Model Based Instructional Practices for K12 Teachers:EQuIPD Professional Devlopment to support effective teaching

Models and Modeling Instructional practices are known in physics with a plethorea of publications related to modeling instructional practices. In many cases, teachers are not engaged in developing the concept models, linking them to standards and staging activities, limiting the effectiveness of model stages for development of core concept knowledge in students.This grant provides >250 hours a year of professional development and "one on one" facilitative coaching in a "train the trainer" model. The grant focuses on modeling instructional pedagogy, system thinking, inquiry, sensors and probes for data collection, computational thinking for modeling and data analysis, as well as relevent workforce applications.

This talk discusses the EQuIPD model and showcases the trajectory of a group of diverse group of physical science teachers who implemented grant pedagogy in classrooms. Examples of models, storylines, and activiteis which develop the concept will be discussed to illustrate how explict use of models and modeling frameworks support teacher lesson staging and devlivery and create more effective lessons for students.