This two and half day session will prepare science and mathematics MSP project leaders to utilize the CTS tools, resources, and professional development designs in their MSP projects. The workshop is open only to Louisiana MSP project leaders. Registration is through invitation by the Louisiana Department of Education.

The 2009 National Science Education Leadership Association's (NSELA) summer leadership institute will be held in Portland, Maine. This institute, open to both NSELA and non-NSELA members, will focus on preparing science leaders to use Curriculum Topic Study (CTS). The institute is designed for teacher leaders, district and state science specialists, professional developers, MSP project directors, university professors, curriculum developers, and other teacher educators interested in using CTS to strengthen the connections between standards, research on learning, and classroom practice. During the institute, participants will:

• Become familiar with the CTS tools, processes, and professional development designs.
• Re-engage with national standards and cognitive research resources.
• Learn facilitation skills and techniques for leading CTS.
• Experience a variety of CTS context applications such as CTS formative assessment development, curriculum materials implementation, instructional design, etc.
• Learn how to embed CTS within a variety of professional development structures such as CTS Seminars, Lesson Study, Collaborative Inquiry into Examining Student Thinking (CIEST), Mentoring and Coaching, Video Demonstration Lessons, CTS Action Research, and Content Immersion.
• Apply CTS to their own work using a CTS Authentic Task Protocol.

For more information on the institute and a link to registration, go to: http://www.nsela.org/calendar/calendar.html