Impact on our Teacher Writers
"I feel so hopeful about my career as a teacher..."
"Being a special educator for 15 years, I had limited experience teaching math and science. My confidence in those areas has grown and I am excited to keep learning and to integrate more science and math lessons into my support classes. I feel so hopeful about my career as a teacher, especially with planning and integrating more math, science, and engineering activities and lessons into my teaching routine. It would be fair to say that I am thirsty for more! And I just started a computer science program to obtain my supplementary authorization so I can teach computer science starting in 2022. I never would have considered that without the incredible experience that I had with this project."
- Middle School Special Education Teacher, SEMI Project
- Middle School Special Education Teacher, SEMI Project
"I feel inspired and empowered..."
"I feel inspired and empowered from the project opportunity and group collaboration. Working with coaches and other writers helps me see more possibilities of designing the lessons and creating more activities and content to make it career focused, culturally responsive, and aligned with multiple NGSS standards."
-Elementary School Teacher, SEMI Project
-Elementary School Teacher, SEMI Project
"It was a really valuable learning experience..."
"I learned a lot throughout this project about all of the moving pieces that go into a year long curriculum. It was a really valuable learning experience for me to see and follow the framing of the lessons. I've written countless lessons and activities with rubrics and keys, but the first portion with the framing of the overview and connections for all lessons allowed me to push into a new level of how you explain, document, and tie together the multiple-week experience you are envisioning. I really appreciate having had that experience, and was excited by the common strands we linked across all 4 units in terms of skills and perspectives. I also really liked getting partner feedback and the revision process--I felt open to integrating those other perspectives and appreciated it when they provided some "aha!" moments."
- Middle School Science Teacher, Genentech Project
- Middle School Science Teacher, Genentech Project
"I grew as a professional..."
"By writing on this team, I grew as a professional in many ways. My curiosity was sparked through connections with subject matter experts, and the writing process with this team cultivated my creativity and enhanced my pedagogical approach. It has connected me to a close-knit group of professionals who truly care about their communities. It has been an honor to be a part of such a dynamic group!"
- High School Biotechnology Teacher, Genentech Project
- High School Biotechnology Teacher, Genentech Project
Impact on our Clients
"I appreciate the writing teams' guidance as I have no background in teaching and providing feedback on curriculum caused some anxiety for me. This project was important in furthering our efforts to reach and teach students about the semiconductor industry."
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"Under extraordinary conditions of a global pandemic, I am in awe of this collective and how it banded together to create an innovative new curriculum, a teacher-first professional experience, and meaningful industry engagement opportunities."
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"How do you develop a type of curriculum that has not been developed before? You work with Teacher Research Consultants. Lesley and her team listened, ideated, revised, and developed the first integrated curriculum for the instructional day and expanded learning that will be used by school sites throughout San Diego County...as we develop new ways of thinking about learning post-COVID." |
Impact on Teachers and Students Using our Lessons
"My students LOVED these cyber security lessons! The tasks built confidence in my English language learners and it was great to see how students were able to develop their conversation skills by providing feedback to each other."
-6th Grade Science Teacher, Department of Navy Cybersecurity lessons
-6th Grade Science Teacher, Department of Navy Cybersecurity lessons
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"I love student choice "Students write an exit slip identifying which variable they are most interested in exploring" This is something that we went over in PD today. THANKS FOR BEING AHEAD OF THE CURVE!!! The vocab section is amazing! This will be good for our students who are English learners from the pictures, and the Description In your Own Words is exactly what myself and my science teacher are looking for our students to do."
- 7th Grade Science Teacher, The Aerospace Corporation lessons |
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"I appreciate the use of this. I am starting a STEAM club at our public library and Tardigrades are the topic of our first meeting. While I create/roll out the teen programming in the library- I also have an MS in geoscience. I offered to bring STEAM in as there are not other scientists on staff. So, of course I want to expose them (mostly homeschoolers) to microscope use, graphs and data sets in a way that will interest them. I have seen quite a few tardigrade lessons and many fall short. You have created exactly what is needed."
-Librarian, The Aerospace Corporations lessons |
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"My students LOVED the hands on components of designing and making a sailcar. They requested additional art time for crafting and designing their sails and many of them named their sailcar. The sailcar race competition was a blast. Students experimented racing their vehicles outdoors with natural wind and with wind powered by a fan. They formed teams and developed some strategies to improve the speed of their sailcars. It was wonderful to see students help and encourage each other to repair the pieces or try again. Students demonstrated proficient understand of sustainable energy and made connections to real life applications such as Tesla, Toyota Prius, hydrogen cars in the make."
-Elementary School Teacher, SEMI Foundation lessons |
