[SEMCO] Professional Development for K-8 Educators

[MITS]

MITS Inc., (the Museum Institute for Teaching Science) is holding its annual
Summer Institute July 7th to July 18th.  The program offers K-8 teachers
professional development opportunities to learn inquiry-based, hands-on
methods of teaching science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Institutes will be held in nine regions of MA including a two week Institute
in Southeast and a one week Institute from July 7-11 in Cape Cod.  

 

This year's theme is Headline Science:  Science, Math, and Literacy Behind
the Headlines, and will allow teachers the ability to explore and learn
about the science processes that go into developing what the public reads in
the news.  Topics will include global warming, water quality, energy, the
ecosystem, engineering skills, forensics, and the effects of the environment
on our bodies.  Teachers will learn how to teach these subjects using
inquiry-based methods from highly trained Museum Educators who will model
these methods on three levels:  directed, guided, and open inquiry.
Teachers will have the unique experience to learn from primary source
materials at museums and will spend about 2 days in a different museum for
each region. In Cape Cod teachers will visit OceanQuest, and Waquoit Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve. In the Southeast teachers will visit
Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Oak Knoll Audubon
Sanctuary, and Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies. 

 

The cost of the Cape Cod program is $125. The cost of the two week Southeast
program is only $200 or $175 if more than one teacher comes from the same
school.  Teachers will earn 30 PDPs in Cape Cod. In the Southeast teachers
can earn either 60 or 90 PDPs, and have the option of earning 3-4 college
credits for an additional cost.  There are still spaces available.  For more
information and registration contact the office at 617-695-9771 or
mits at mits.org.  Information is also directly available through their web
site www.mits.org <http://www.mits.org/> .  For out of state participants
interested in attending an Institute, please contact the MITS office at your
earliest possible convenience about low-cost housing options.   

 

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