2008 Professional Development

Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) 
We are now preparing for the summer and fall semesters and would appreciate your assistance in announcing the summer offerings of the “Fundamentals of Environmental Education” and “Applied Environmental Education Program Evaluation” online courses and the fall offering of these courses along with “Strategic Planning and Implementation” and “Making EE Relevant for Culturally Diverse Audiences” to your EE networks.  Below, you will find information about the online courses as well a link to the online courses website.  View the flyers for the summer 2008 and fall 2008 courses.

There are $200 scholarships available for the FEE and AEEPE courses!  The FEE scholarships are offered to course participants that are state EE leaders and the AEEPE scholarships are offered to course participants that are community and/or state EE leaders.  Information on the scholarships is available at the online course website listed below.

Dominion Generation
Science Teacher Workshops

Chesapeake Classrooms Summer schedule
Detail decriptions can be found at www.cbf.org/chesapeakeclassrooms/ and click on Summer Immersion Courses.

2008 Professional Development Opportunites for Educators
Smithsonian National Zoological Park Conservation & Research Center

Mary Baldwin College Environment-based Learning Courses
Summer 2008
For more information or to register, please contact Dr. Tamra Willis, Master of Arts in Teaching Program, Mary Baldwin College, 540-887-7135.

Weaving a Tapestry for Science Learning 
November 13-15, 2008
Hampton Roads Convention Center
Don't miss out on the lowest rates for registration for the VAST Professional Development Institute.  Early Bird registration ends October 11, 2008. A broad range of national and regional speakers, engaging field trips, a reception and IMAX show at the Virginia Air & Space Center, and over 150 hours of concurrent sessions await you! For complete details, including hotel information, log on to the VAST website PDI page at education.jlab.org/vast/.