions, preparing them to facilitate open-ended and guided explorations of science and engineering topics with children.