Reinvigorating Elementary Science through a Partnership with CA Teachers (RESPeCT):Sustainable research-based professional development with teacher leaders in a high-needs district

通过与加州教师的伙伴关系重振小学科学(REPORT)项目是一项伙伴关系驱动的努力，建立在波莫纳联合学区、加州州立理工大学、波莫纳(CPP)作为核心合作伙伴和非营利性生物科学课程研究(BSCS)作为支持合作伙伴之间的相互信任和共同愿景的基础上。尊重项目正在制定、实施和研究一种创新和可持续的解决方案，以解决具有国家重要性的关键问题--无法接受的K-6年级学生未能发展对科学的基本理解的人数，以及学生在理解科学方面明显和持久的成就差距。REPORT项目建立并实施了一种成功的以视频为基础的、实践分析的专业发展方法，并结合了领导力发展部分，为高需求地区的幼儿园至六年级教师提供了培训。在该项目的五年时间里，在CPP科学和数学学院的支持下，READE正在培养一支由42名K-6教师领导组成的骨干队伍，这些教师领导将持续并领导未来的REPORT专业发展努力，接触到PUniversity的所有K-6教师，支持为所有学生教授具有挑战性的科学内容。该项目直接惠及168名教师(占圣母大学30%的小学教师)和超过7500名K-6学生，并正在改变圣母大学教授和学习科学的方式。最终，圣母大学所有511名小学教师和他们的学生将从尊重项目中受益。巴黎大学正在设计一项财政计划，以继续并维持尊重PD计划，并与CPP教员建立伙伴关系，远远超过项目的生命周期。尊重研究团队采用了严格的研究设计，包括一组对照教师，以考察尊重专业发展对PUniversity学生、教师(包括教师领导)和CPP教职员工的影响。尊重是当前与STEM内容重点领域相关的一个实施项目。尊重项目的一个主要贡献是开发了与下一代科学标准(NGSS)相一致的视频和共享课程材料，这些标准整合了从数学和英语语言艺术(ELA)中挑选出来的共同核心国家标准(CCSS)，使教师能够教授科学，同时缓解了只专注于数学和ELA的压力。开发与生命、物理、地球和空间科学有关的14个模块，集中在国家科学服务体系中的两个交叉概念(能源与物质和稳定与变化)，并纳入数学和环境影响评估标准，是该项目的一个主要组成部分。这些材料将提供给全国各地的学区和教师。此外，尊重项目还包括大学教师在领先的小学教师学习社区中的专业发展。大学教师对教与学的见解正在帮助科学、数学和教育教师改革理科和数学专业以及职前教师的课程。REPORT作为国家科学基金会-MSP的国家模式，促进基础广泛的合作，改变科学教学和学习。该项目对于激励和支持为代表不足群体的学生提供服务的教师具有特殊的意义。

The Reinvigorating Elementary Science through Partnership with California Teachers (RESPeCT) project is a partnership-driven effort based on mutual trust and a shared vision among Pomona Unified School District (PUSD), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP) as Core Partners, and the non-profit Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) as a Supporting Partner. The RESPeCT project is developing, implementing, and studying an innovative and sustainable solution to critical problems of national importance--the unacceptable number of K-6 students who are failing to develop a rudimentary understanding of science, and the clear and persistent achievement gaps in students' understanding of science. The RESPeCT project builds on and puts into practice a successful videocase-based, analysis-of-practice professional development approach, in combination with a leadership development component, for Kindergarten through sixth grade teachers in a high-needs district. Over the five year life of the project, RESPeCT is developing a cadre of 42 K-6 Teacher Leaders, with support from CPP science and mathematics faculty, and these Teacher Leaders will sustain and lead future RESPeCT professional development efforts to reach all K-6 teachers in PUSD, supporting the teaching of challenging science content for all students. The RESPeCT Project directly benefits 168 teachers (30% of PUSD elementary teachers) and over 7,500 K-6 students and is transforming the way science is taught and learned in PUSD. Ultimately, all 511 elementary PUSD teachers and their students will benefit from the RESPeCT project. PUSD is designing a fiscal plan to continue and sustain the RESPeCT PD program and partnerships with CPP faculty far beyond the life of the project. The RESPeCT research team employs a rigorous research design, including a control group of teachers, to examine the impact of the RESPeCT professional development on PUSD students, teachers (including Teacher Leaders) and CPP faculty. RESPeCT is an Implementation project in the Current Issues Related to STEM Content focal area.A major contribution of the RESPeCT project is the development of videocases and shared curriculum materials aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that integrate selected Common Core State Standards (CCSS) from Mathematics and English language arts (ELA) to empower teachers to teach science while relieving pressures to focus solely on mathematics and ELA. The development of fourteen modules related to life, physical, and earth and space science, concentrated within two cross-cutting concepts (energy & matter and stability & change) from the NGSS and incorporating mathematical and ELA standards is a major component of this project. The materials will be available to districts and teachers across the country. In addition, the RESPeCT project includes professional development for university faculty in leading elementary teacher learning communities. Insights into teaching and learning gained by university faculty is helping science, mathematics, and education faculty reform courses for science and mathematics majors and preservice teachers. RESPeCT serves as a national NSF-MSP model for broad-based collaborations that transform science teaching and learning. The project has special relevance for motivating and supporting teachers who serve students from underrepresented groups.