This course is designed to improve participants' knowledge base regarding several prekindergarten Sunshine State Standard strands. The course covers some of the critical areas appropriate for kindergarten. Participants will actively participate in the weekly discussions and teach activities.

Duration: 6 weeks
Inservice: 30 points
Audience: Instructional K-12
Access to Students: Yes

Syllabus

Week 1: Getting Started
Week 2: It Matters to Me
Week 3: "Energy" It's a Good Thing
Week 4: May the Force Be with You
Week 5: Earth to Pre-K
Week 6: Facts of Life

Specific Objectives

Participants will:

• they will be able to apply their knowledge to classroom instruction in an effort to raise student achievement in the content area of science
• they will have actively communicated with their facilitator and peers networking, sharing and collecting ideas

* All assignments must be received and submitted by the deadline dates indicated.

Implementation

Evidence that the course content has been transferred to daily instruction might include:

• increased student achievement on test scores
• the ability for students to verbalize their understanding about science for pre-k
• changes in classroom environment
• displays of student work samples in the classroom
• increased communication related to the topic:
  • sharing with parents via conferences
  • newsletters
  • evening workshops
  • etc
• sharing with colleagues at grade level and faculty meeting

Inservice

• complete all assignments
• participate each week in the Discussion Area
• score at least 80% or higher on post test

To receive the inservice points, all course requirements must be completed independently by the participant and not plagiarized from any other source or person.

Prerequisites

Participants must possess the following computer skills and software to participate in this course:

• an understanding of your computer’s operating system and software
• the ability to access the Internet and knowledge of Internet search techniques
• the ability to download and install files from the Internet
• an up-to-date antivirus software package