ARSIin ScienceMarch, 2000

Administrative support of quality science was the topic of training presented for ARSI District Liaisons and principals. UK Resource Collaborative Director, Kim Zeidler, and St. Marys High School Principal, Chuck Heinlein facilitated the training that focused on ways administrators could support and encourage teachers in delivering standards-based instruction.
 

	What could have made the crane on the Clays Ferry Bridge almost topple into the river? Participants investigated possibilities as presenters modeled inquiry lessons. Jim Booth, Jim Spence and Cindy Willis explored some options.
	Inquiry includes the 5 E's - Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Expansion and Evaluation. Barbara Smith, Norma McCloud and Doris Weekly review their hypothesis and results as they consider their next steps.
	Inquiry is more than hands on - it'planning, reviewing results and trying other possbilities. Eddie Smith and Mike Johnson are deep in reflection as they ponder what they'll try next.
	University of Kentucky Resource Collaborative Director, Kim Zeidler, reviews the array of materials available for use during the investigation.
	One of ARSI's objectives is to build on and strengthen existing relationships that support instruction. Collaboration with Regional Educational Service Agencies (RESAs) is important to ARSI. RESA III Curriculum Consultant, Linda Andresen, stopped by to observe the training and caught a few minutes with Jim and Cindy.
	Interpreting data and using that information to impact instruction is crucial to improvement. Chuck Heinlein reviews Belinda Forman and Jendra Enix's data as he shared techniques his school uses to target areas for improvement.