CSME Programs

The Center for Science and Math Education coordinates and administers a number of programs for area teachers and students. The links below give more detail about these efforts.

Western Union's Science Instruction Enrichment
for Teachers of ELL Students program

This unique program seeks to create opportunities for both science content teachers and ELL teachers to mentor each other in learning science content and developing effective strategies for ELL instruction. These teachers will then be able to further contribute to the community of teachers and learners assisting diverse populations of students at their school.

Science IDS: Inquiry to Build Content

Loyola University Chicago along with our partners at the University of Illinois at Chicago are working with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on one of the most ambitious high school projects ever attempted in an urban schools. As part of the High School Transformation project, we are working with CPS teachers and administrators to develop an integrated sequence of science classes that reinforces the content knowledge and critical thinking skills high school graduates of the 21st Century will need. Using an inquiry based teaching approach, students will learn science by engaging in science: formulating questions, conducting experiments and analyzing and evaluating the results of those experiments. Please read more about this wide ranging project to change the way science is taught in Chicago.

SEPUP Implementation

Partnering with Chicago Public Schools and Lab-Aids, Loyola is the implementation center for disseminating the SEPUP curriculum in Chicago schools.

Endorsement Programs

The Center coordinates endorsement sequences for teachers of both middle school science and mathematics.

AP Institute

Week long workshops in the summer for high school teachers of AP Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Calculus and Statistics.

Online Science Project

Concepts in physics explained and available online.

CPS Teacher Leadership Institute

Topics in Earth and Space Science, using the IES curricular materials. Each session will consist of a combination of content enhancement and hands on activities designed to enrich the implementation of the IES curriculum throughout CPS.

If you have any questions about our programs or would like to participate in one or more of them, please contact us at 773-508-3513 or by emailing us at science@luc.edu.