The Lawrence Hall of Science
The public science center of the University of California, Berkeley.
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We partner with school districts to support science learning. We offer district-wide elementary, middle, and high school programs, either virtually or in-person.
We collaborate with a range of partners to innovate in science education. Together, we go further.
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The Amplify Science Instructional Leaders Community of Practice (ILCP) is a place for Amplify Science instructional coaches and science coordinators from districts across the country to connect with each other through zero-cost and primarily virtual events.
Leslie Stenger
lesliestenger@berkeley.edu
Join our community!
Our virtual events are interactive, participant-centered meetings where you spend a good portion of the time in breakout rooms getting to know job-alike colleagues as you discuss your science leadership successes and challenges. The events include share-outs, panels, and opportunities to create working groups. Members of the group also meet up face to face at NSTA two times per year!
Facilitators
Sessions are facilitated by the professional learning leads from the team at The Lawrence Hall of Science who developed Amplify Science.
Learn more!
To learn more, watch this short screencast of information that was included in our ILCP Launch Event.
The community gathers about once per month and you can join as your schedule allows — you don’t need to commit to attending the full series.
Hour-long virtual gatherings
Join us on Zoom for these interactive sessions with your colleagues:
Many valuable ideas and resources are shared in our gatherings, and joining us for one of our upcoming gatherings provides you access to what has been shared in previous gatherings.
NSTA Philadelphia happy hour
We plan to hold an in-person gathering at NSTA in Philadelphia in March, 2025. A number of ILCP members met up at the NSTA in New Orleans in November and had a wonderful time connecting “in real life”!
Instructional leaders’ working group for Localizing Amplify Science
New for this year, we are offering the opportunity to join a working group of instructional leaders who are supporting efforts in their districts to localize Amplify Science in order to enhance relevance and connections to students’ lived experiences. More information will be coming, including how to sign up, but if you are interested in joining, you can block off the following dates and times on your calendar.
April Learning Event — Save the Date!
In addition to our one-hour gatherings, we will be holding a three-hour virtual Learning Event from 9 am-12 pm PT on Thursday, April 24th. We’ll spend this extended time together focused on leadership practices and tools that support the implementation of Amplify Science.
“I feel like I am walking away with validation and new ideas to try and implement.”
“High point: being around such a committed and passionate group of leaders who want our systems to improve.”
“The resources shared by fellow leaders were amazing!”
“Hearing perspectives from people all over the country helped to bring forward ideas for next school year.”
Many (but not all) members of the community have also joined the Amplify Science Instructional Leaders Facebook Group; this is another place where you can ask and answer questions and share resources.
