Kirk is committed to planning and conducting professional development services that are:
- Engaging- Meaningful - Transformational - Systematic and long term All services include thoughtful planning and targeted evaluation.
The following topics and options are provided as examples. All services will be tailored to the context, needs, and knowledge and beliefs of the given participants.
General Services: - Ongoing Professional Development - Technical support - Science & NGSS transition planning - Science curriculum support - PLC support - Site-Based instructional coaching - Program Review (science) - Keynote presentations
Science Education Topics: - Next Generation Science Standards - Science & Engineering Practices - Crosscutting Concepts - Engineering Design - Designing instruction for Equity and Diversity - Designing 3 Dimensional Instruction - Designing 3 Dimensional Assessment Tasks - Student discourse/Accountable Talk - Elementary Science Content Sessions - Formative Assessment in Science - Understanding Systems Thinking - Science and Literacy - Beyond the Scientific Method- Moving toward the Practices of Science & Engineering - Assessment writing workshop - Elements of Effective Science Instruction - Writing to Learn Science - Writing Scientific Explanations Using- Claims, Evidence, & Reasoning
General Education Topics: - Formative assessment - Differentiated Instruction - Engagement vs. Intellectual Engagement - Designing Effective Professional Development - How to Deliver Engaging Presentations and Workshops
Partners for 2020-21
Auburn School District White River School District International Christian School, Hong Kong Puyallup School District Northwest Montana Co-op East Valley Central School District
Previous District Partners Bethel School District Clover Park School District Enumclaw School District Helena Public Schools Jewish Day School, Bellevue, WA Yelm Community Schools Kent School District Seattle Public Schools Renton School District Franklin Pierce School District Puyallup School District Sumner School District Shoreline School District Carbonado Historic School District Eatonville School District Northshore School District Mercer Island School District Vashon Island School District Fife School District
Other Partners Pacific Education Institute Puyallup Watershed Initiative Washington State LASER South Sound LASER Alliance Washington STEM Partnership for Science and Engineering Practices Woodland Park Zoo Center for Inquiry Science Pierce County Public Libraries National Science Teacher Association Washington Science Teacher Association ESD 113 (Olympia) Puget Sound Educational Service District University of Washington Tacoma North Sound LASER Alliance Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (WA State)