For more than a decade, COCA has assembled teaching artists and classroom educators to co-create meaningful learning experiences through arts integration. The annual Institute arms teachers from all content areas with the knowledge, skills, tools and mindsets to disrupt the status quo in their classroom and curriculum. Four learning tracks focus the teachers' work, including […]

How do we keep the rigorous nature of the science and engineering practices and phenomena-based learning intact in a virtual environment? In this session, we will give an overview of the Keep Teaching Science! report released by NextGenScience and WestEd. Key best practices for teaching science remotely will be discussed through the lens of specific […]

We often give engaging, complex problems to our students, and they aren’t sure where to begin. Learn strategies to get students to ask themselves questions that will engage them in doing mathematics, even if the solution is not in sight

Novel Engineering is where literature meets the engineering design process. This session will engage both beginners, or educators who have tried NE in the their classroom and would like to go on to the next level. We will share strategies to take this engaging, content building experience to the virtual classroom.

The pandemic has left us to figure out the details of teaching virtually and/or in-person on our own, often in silos. Science in particular has challenges that other subjects do not have, like using materials to carry out investigations in small, collaborative groups. This virtual panel is an opportunity for K-8 teachers to break through […]

Novel Engineering is where literature meets the engineering design process. This session will engage both beginners, or educators who have tried NE in their classroom and would like to go on to the next level. We will share strategies to take this engaging, content building experience to the virtual classroom.

As students return to school, many of them will come with anxieties and fears which will impact their learning. Now more than ever, teachers need to attend to the social emotional needs of their students. Students will need a repertoire of tools to persist in rigorous lessons and to participate in meaningful math conversations.

The pandemic has left us to figure out the details of teaching virtually and/or in-person on our own, often in silos. Science in particular has challenges that other subjects do not have, like using materials to carry out investigations in small, collaborative groups. This virtual panel is an opportunity for K-8 teachers to break through […]