The Daily Bulletin Archive

Buffalo State will host a workshop entitled “Using Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) to improve physics and physical science teaching” on Saturday, April 30, in Science Building 205.  

The workshop is offered free of charge, however we request that you contact us to confirm your attendance.

The workshop is appropriate for science educators of all levels. The morning session, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, is for everyone. The afternoon session, from noon to 4:00 p.m., is for those interested in research grade use of the instrument. Participants must R.S.V.P. to Dan MacIsaac (ext. 3802) or Kathleen Falconer (ext. 4530). A letter of attendance for professional development credit will be given to each attendee. 

RTOP is a 25-item rubric that provides a percentile score describing the degree and kind of student-centered constructivist inquiry present in an instructional situation. RTOP scores correlate very highly with student conceptual score gains. In this workshop, we will score video vignettes of teaching to learn to use RTOP for guiding personal reflection and improvement on our own teaching; for mentoring peers, novice teachers and student teachers; and to establish a vocabulary for discussing reformed teacher practices.

Light refreshments will be served.