A brief Introduction to Modeling Instruction in Chemistry with Janelle Hollingshead

Dates: July 16-17, 2022
Meeting times: 8:00 am - 3 pm CDT
Leader: Janelle Hollingshead
Costs: $100 
Location: Sevastopol High School 4550 Highway 57, Sturgeon Bay WI  54235
Contact person: Janelle Hollingshead jhollingshead@sevastopol.k12.wi.us

Course description:
In the Intro Modeling Chemistry workshop teachers will spend two days learning how to turn lectures into interactive whiteboarding discussions that infuse the NGSS engineering standards.  This leads to a greater understanding of content, higher retention, and challenges them to practice leadership , questioning, and presentation skills.  We will focus on how to introduce students to this different kind of instruction, how to apply this kind of instruction to labs, and how to apply this kind of instruction to content.  We will focus on density for the lab portion and Stoichiometry for the content portion.  Teachers will learn how to lead students through chemistry while students take the role of being a scientist and engineer….instead of just learning about science.

Meet the leader:

Janelle Hollingshead taught for 13 year in Chicago Public Schools where she specialized in teaching lower level chemistry and working with students with IEPs.  For the past three years Janelle has worked at Sevastopol High School in a rural area where she teaches 9th grade physical science, 11th grade chemistry, advanced physics, and advanced chemistry.  Janelle got her national board certification 10 years ago and she is recertified for another ten years.  Since learning about modeling from Gary Abud at Chem Ed in 2008 she has gone to 7 two week modeling workshops herself, she has lead 2, semester long, online Intro to Modeling classes, and a few two day workshops at various schools.  She has also run a free drop in support group for modeling teachers on Saturday for the past year.  In her spare time she enjoys mountain biking, singing, yoga, and hanging out with her family.

If you need financial assistance please contact Janelle Hollingshead at jhollingshead@sevastopol.k12.wi.us as she has been successful in the past connecting teachers with local businesses in their area who are more than welcome to help financially support teachers.