Region 9 Collaborative / Wichita Falls
Mission
The Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching, part of the Region 9 Education Service Center, focuses on sustained professional development for its teachers in science content and strategies for teaching science. The Collaborative is committed to meeting the educational needs of all learners and actively fosters the growth and development of pedagogy for science educators. Collegiality and collaborative interaction are emphasized to improve the learning community for all teachers and, by extension, for their students.
Accomplishments
For this year, our science collaborative has a goal of working with 40 Science Teacher Mentors in all grades from K-12. Each of these teacher mentors will work with at least three other teachers for a total of at least 120 Cadre Members. Most of the STMs have been able to reach the goal of 105 hours of training and work with their cadre members for the goal of 12 hours. We are proud that one of our teachers, Dave Holbert, received the Outstanding Teaching Award given by the Texas Regional Collaboratives office at the Annual Meeting. His work with students and teachers at Wichita Falls HS has been exceptional.
Contacts
Leslie Patrick
Education Specialist, Project Director
email: [email protected]
phone: (940)322-6928
Home Page URL: www.esc9.net
Partners
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls ISD
Burkburnett ISD
River Bend Nature Center
Three Rivers Foundation for the Arts and Sciences
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Environmental Science Institute - University of Texas at Austin
Participating Districts and Schools
Bowie ISD
Burkburnett ISD
City View ISD
Crowell ISD
Electra ISD
Graham ISD
Gold Burg ISD
Harrold ISD
Henrietta ISD
Iowa Park CISD
Jacksboro ISD
Newcastle ISD
Nocona ISD
Petrolia ISD
Quanah ISD
Texoma Alternative Center
Vernon ISD
Wichita Falls ISD
Windthorst ISD
Activities & Events:
Visit the www.esc9.net for a course catalog.
Date: April 15, 2009
Title: 3RF Day at Region 9 - Elementary Earth and Space Science
Description: 3
Rivers Foundation Astronomy Camp at Crowell, TX is coming to Region 9
to share with elementary teachers the resources available, classroom
activities, and an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with their
astronomical telescopes. The presenters will share grade level
activities that are correlated to the TEKS that can be implemented into
the scope and sequence.
Date: April 16, 2009
Title: 3RF Day at Region 9 - Secondary Science Topics
Description: 3
Rivers Foundation Astronomy Camp at Crowell, TX is coming to Region 9
to share with secondary teachers the resources available, classroom
activities, and an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with their
astronomical telescopes. The presenters will share grade level
activities that are correlated to the TEKS that can be implemented into
the scope and sequence.
Date: June 11, 2009
Title: 2009 Annual Math/Science Conference
Description: Math and Science Teachers from the Region 9 service area gather to share new ideas through collaboration.
