Mission
To continuously improve teaching and learning
To provide exemplary, research-based professional development services aligned
with standards-based instruction that results in improved teaching and learning
for all students
Strategies to Accomplish the Mission
Implementing the 5 components
of exemplary programs:
- Standards-based curriculum
materials
- Ongoing professional
development
- Materials
support
- Assessment
- Community/administrative
involvement
At
the core of ASSET's mission are the beliefs that:
- All students can learn and should be provided equal opportunities to learn.
- Science is an ideal entry point for students to explore their surroundings, ask questions, collect and analyze data, think critically and apply their learning to new situations - and academic areas.
- Teachers are both the targets and agents of change.
- Ongoing professional development is vital to continuously improving teaching and learning.
- When teachers are learning, students are learning.
- Research and development is integral to providing teachers with new opportunities to continuously improve their craft.
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