AMSTI-UM
Science Training & Professional Development
The Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative is proud to offer professional learning opportunities for teachers and administrators. We are committed to supporting Alabama's educators in their professional growth. Please join us for one or more sessions. You will be glad you did!
AMSTI Menu of Services
Scroll below to each class to register or to go directly to the registration link: click HERE or scan this QR Code.
Session Locations:
AMSTI-Central: 240 George Roy Parkway, Calera, AL 35040
AMSTI-UM: University of Montevallo, Wills Hall, King-Harman St, Montevallo 35115
Shelby County Instructional Services Center (SCISC): 601 1st St S, Alabaster, AL 35007
AMSTI4All
(No prerequisite or foundational required)
More 6-12 AMSTI4All sessions listed in the 6-12 section below.
NEW - AL COS Science Overview K-12
5/28/25 from 8:30-3:30
Shelby County Instructional Services Center
NEW - AL COS Science Overview K-12
6/3/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI-Central
CLOSED/FULL Using Proficiency Scales to Support Instruction and Assessment
6/4/25 from 8:30-3:30
University of Montevallo, Fallin Hall, Rm 103
SCIENCE: It's All in the Patterns - Grade 3
6/25/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI-Central
CLOSED/FULL Precision in Pedagogy: Yearlong Planning with Proficiency Scales
7/9/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI-Central
*Prerequisite for Precision in Pedagogy: Attendance at either Course #273617-Using Proficiency Scales to Support Instruction and Assessment (6 hour full day)
or
Course #273621-Overview of Using Proficiency Scales to Support Instruction and Assessment (3 hour half day)
NEW - AL COS Science Overview K-12
7/17/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI-Central
K-12 Science Foundational
(Required to attend all content training and receive materials)
Registration Link: HERE
K-12 Science Foundational
5/27/25 from 8:30-3:30
Shelby County Instructional Services Center
K-12 Science Foundational
7/8/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI Central
K-5 Elementary Science
Content Sessions
(K-12 Science Foundational is required to attend content training.)
Registration Link: HERE
Click for K-5 Digital Notebooks
Kindergarten
NEW - Objects in Motion
NEW - Plant and Animal Needs
NEW - Ready for Weather
1st Grade
NEW - Living Things
Sky Patterns
2nd Grade
NEW - Growing Plants
Matter
Soils & Shores
3rd Grade
NEW - Comparing Organisms
NEW - Patterns of Motion
NEW - Weather and Climate
4th Grade
NEW - Animal Senses
Energy and Waves
NEW - Soils, Rocks, and Landforms
5th Grade
NEW - Living Systems
Matter & Interactions
NEW - Navigating the Sky
K-3 AMSTI and ELA Integration
The integration document crosswalks the major reading curriculums chosen by the districts in AL and integrates them with our current AMSTI kits. The ALCOS Science Standards are linked for each AMSTI kit, but may not be fully addressed if the kit is not taught in its entirety.
6-12 AMSTI4All & ASIM
(No prerequisite or foundational required; All Sessions count toward TEAMS Credit)
Registration Link: HERE
CLOSED/FULL ACT Science Experience (Phase 1)
Improving ACT Science Scores
5/27/25 from 8:30-3:30
Shelby County Instructional Services Center
CLOSED/FULL Math and Science: Go Figure!
6/10/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI-Central
CLOSED/FULL Using Proficiency Scales to Support Instruction and Assessment
6/4/25 from 8:30-3:30
University of Montevallo, Fallin Hall, Rm 103
CLOSED/FULL Precision in Pedagogy: Yearlong Planning with Proficiency Scales
7/9/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI-Central
*Prerequisite for Precision in Pedagogy: Attendance at either Course #273617-Using Proficiency Scales to Support Instruction and Assessment (6 hour full day)
or
Course #273621-Overview of Using Proficiency Scales to Support Instruction and Assessment (3 hour half day)
6-8 Science Sessions
All 9-12 Sessions are TEAMS approved for credit within your teaching standards.
K-12 Science Foundational is required to attend content training.
To attend any crossover training, you must have certification in one grade-level unit.
Registration Link: HERE
6th Grade
NEW - Earth’s Dynamic Systems
NEW - Space Systems Exploration
NEW - Weather and Climate Systems
6/9/25-6/11/25 from 8:30-3:30
ONLY for Mtn. Brook City and ANY teachers already eligible for AMSTI Gr6 science units
Crestline Elementary School
7th Grade
NEW - Ecosystems and Their Interactions
NEW - Genes and Molecular Machines
7/7/25-7/10/25 from 8:30-3:30
ONLY for Mtn. Brook City and ANY teachers already eligible for AMSTI Gr7 science units
Mountain Brook Junior High School
NEW - Structure and Function
8th Grade
Electricity, Waves and Information Transfer
NEW - Energy, Forces, and Motion
NEW - Matter & Its Interactions
7/14/25-7/17/25 from 8:30-3:30
ONLY for Mtn. Brook City and ANY teachers already eligible for AMSTI Gr8 science units
Mountain Brook Junior High School
Science in Motion
9-12 Secondary Science
All 9-12 Sessions are TEAMS approved for credit within your teaching standards.
K-12 Science Foundational is required to attend content training.
ALL ASIM-UM Teachers, click to submit Teacher Information for AY 24/25
To request 9-12 support or materials two weeks in advance, click ASIM Lesson Request
ASIM Biology
CLOSED/FULL ASIM Biology: Cells
5/28/25 from 8:30-3:30
Shelby County Instructional Services Center
ASIM Biology Pilot Training 2025: Biology/Anatomy/ Env. Science- DNA Fingerprinting, Blood Typing, Comparative Skeleton Anatomy, Biogeochemical Cycles
6/23/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI-Central
ASIM Biology Pilot (Meiosis/Meiosis Errors and Effects)
6/24/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI-Central
ASIM Biology Pilot Training 2025: Learning Biological Principles Through Electrophoresis- DNA fingerprinting, HNPCC detection, Collecting Cancer Causing Changes
7/7/25 from 8:30-3:30
Mountain Brook Junior High School
ASIM Biology Science Pilot 2025 (6.2 Common Ancestry)
7/15/25 from 8:30-3:30
Harman Hall, Rm 102, University of Montevallo Campus
Registration Link: HERE
ASIM Chemistry/Physical Science
ASIM Chemistry Pilot (1.2 Avg Atomic Mass & 2.1 Bonding & Lewis Structures)
6/5/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI Central
ASIM Physical Science: Pilot (4.1 Changing an Atom & 4.2 Properties of Elements)
7/14/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI Central
ASIM Physical Science: Pilot (5.1 Phase Change & 5.2 Intro to Gas Laws)
7/15/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI Central
ASIM Physics/Physical Science
ASIM Physical Science: Waves and Lights
5/28/25 from 8:30-3:30
Shelby County Instructional Services Center
ASIM Physics: Newton's Laws
6/17/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI Central
ASIM Physical Science: Waves and Lights
6/18/25 from 8:30-3:30
AMSTI Central
Registration Link: HERE