Professional Development
Institute for Inquiry Workshop Series
We offer professional development in inquiry-based learning and teaching by providing a series of week-long immersion workshops, as well as an annual two day follow-up conference. The Introduction to Inquiry Workshop, Classroom Application Workshop, Formative Assessment Workshop and the Annual Follow Up Conference constitute our Institute for Inquiry workshop series. See our IFI General Information.
Introduction to Inquiry
The Connecticut Science Center’s Introduction to Inquiry Professional Development workshop was launched in the summer of 2005 and funded by the GE Education Foundation. Based upon the Exploratorium’s Institute for Inquiry in San Francisco, our Science Center’s professional development workshop is a five day immersion experience in inquiry-based learning and teaching plus an additional two days at the Annual Follow Up Conference.
The Center’s Introduction to Inquiry workshop is tied directly to the CT Science Framework Connecticut adopted in 2004. The workshop’s programming addresses requirements in Connecticut’s Common Core of Teaching and Common Core of Learning as well.
Summer 2011 Workshops
Annual Two Day Follow Up Conference
The Connecticut Science Center Introduction to Inquiry workshop series is committed to the philosophy that professional development is a continuous process rather than a one week event. To this end, we have a Two Day Follow-Up Conference at the end of each school year.
Only participants who have previously attended the Introduction to Inquiry Worship may attend this conference.
Date: June 27+28, 2011
Time: 8:30 – 3:00
Location: Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School, Hartford CT
Breakfast and lunch are included each day
Introduction to Inquiry
Date: July 11-15 | New Canaan & Easton/Redding
Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year
Time: 8:30 – 3:00
Location: Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School
Cost: $1,000 per participant
Breakfast and lunch are included each day
Min. 25 participants per workshop
Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to:
Attn: Holly Harrick, CT Science Center
Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.Registration Deadline:
May 15, 2011.
Date: July 11-15 | The Hartford Financial Services Group
Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year
Time: 8:30 – 3:00
Location: Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School
Cost: $1,000 per participant
Breakfast and lunch are included each day
Min. 25 participants per workshop
Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to:
Attn: Holly Harrick, CT Science Center
Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.Registration Deadline:
May 15, 2011.
Classroom Application
This five-day workshop will focus on classroom strategies for implementing inquiry-based experiences.Only participants who have previously attended the Introduction to Inquiry workshop are eligible to attend this workshop.
Date: August 8 - 12 | Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School
Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year
Time: 8:30 – 3:00
Cost: $1,000 per participant
Breakfast and lunch are included each day
Min. 25 participants per workshop
Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to:
Attn: Holly Harrick, CT Science Center
Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.
Registration Deadline: May 15, 2011.
Formative Assessment Workshop
This five-day workshop will focus on additional classroom strategies for implementing inquiry-based experiences, as well as formative assessment strategies to be used in the science classroom. Only teams who have previously attended the Introduction to Inquiry Workshop are eligible to attend this workshop.
Date: July 18-22 | The Hartford Financial Services Group - Cohort One
Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year
Time: 8:30 – 3:00
Location: Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School
Cost: $1,000 per participant
Breakfast and lunch are included each day
Min. 25 participants per workshop
Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to:
Attn: Holly Harrick, CT Science Center
Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.
Registration Deadline: May 15, 2011.
Date: August 15-19 | DESICA
Workshop Length: 5 days during the summer and 2 additional follow up days at the end of the school year
Time: 8:30 – 3:00
Location: Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Cost: $1,000 per participant
Breakfast and lunch are included each day
Min. 25 participants per workshop
Cap. 30 participants per workshop
- Signed attendance contracts from each participant should be faxed to:
Attn: Holly Harrick, CT Science Center
Fax# (860) 727-9821
- Click to register after you submitted the forms.Registration Deadline: April 15, 2011.