Full course description
General Program Information
Are you working to implement OpenSciEd (OSE) with your elementary, middle and/or high school students? You may be considering starting your first unit or you may have been implementing OpenSciEd and want to continue deepening your understanding of this curriculum. Join PIMSER and other teachers from across the region as we deepen our understanding necessary for effective implementation. This includes a focus on planning, navigating, and strategies that are used within this curriculum. Location: KVEC: Kicks off Late September Cost: 4 Sessions: $600/person includes lunch and a.m. refreshments each session.
Objectives
- Engage with other science teachers from across the region who are also shifting their instruction as they implement this high quality resource with their students. Teachers with a network of support are often more successful with implementing necessary shifts required for students to deepen their knowledge of things that occur in the natural or design world.
- Raise your personal ceiling to implement a unit of your choice from the OSE curriculum by enhancing your ability to guide students to make sense of what they are figuring out.
- Plan for how you will use what you learn during the cadre sessions as you plan for classroom implementation during each session with experts in the room to support.
Intended Grade Level:
High (9 - 12), Intermediate (3 - 5), Middle (6 - 8), Primary (K - 2)
Intended Discipline:
Science
Intended Audience:
District Personnel, Other Professional, Principal, Teacher
Eligible for EILA:
[Yes/No]
Kentucky Framework for Personnel Evaluation Measures:
Environment, Instruction, Planning, Professionalism
Kentucky Professional Learning Standards:
Data, Implementation, Leadership, Learning Communities, Learning Designs, Outcomes, Resources
Session and Registration Information
Session Type:
Face-to-Face
Session Dates and Times:
Elementary Cadre:
- 9/29/2025
- 10/27/2025
- 12/9/2025
- 2/2/2026
- 3/16/2026 Snow Date
Middle/High School Cadre:
- 9/30/2025
- 10/30/2025
- 12/11/2025
- 2/3/2026
- 3/17/2026 Snow Date
Times are Eastern
Session Location
412 Roy Campbell Dr.
Hazard, KY
Registration Deadline
09/28/2025
How to Register
Additional Information
Morning refreshments and lunch included in cost.
Provider and Facilitator Information
Provider
Pimser
Facilitator
Stephanie Harmon
Facilitator
Disclaimer
The Professional Learning Bulletin Board was established in accordance with KRS 156.095 (8). It serves as a resource for educators seeking professional learning opportunities. Providers agree to use the characteristics of professional development as described in 704 KAR 3:035 in the design and implementation of learning to provide quality results for Kentucky's educators that lead to increased effectiveness. Posting information on the bulletin board by the department shall not be viewed as an endorsement of the quality of any specific provider or program.