B. Support for Teachers

• Curriculum Structure & Emphasis
• Overview
• Support for Teachers
• Technology & Materials
• Earth & Environmental Science in Inquiry to Build Content
• Samples of Student Work
• Teacher Perspectives
• Record of Support in Urban Districts

The IDS program supports teachers by providing:

• Over 100 hours of appropriate and hands-on professional development;
  
  
• a course planning guide including a set of 30 model lessons, literacy strategies, and content-enhancement for each curriculum;
  
  
• intensive, regular, low-ratio coaching;
  
  
• graduate students two-days per week to assist in organizing and preparing classroom materials, and;
  
  
• formative and summative assessments along with training in data driven instruction.