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Upcoming Professional Development Opportunity!!Biotechnology Teacher Workshop July 28 - Aug 1 Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena (CRISP) Fellowships The CRISP Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) fellowship program offers New Haven area teachers a six-week summer research experience. Fellows become part of an interdisciplinary research team at Southern Connecticut State (SCSU) and Yale University, working together with University faculty and graduate students. Each interdisciplinary team consists of a network of researchers with diverse backgrounds in engineering, physics, applied physics, chemistry, and industry, researching a topic of common interest in Materials Science. Participants will meet other research groups at SCSU and Yale University and learn about research being performed in CRISP laboratories at Yale University. Fellows either receive a stipend or course credit in SCSU’s M.S. in Science Education Program. Info: www.crisp.yale.edu/education_teachers.html Yale New Haven Teachers Institute (YNHTI) summer fellowships YNHTI is an educational partnership between Yale University and the New Haven Public Schools designed to strengthen teaching and learning in local schools. Each participating fellow works together with a Yale University faculty mentor to prepare a curriculum unit to be taught the following year. The fellowship runs from March to July. Participating teachers are awarded a stipend, CEUs and given borrowing privileges at the University libraries and access to other campus facilities and resources for 1 year. Eligibility: New Haven Public elementary, middle and high school teachers. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Peabody Fellows Program This professional development program offers middle school and high school teachers innovative curricula and hands-on, inquiry-based learning methods that link biodiversity with Connecticut’s life and earth science standards. Teachers attend a one-week summer institute and receive a stipend, CEUs from Yale University, Yale library borrowing privileges, use of Museum specimens and ongoing support from the Peabody's educators. Eligibility: Open to all educators, intended for teachers of grades 5-10. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Teacher Workshops The Yale Peabody Museum offers many professional development opportunities for in-service and pre-service teachers, ranging from afternoon workshops to weeklong summer institutes. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology and geology. Curriculum units developed by participants are published by the Yale Peabody Museum Public Education Department. Eligibility: Open to all educators The Yale Center for Excellence in Genome Sciences and the Yale Center for Genomics and Proteomics offers programs for teachers of all grades that include lectures, hands-on experiments, and computer-based lab workshops. Participating teachers receive a stipend, CEUs and laboratory equipment borrowing privileges. Topics include the Human Genome Project, genetically modified plants, and laboratory workshops feature state-of-the-art biotechnology. Eligibility: Open to all educators. |
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