Levels of Engagement Program

CZS’s Levels of Engagement program delivers superior professional development to Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The program focuses on learner-centered, inquiry-based approaches and has demonstrated improvements in classroom math and science. Teachers at CPS schools, participating in the basic program, receive CZS’s comprehensive science teaching and learn how to implement new methods and incorporate curricula in the classroom. At the next level of engagement, teachers are trained to train others. Select schools, like Dore Elementary School on the city’s Southwest Side, become Centers of Science Excellence. In addition, CZS provides in-depth professional training and assists students with projects for a science fair hosted at Brookfield Zoo.