Professional Development
Remote or Onsite Professional Learning for Schools and Districts
Offered via Zoom in 60-90 minute sessions. See also: Workshops and Demos
Your science and math educators will walk away with practical knowledge and ideas they can use for teaching with real data in their classroom tomorrow.
Featured Presenters:
Dr. Aaron Reedy is a field biologist, entrepreneur and former high school science teacher in the Chicago Public Schools. While pursuing a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Virginia, Aaron realized that many of the tools he was using to conduct his research needed to be made available in K-12 classrooms. Reedy is the cofounder of DataClassroom.
Dr. Elizabeth Schultheis is the cofounder of Data Nuggets, a beloved website devoted to bringing authentic datasets and learning activities to K-16 classrooms. Schultheis completed her PhD in Plant Biology at Michigan State University and is currently the Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Kellogg Biological Station. She frequently studies the effects of Data Nuggets on both students and scientists.
Dr. Josh Rosenberg is an assistant professor of STEM education and faculty fellow at the Center for Enhancing Education in Mathematics and Sciences at the University of Tennessee. His research focuses on how learners think of and with data, particularly in science education settings. Rosenberg was formerly a high school science teacher in Shelby, NC.
Dr. Melissa Kjelvik is the cofounder of Data Nuggets, an educator-favorite website devoted to bringing authentic datasets and learning activities to K-16 classrooms. Kjelvik holds a PhD from Michigan State University and has been involved with several initiatives on data literacy, science role models, and environmental education. Her current work examines how including humanizing elements of diverse scientist role models impacts student learning and interest in STEM.
Dr. Paul Strode teaches AP/IB Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Science Research at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado. Paul has been teaching statistics in his science courses since returning to high school teaching after finishing his doctorate in ecology. Strode has developed curriculum for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Princeton University Press and others.
Kristen Dotti has been teaching math and science for more than 31 years in public and private institutions. She has designing student centric courses at the middle school, high school, and university levels. Dotti works with schools around the globe as an educational consultant and professional development trainer. She is the founder of Catalyst Learning Curricula.
Kristin Hunter-Thomson pulls from her formal and informal education background (grades 4 - undergraduates) to facilitate data and science education professional development for teachers in grades 3-16, develop data-focused educational resources, and evaluate STEM educational programs through Dataspire. She also writes the Data Literacy 101 column articles for NSTA’s Science Scope.
Dr. Ariel Kahrl is an assistant professor at Hamilton College who studies the evolution of sexually selected traits. She uses a combination of experimental biology, comparative analyses, and field work to learn about the evolution of traits. Before she began her career as a scientist, Kahrl taught math and science in grades 8-12 at the Stuart Hall School in Virginia.
DataClassroom Summit
Single day professional development
Presentation topics are related to practical aspects of teaching students to analyze, interpret, and visualize data are available and include:
Thinking in graphs: data visualization in the classroom
Foundational statistics for math and science students
Making the jump from graphs to statistics
Experimental design and student-led inquiry
Data formatting for professional analysis
Storytelling with data
Making messy data into tidy data
Patterns in analyzing and interpreting data
DataClassroom Series
Custom professional development program
We’ll meet with you to discuss your goals for your teachers and the program of presentations to make a recommendation based on the needs of your district or school.
Recommended program:
Six 60-90 minute presentations over the course of 6 weeks, including the following topics:
Intro to graphs, Intro to stats and research in the classroom, Experimental design, Data formatting, Storytelling with data, and Making messy data into tidy data.
Sessions typically are built around interactive work.