It’s a veritable Blizzard of Science here at OSTA. LOTS of stuff going on with the newly elected Board coming on January 1st, the flurry of activity just past with the OSTA Fall Conference, etc., etc. We’ll try to keep you up-to-date on the latest happenings and going’s-on about science education in Oklahoma as well as nationally. A new Governor, a new State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and a continuing budget crunch will certainly be newsworthy, as will national science concerns like the Common Core and the draft Conceptual Frameworks for K-12 Science Education.
For it’s part, OSTA will continue to expand to become an increasingly inclusive, and interactive organization. This website continues to be our primary tool to bring science education news and events to science teachers in Oklahoma. In the coming year we hope to expand the use of interactive tools such as NING to build the opportunity for collaboration and reduce the isolation of so many Oklahoma science teachers, rural and urban. This past year brought on-line membership renewal and event registration to members. With an increasingly emphasis on science teacher staff development, OSTA will utilize these tools to an even greater degree in the coming months.
One of my favorite features on this website is the monthly (mostly) newsletter produced by Jana Rowland, the State Science Director at OSDE. LOTS of information that is worthy of your close attention. Jana does a good job on this, just as she does a great job representing us and being a champion for science at the State Department of Education.
Click HERE to get this month’s JANAGRAM.