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Professional Development Courses Professional Development courses offered by all GYSTC centers are free, unless otherwise noted, to teachers and parapros employed by our member school systems of Banks, Franklin, Gainesville City, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties. Teachers from non-member systems or not currently employed by a school system can enroll in our courses on a space-available basis for an additional $75/PLU credit. 2004-2005 Courses are continually being updated and added. This page was last updated, 07/25/2005.
NEGYSTC Courses GPS: Middle School Earth Science Costa Rica: A Touch of the Tropics
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GPS: Middle School Earth Science Grades: 6-8 Dates: July 28 & 29, 2005 Times: 9:00am - 3:00pm Location: Pioneer RESA, Cleveland, GA PLUs: 1 Cost: Only available to member school systems - no cost Deadline for Registration: Friday, July 22, 2005 Participants will receive training on the GYSTC publication of the Sixth Grade Earth Science GPS completely unpacked for all the standards based on the Understanding by Design framework (also applicable to Learner Focus Schools): Desired Outcomes, Goals, Enduring Understandings, Essential Questions, What students will know, What students will be able to do, Performance Tasks, Rubrics and Self Evaluations, Plan of Action – Learning Activities, Additional Resources, Background Information, Complete worksheets for activities. A minimum of 10 participants required to run the course. This course is only open to NEGYSTC member school system teachers (Banks, Franklin, Gainesville City, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White).
Grades: Dates: August 5-7, 2005 Location: Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, Mansfield, GA PLUs: Yes Cost: Contact Jessica Stelzner Deadline for Registration: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 For more information, contact Jessica at jessica_stelzner@dnr.state.ga.us or (404) 362-6536
Participants will become Adopt-A-Stream (AAS) trainers and Healthy Water, Healthy People facilitators. Participants will receive the Healthy Water, Healthy People Educators Guide and Testing Kit Manual, a facilitator handbook, the AAS Train-The-Trainer handbook, all AAS publications, plenty of networking opportunities, as well as PLU credit.
Costa Rica: A Touch of the Tropics Grades: K-12 Dates: June 26-July 4, 2006 Location: Costa Rica PLUs: TBA Cost: $1899 (includes round-trip airfare, meals, bilingual guide, land transportation) (the $1350 price listed on website is the student cost and does not include additional fees) Deadline for Registration: TBA
For more information, visit www.eftours.com and enter "374795" for the tour number. Travel scholarships for teachers are available for up to $2,000 through the Georgia Science Teachers Association (deadline is October 25th). For more information, visit www.georgiascienceteacher.org.
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