Partner Profile
Lawrence Hall of Science
Creators of high-quality instructional materials and accompanying professional learning
Lawrence Hall of Science was approved for the PLPG in July 2021.
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OUR TEAM
11–20 facilitators/coaches
11-25% are non-white
WHERE WE WORK
We have worked here
We are also willing to work here
WHO WE ARE
UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science is known for creating research-based, high-quality science curriculum programs such as Amplify Science. We believe in building instructional leaders’ capacity by providing professional learning experiences that are curriculum-specific and linked to a community of job-alike peers. Our professional learning offerings support districts’ strategic and sustainable plans for equitable science teaching and learning, and strengthen a districts’ curriculum implementation.
TYPES OF SUPPORT WE OFFER
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- Adopting an ELA curriculum
- Adopting a math curriculum
- Adopting a science curriculum
- Initial implementation
- Ongoing implementation support for teachers
- Ongoing implementation support for leaders
What are these phases?
Types of districts that we have experience working with
- Traditional District
- Charter
- Private
- Parochial
- Urban
- Suburban
- Rural
- Fewer than 2,500 students
- 2,500 to 10,000 students
- 10,000 to 50,000 students
- 50,000 to 100,000 students
- More than 100,000 students
- Greater than 60% of economically disadvantaged students
- Greater than 20% of English language learners
- Greater than 20% of students with disability
- Greater than 80% students of color
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OUR CURRICULUM EXPERTISE
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We are the author/publisher
Science
- Amplify Science (2018)
- Amplify Science (2022)
What is a high quality curriculum?
This partner's approach and services
Sample scopes of work
What are these scopes?
How we address equity
The Lawrence is dedicated to leadership, innovation and excellence in STEM education and professional learning, and has a long history of addressing the needs of groups who are situated at the margins of high-quality STEM education and HQIM implementation. This includes experiential, ongoing, collaborative PL for leaders and teacher leaders to assist with learning and increasing student engagement through contextualized STEM experiences within HQIM. These capacities include vision, knowledge of current realities, distributed leadership, district policies and priorities, supportive context, and clear definition of equity for STEM learning where specific student groups are named to provide explicit and targeted support.
Why is this important?
How we build district capacity
The Lawrence provides support for equity-driven HQIM implementation through systems-level capacity building for science through attention to key dimensions of systems capacity building and organizational change. We support organizations to develop their capacity to design policies, plans and learning supports to build and sustain a high quality, equitable, district-wide science program that supports the HQIM implementation. We support districts to implement science HQIM as a widely accepted district-wide priority among teachers, site leaders, partners and families, and design specifically for students situated at the margins within the district.
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