The “School Science Leader” Professional Learning Community was developed to build community across schools and overcome geographic isolation by creating an innovative teacher network. This network involves teachers and schools in the Science-In-A-Crate and School Science Leader Program and promotes sharing of these resources between classrooms and schools.

Teachers in the program organize and coordinate bookings and rotations in their schools and mentor other staff members on the use of the crates. As an incentive for participating in the program, the science leaders attend special workshops and have opportunities to interact with teachers from other schools.

Exceptional professional development workshops are held for the science leaders to meet the unique needs of teachers within the community. Participating teachers work with SAF staff to identify workshop topics that can best meet their needs. Some of the past workshops have included:

• An engaging and motivational science or math demo — the hook that grabs students’ interest
• Discussion and sharing of “best practices” for instruction and learning of science
• Sharing of ways to incorporate crates and Wonderville.ca in meeting learning outcomes.

The School Science Leaders program is active in the following regions:

Wood Buffalo School Science Leaders
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Battle River School Science Leaders
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In partnership with: Battle River School Division

Wild Rose School Science Leaders
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Chinook’s Edge School Science Leaders
Supported by:

In partnership with: Olds College and the University of Calgary.