Professional Development Conference - Science Teachers Of Missouri (STOM)

STOM Professional Development Conference - 2009

Capitol Plaza Hotel
415 W McCarty St
Jefferson City, MO 65101
(800) 338-8088
http://www.capitolplazajeffersoncity.com...

Conference Program

2009 Voting Ballot for Fall elections

Voting opens September1st and closes October 2nd.

STOM 2009 Fall Conference Vendor Form

Paper form for vendors to exhibit at the conference.

Interface /stom bookstore list

STOM 2009 Fall Conference Registration Form

Word Doc paper registration form.

Lodging Reservation

Single and Double Rooms are available at the special STOM rate of $83.00 per night until September 1, 2009.

Book by phone BY 9/01/2009 at (800) 338-8088
Capitol Plaza Hotel
415 W McCarty St
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Be sure to mention the STOM Conference to get the special rate!

The 2009 conference will be held at the Capitol Plaza in Jefferson City, October 2 and 3.

General sessions run from 12:30 to 5:30 Friday and from 8:30 to 5:00 Saturday. (see the Conference program for session times and topics)

This year's theme is “Prepare to be "Science Ready" - In & Out of the Classroom.”

For what are we preparing our students? How do we know when they are prepared? What curriculum and instructional strategies will best prepare them? How do we support teachers so they are "ready" to meets the needs of all students?

Sessions should focus on student-centered, standards-based curricula, instructional methods, and assessments that focus on the goal of those standards – science literacy that facilitates authentic and relevant application of content knowledge and skill. The theme, "Readiness," suggests that mastery of a given objective is not the end result of learning, but one step in an on-going learning process.

Saturday Keynote Speaker: Carolyn Staudt

Today’s students are much more fluent in their use of technology than we, their teachers. Yet research- and technology-based tools are too infrequently used to motivate and educate today’s students. As the Director of Universal Design Learning (UDL) at the Concord Consortium (www.concord.org), Carolyn Staudt has worked to pioneer research on innovative approaches to education that exploit technology to meet the learning needs of all students across the curricula. By sharing her expertise as a professional developer and designer of technology- and Internet-based curriculum projects, Carolyn will address the future of technology-based inquiry, modeling, student collection and sharing of real-time data, and assessment for learning in grades K-12+ that can lead to increases in science achievement while preparing students to engage in the real-world of science, mathematics, and technology.

Conference Highlights

Friday Special Session for Science Coordinators and Teacher-Leaders:

Working together to Recognize and Develop High Quality, Aligned Curricula and Resources

Friday Evening:

Making Sure the “S” in METS (STEM) Counts! An Evening with Missouri Legislators

Saturday Events:

STOM District Breakfast Meetings: Networking to Support One Another Back Home!

Special Sessions:

Teaching the Big Ideas in K-5 Science

What Counts as Inquiry Understanding and Skill on the MAP

Modeling in Science: Building, Showing, and Monitoring Student Understanding

Keynote Workshop: Integrating Technology to support the UDL Classroom

Carolyn Staudt will share her expertise as a curriculum designer and professional developer. Carolyn has worked with Missouri schools on multiple projects, including the most recent “Evolution Readiness.” Past projects include Technology Enhanced Elementary and Middle School Science (TEEMSS 1 & 2) which networked the Concord Consortium, Missouri Successlink, and over 40 diverse Missouri classrooms grades 3-8; JASON Academy; Modeling Across the Curriculum; Models and Data; Mobile Inquiry Computing; Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT); Science Learning in Context (SliC); Virtual High School; Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE); Kids as Global Scientists (KGS); and NetAdventure at the Concord Consortium. Her current work focuses on sophisticated simulations in science, probeware, and handhelds, and applications of these technologies to pressing educational issues, with a particular focus on underrepresented students. A current focus is applying technology to student progress monitoring and supporting diverse learners. The open source, free technologies emerging from the Concord Consortium are being integrated into learning modules that that offer a glimpse of what inquiry-based education could look like in just a few years. Carolyn has 20 years of experience teaching science and math, including physics, chemistry, geoscience, and space science. She holds a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction in Science from Kent State University. She was a Christa McAuliffe Fellow in 1990 and the Fairlawn, Ohio, Citizen of the Year in 1991.

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