Grab a cup of coffee and join the NSTA Professional Learning team for an informal chat about how we can support your district’s goals and priorities related to science and STEM education. Whether you’re navigating a curriculum adoption, building teacher capacity, looking for sustained mentorship and coaching, or just curious about what we have to offer, this is a chance to connect live with the NSTA Professional Learning Team. Come with questions, challenges, or just curiosity to chat about how NSTA Professional Learning can partner with your school or district.

TAKEAWAYS:
Come with questions, and leave with an understanding of the professional learning support options available through NSTA and next steps for starting a partnership tailored to your needs.

SPEAKERS:
Brianna Reilly Oliveira

Build your confidence as an instructional leader by learning how to evaluate science lessons for sensemaking. This session introduces a lesson evaluation tool adapted from the NSTA Sensemaking Tool and grounded in NGSS and inclusive teaching practices. Participants will explore how to identify key elements of high-quality, three-dimensional instruction and gather evidence that supports meaningful, actionable feedback. Experience how structured lesson analysis can reveal patterns across instructional materials and inform targeted instructional support. Leave with practical strategies, tools, and a plan for using lesson evaluation to strengthen sensemaking across classrooms.

TAKEAWAYS:
Gain practical tools and confidence to evaluate science lessons for sensemaking and provide meaningful, actionable feedback that strengthens instruction across classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Brianna Reilly Oliveira

Discover how K–12 teachers, coaches, and leaders can use NSTA’s free instructional coaching tools to strengthen coaching cycles and spark student sensemaking. In this interactive session, explore the full suite of OER resources and try out practical tools you can use right away.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn how to use NSTA’s suite of instructional coaching tools to support instructional coaching cycles in your school/district.

SPEAKERS:
Brianna Reilly Oliveira