Illinois Teachers Workshop - Rocks, Minerals & Mining in Today’s Society
The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers’ (IAAP) Illinois Teachers Workshop is a three-day event designed to inform Illinois educators about the importance of rocks, minerals, and mining in everyday life. Now in its twenty-second year, you are invited to register for the July 15-17, 2019 event to be held at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
The workshop focuses on Illinois geology, Earth’s processes, mining rocks & minerals, connections to end products made from rocks & minerals, land reclamation, sustainability, and environmental issues. Teachers will learn about, and actively participate in, various hands-on educational activities suitable for teaching earth science in the classroom. The information presented in workshop lectures is then brought to life during field trips to unique geological formations, historical sites, active mining operations and land reclamation sites.
The Illinois Science Teachers Association will grant Professional Development Hours or participants will have the opportunity to obtain two graduate credit hours through Illinois State University. At the conclusion, each teacher receives numerous educational materials such as mineral kits, rock & mineral samples, fossil kit, videos, posters, lesson plans, learning activities, and other teaching aids provided by the IAAP and its members. And you will join a learning community of teachers who have participated through the years.
The IAAP will match each teacher with a producer member sponsor. The sponsor’s financial contribution provides for the facilities rental, educational materials, all meals, and lodging accommodations for Monday and Tuesday nights of the workshop. Participating teachers are responsible for the registration fee, cost for graduate level credit if you so choose, and incidentals.
Don't miss this great opportunity to learn, have fun, and make valuable contacts with other teachers and individuals in the mining industry!
More information about this workshop and a registration form can be found at http://www.iaap-aggregates.org/workshop.htm or by contacting Shawn McKinney at
shawn@iaap-aggregates.org
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The 2019 Quebec Dimensions Summer Institute will offer professional development for six days divided between Montréal, one of the largest French speaking cities in the world and Québec City, the province’s capital. The Institute begins and ends in Montréal, June 23-28, 2019. (Institute content will be delivered in English)
Eligibility: Open invitation for U.S. educators from all disciplines, Pre-K to Grade 12 in-service teachers and Community College faculty, and pre-service teachers are also welcome.
Description
: “Québec Dimensions” is a unique professional development opportunity providing participants with foundations in history and geography plus contemporary cultural insights through first-hand experience. The content is taught by academic specialists and is designed to support educators of: Canadian Studies, World History, Comparative Cultures, AP History, IB History of the Americas, North American Geography, & all levels of French language curriculum.
Registration: US$699 covers transportation during the Institute, lecturer fees, admission to educational sites, curriculum materials, double-occupancy at four star hotels, and some meals. Participants will earn a 40-hour clock hour certificate. For an additional fee and a final project, 1 graduate credit may be obtained.
Testimonials: “I recommend this Institute to my colleagues”; “The Institute is extremely well organized and rich in resources for teachers. I came away with dozens of ideas of how I will include information about Quebec in my classes”; “Well organized, committed leaders…speakers were interesting and relevant”
Transportation: Participants are responsible to provide their own transportation to and from Montréal, with arrival to be scheduled no later than 2:00pm on Sunday June 23rd. The program will officially conclude at noon Friday, June 28th. Transportation is provided for program activities scheduled throughout the Institute.
Organization: Québec Dimensions is organized by the Northeast National Resource Center on Canada – a consortium including the Canadian-American Center, University of Maine and the Center for the Study of Canada / Institute on Québec Studies since the 1980s, which has provided training to thousands of educators who teach about Québec and Canada. This Institute is produce with support from the U.S. Department of Education, International and For3eign Language Education, Title VI program.
Population Education is excited to announce that registration is open for our Summer 2019 online professional development course for science and social studies educators of grades 6-12! Discover student-centered learning strategies that use contemporary issues and real-world data to examine the social and environmental impacts of human population and engage in meaningful dialogue with teachers across the world. The course is asynchronous, which means students can work at their own leisure and pace while still abiding by the pre-set submission deadlines. There are weekly discussion boards, journals, and a final project, all built to provide participants with meaningful feedback and materials to use within their own educational setting.
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