Nov 21, 2022 2 min read

Upper St. Clair High School hosted the 15th annual Pennsylvania Science Curriculum Council (PASCC) Conference. The annual event provides an opportunity for science instructors to collaborate and share effective methods of science instruction and assessment.

Nearly 100 middle and high school science teachers, department chairs, curriculum leaders and administrators attended the day-long event. Most attendees represent schools from Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Indiana, Mercer, Montgomery, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland counties.

Dawn Mostowy served as site host. A biology teacher, she has been a member of PASCC for 10 years.

“This annual conference gives biology teachers the opportunity to collaborate and share effective methods of both science instruction and assessment – including the implementation of the new science state standards,” Mostowy said. “Teachers of elective courses, such as AP Biology, are also given the chance to collaborate and share ideas.”

In addition, science curriculum leaders attended a session with Dr. David Bauman, Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) science education adviser, to review resources developed by PDE to support science education.

In addition to Mostowy, Upper St. Clair High School science teachers Ben Cramer and Lynn Kistler, who serves as the science department curriculum leader, participated. Jen Henney, a biology teacher at Penn-Trafford High School, served as the 2022 conference coordinator. PASCC is led by Andrea Redinger, a biology teacher, science department chair and coordinator of gifted education at Greensburg Salem High School.

For more information about PASCC, contact Ms. Redinger at andrea.redinger@gslions.net.