Center for Instructional Innovation - Western Washington University's Teaching and Learning Center

1. Genesis of the Partnership
Running time: 3 minutes, 49 seconds

The North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership is a National Science Foundation funded project involving 28 school districts, two education service districts, four community colleges, Washington State LASER, the Naval Undersea Museum, Washington State MESA, and Western Washington University.
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2. Summer Academy for Teacher Leaders
Running time: 4 minutes, 52 seconds

NCOSP created a sequential series of three residential Summer Academies to improve content knowledge and reinforce conceptual, constructivist science teaching strategies among participating teachers. Each Academy included a Content Immersion experience that explored a small number of scientific topics to achieve a deep level of conceptual understanding.
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3. Teacher Preparation Reform
Running time: 5 minutes, 1 second

The primary motivation for NCOSP is improving the preparation of future teachers of science. The project leaders envisioned that the grant would allow them to revamp their science teaching methods courses and would help them get the experience to revise their content courses to reflect the latest research on teaching and learning. This would allow them to change the way that higher education faculty think about teaching and learning.
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4. Evidence of Success
Running time: 3 minutes, 23 seconds

The North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership (NCOSP) will conclude its NSF-funded period with many institutionalized components that will have a lasting and positive impact on science education.
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5. Spread the Word
Running time: 4 minutes, 53 seconds

Building an authentic equitable partnership was key to the success of the NCOSP project. Grounding the work in a theory of learning was also crucial to its success. Giving the participants ample time to absorb the information, get feedback, and practice it were also important.
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