Advanced Placement® Teacher Training Institute at the University of Iowa
The Advanced Placement® Teacher Training Institute (APTTI) provides comprehensive preparation for developing and teaching an AP® course. APTTI takes place June 26-29, 2018 at the University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development.
Each workshop includes: preparation of course syllabi and lesson plans; examples of classroom materials applicable to the particular AP® subject area; and preparation for the new College Board Audit, required for every AP teacher. The AP Teacher Training Institute is designed for: teachers who want to learn to teach AP courses in one of the content areas; current AP® teachers; and educators who wish to strengthen the core curriculum.
Courses offered in 2018 include: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP U.S. Government & Politics, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Physics 1, and AP U.S. History. For more information, visit www.belinblank.org/aptti or email aptti@belinblank.org. Registration is now open!
Katie Schabilion
Belin-Blank Center
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Reminder: WWII Dual Tour begins this month
Visit TWO iconic cultural institutions in one amazing event-Fighting for the Right to Fight exhibit at The Durham and the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit at The Great Plains Black History Museum. To register click the tour date of your choice:
March 24
April 21
May 26
June 23
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The Geographic Educators of Nebraska present
2018 “STUDENT ATLAS OF NEBRASKA” WORKSHOPS
The Geographic Educators of Nebraska will offer free training in using the Student Atlas of Nebraska
from 9:00-3:00 on the dates/locations listed below. Lunch will also be provided free of charge during the workshop. The Student Atlas of Nebraska is geared toward 4th grade reading levels and is filled with maps, tables, and pictures to aid instruction in Nebraska Studies. Teachers contracted for 4th grade during the 2018-19 school year are eligible to enroll in one of these GEON workshops.
To register for one of the workshops below, click HERE.
A cap of twenty teachers in each workshop is preferred, minimum 4 teachers required for workshop to proceed. Each teacher attending the full workshop day will be provided with a $100 stipend as well as free curriculum materials on a flash drive including standards-based lesson plans, Atlas PDFs, and a Teacher’s Guide to the Atlas. Last fall, classroom copies of the Student Atlas of Nebraska were made available to all 4th grade teachers throughout the state via their local ESU office.
2018 Atlas Workshop Schedule and Locations:
Weds, May 30 – OMAHA – Durham Museum, 801 South 10th Street
Thurs, May 31 – LINCOLN – LPS District Offices, 5905 “O” Street
Mon, June 11 - ESU 15 TRENTON – ESU 15 building, 344 Main Street
Tues, June 12 - ESU 16 NORTH PLATTE – ESU 16 special services center - 1221 West 17th Street
Weds, June 13 - ESU 13 CHADRON – Ponderosa Room, Chadron State College Student Center
The Geographic Educators of Nebraska is a non-profit statewide organization affiliated with the National Geographic Society. The Student Atlas of Nebraska workshops listed above are generously funded by a grant from the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education.
Publication of the Student Atlas of Nebraska sesquicentennial edition was made possible through donations from Mutual of Omaha, the Kiewit Foundation, and the Ethel S. Abbott Foundation.
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Council for Economic Education
The Council for Economic Education is pleased to offer free professional development webinars for teachers nationwide. The webinars cover multiple topics on how to integrate personal finance and economics in the classroom and create a fun learning experience for your students.
When you attend the webinar(s), you will leave with relevant lessons, resources and tools that can be implemented the next day. If you are interested, but cannot attend the live webinar, please register to get access to the archived version.
www.councilforeconed.org/webinars/
Go ahead and register today!
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The Council for Economic Education is pleased to offer free professional development webinars for teachers nationwide. The webinars cover multiple topics on how to integrate personal finance and economics in the classroom and create a fun learning experience for your students.
When you attend the webinar(s), you will leave with relevant lessons, resources and tools that can be implemented the next day. If you are interested, but cannot attend the live webinar, please register to get access to the archived version.
www.councilforeconed.org/webinars/
Go ahead and register today!
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Take a look at this opportunity for social studies AND language arts teachers!
Opportunity for Asian Studies!
Summer Seminar: Changing Lives in Modern China. Friday and Saturday, July 27-28, 2018. Designed to help middle and high school teachers include modern China in their curriculum, this workshop presented by the 1990 Institute in San Mateo, California, will feature scholar presentations, as well as an opportunity to interact with Chinese citizens. More information is available here.
************************************************************************************************************Founded in 2007, Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that has sent over 2000 teachers abroad on adventurous travel programs. With GEEO educators can earn professional development credit while seeing the world. GEEO's trips are 7 to 21 days in length and are designed and discounted to be interesting and affordable for teachers. In addition to amazing tour leaders, many of the programs are accompanied by university faculty that are experts on the destination. The deposit is $250 for each program and then the final payment is due 60 days before departure.
GEEO also provides teachers educational materials and the structure to help them bring their experiences into the classroom. The trips are open to all nationalities of K-12 and university educators, administrators, retired educators, as well as educators’ guests.
GEEO is offering the following travel programs for 2018: Argentina and Brazil, Bangkok to Hanoi, Colombia, Camino de Santiago, Eastern Europe, The Galapagos Islands, Greece, Iceland, India and Nepal, Madagascar, Ireland, Armenia and Georgia, Paris to Rome, Multi-Stan, Sri Lanka and The Maldives, Morocco, Peru, Vietnam/Cambodia, and, The Balkans.
Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org. GEEO can be reached 7 days a week, toll-free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9 AM-9 PM EST.
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GEEO also provides teachers educational materials and the structure to help them bring their experiences into the classroom. The trips are open to all nationalities of K-12 and university educators, administrators, retired educators, as well as educators’ guests.
GEEO is offering the following travel programs for 2018: Argentina and Brazil, Bangkok to Hanoi, Colombia, Camino de Santiago, Eastern Europe, The Galapagos Islands, Greece, Iceland, India and Nepal, Madagascar, Ireland, Armenia and Georgia, Paris to Rome, Multi-Stan, Sri Lanka and The Maldives, Morocco, Peru, Vietnam/Cambodia, and, The Balkans.
Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org. GEEO can be reached 7 days a week, toll-free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9 AM-9 PM EST.
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The Choices Program-Brown University
Visit this site for a list of upcoming professional development opportunities.
http://www.choices.edu/professional-development/ utm_source=Choices+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=86037f4cac-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_af2c96b5f0-86037f4cac-51103937&mc_cid=86037f4cac&mc_eid=ZRi51TJPaC
Visit this site for a list of upcoming professional development opportunities.
http://www.choices.edu/professional-development/ utm_source=Choices+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=86037f4cac-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_af2c96b5f0-86037f4cac-51103937&mc_cid=86037f4cac&mc_eid=ZRi51TJPaC