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8 Policy and Communication
Pages 79-86

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From page 79...
... District leaders should ensure local poli cies such as teacher assignment support implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards. RECOMMENDATION 19 Create realistic timelines and monitor prog ress.
From page 80...
... Those policies include budget allocation, human capital, accountability, school configuration, use of classroom time, and course requirements. Leaders need to review them to ensure that they are consistent with the goals of A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (National Research Council, 2012; hereafter referred to as the Framework)
From page 81...
... Decisions about course requirements and sequencing, and about the timing and content of the science testing required by the No Child Left Behind Act,1 have implications for available course options. Course options, classroom space, and resources devoted to science classes all affect the ability of students to effectively engage in the science practices throughout high school.
From page 82...
... Ensuring that preservice education and alternative certification programs produce science teachers for all levels who enter the classroom prepared to meet the new demands of science instruction will likely require redesigning both science 82 Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards
From page 83...
... Teacher preparation should include participation in the full range of science practices and applying crosscutting concepts. Finally, the assessments required for teacher licensure and the course work needed for subject-area cer tification need to reflect the types of learning and assessment tasks that teachers will be expected to develop for students.
From page 84...
... Leaders at every level need to monitor the NGSS implementation and be alert for unintended conse quences of both existing and new policies and resource allocations. The challenge for leaders is to recognize when a policy simply needs time to achieve the intended 2Two helpful resources on these topics are the National Center for Science Education and the National Academy of Sciences: see http://www.ncse.com/ and http://www.nap.edu/openbook.
From page 85...
... Science implementation leaders need to be given adequate control of the resources and decisions essential to making the NGSS implementation work. Teacher leaders expected to support learning of other teachers need work time and resources to do that work.


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