The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy recently announced a new way for elementary school teachers to get a chance to attend the 2009 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy and improve their math and science teaching skills.Students can nominate teachers from Grades 3, 4, and 5 or urge them to apply for an all-expense paid trip to the Academy’s math and science professional development program by logging on to www.sendmyteacher.com, an interactive website.Developed in conjunction with the National Science Teachers Association and Math Solutions, the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy enables teachers to hone their science and math teaching skills, enhance their curricula, and discover innovative new ways to inspire students. The teachers will spend five days next July at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ, deepening their understanding of mathematics and science content, building expertise in facilitating student learning through problem solving and inquiry, and using links between math and science that support student learning and understanding in the classroom.Teacher applications are due by October 31, 2008. The National Science Teachers Association and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics will convene a panel of math and science experts to evaluate the entries and announce the selections in February 2009.The 2008 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy will host more than 600 teachers in Houston, Texas; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Jersey City, New Jersey. To date, nearly 1000 teachers have attended the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy. To nominate a teacher or to learn more about the program, visit www.sendmyteacher.com 

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is currently accepting applications for the DENVER 2008 summer scoring session. Participate in this unique professional development opportunity! Score NBPTS candidate responses and earn $150 per day. (Scoring sessions typically run from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, although Saturday scoring may be necessary. Lunch will be provided. NBPTS does not reimburse for travel or lodging expenses.) Eligibility Requirements: • Baccalaureate degree • Valid teaching license/certificate (or valid state license as a school counselor, if applying to assess the ECYA/School Counseling certificate), if required by the state • Three years of teaching experience in a preK-12 setting • Currently teaching at least half-time in the certificate area for which you are applying to assess, or a National Board Certified Teacher® in the certificate area. Retired teachers or teachers with new assignments should visit www.nbpts.org for a complete list of eligibility requirements • Not be a current or nonachieving candidate for National Board Certification® • Willing to successfully complete the required NBPTS assessor training Summer 2008 the following certificates will be scored in DENVER

Subject Area Dates*

AYA/SCI – BIO 9TH -12TH grade 7/21-7/30

AYA/SCI – CHEM 7/21-7/25

 EA/MATH 6th-8th grade 7/21-7/30

For 6th-9th grade teachers…

Hello Everyone,
I want to let everyone know about a professional development opportunity for middle and high school science teachers.  We are also accepting 5th grade teachers who have some science background.
This program is ideal for early career teachers as well as those teachers teaching outside of their subject areas.  Please spread the word!

The Partnership in Innovative Preparation for Educators and Students (PIPES)ScienceEducatorAcademy
June 2-13 and six Friday/Saturday sessions
Sabin Middle School, Colorado Springs, CO
ThePIPESScienceEducatorAcademy(formerly PPRISM) offers 6th-9thgrade science teachers:
• 10 graduate science credits

• a $1200 stipend

• an opportunity to expand content knowledge in chemistry, physics, biology, and geology

• high quality instruction from professors, K12 master teachers, the BSCS, and the Space Foundation

• lab kits, materials, and handouts provided for immediate classroom use

• ongoing dialogue with other teachers
Online Registration Available at:www.uccs.edu/pipes/academy.htm

Dave Khaliqi

Director, Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (CSTEME)

University of Colorado, ColoradoSprings

www.uccs.edu/pipes

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics is holding a teacher’s summit.

Join us for this special day of guest speakers and hands-on activities exploring different facets of evolution. We will begin with a talk by *U.S. Federal District Judge John E. Jones,* who issued the decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case in December 2005. He ruled that the school district’s policy requiring biology teachers to teach Intelligent Design was unconstitutional. Nearly forty years earlier, in 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that the State of
Arkansas’ 1928 anti-evolution law was unconstitutional in the Epperson v. Arkansas case.
Our second guest speaker, *Susan Epperson,* was teaching 10^th -grade biology in Little Rock at the time, and was asked by the Arkansas Education Association to be the plaintiff in this landmark case. Susan currently teaches biology and chemistry at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and will speak about her experience. BSI Science Squad
members will lead four breakout sessions that emphasize hands-on evolution activities for the classroom:

1) Horizontal Gene Transfer, Bacterial Evolution, and Antibiotic Resistance;
2) The Human Body in Primate Time;
3) Cultural Evolution, Natural Selection and Population Growth;
4) Natural Selection, Adaptive Radiation and Phylogenetic Trees Using Galapagos finches.

*Date*: Saturday, April 5, 2008
*Time*: 9 am – 5 pm
*Location*: University of Colorado at Boulder

*Workshop Cost*: Free
*CDE Credit*: .5 (free)
*CU Graduate Credit*: .5 ($35)
*Designed for*: Middle and high school teachers
*Instructors: *BSI Science Squad
You may register online at:
*www.colorado.edu/Outreach/BSI/k12/reserve.cgi**
We will confirm your registration by email; please call (303) 492-8230 if you do not hear from us.

To check out other BSI workshops and opportunities for teachers, visit:
http://www.colorado.edu/Outreach/BSI/k12.html

Address: BSI, 470 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: 303-492-8230
Fax: 303-492-4916
Email: BSI@colorado.edu
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Denver Earth Science Project Summer Courses.  All information and registration is in the attachment.

Please see attachment for an excellent professional development opportunity this summer.

Save the Date – June 23-27, 2008 -

Advanced Placement Institute at University of Northern Colorado. 

Benefits:

•      $1000  honorarium
•      Earn 4 continuing education credits at the Colorado School of Mines
•      A Colorado School of Mines Graduate student providing direct classroom assistance.

For Middle School

For High School

Physical Foundations of Oceanography

July 14 – 25, 2008. Application Closing date March 21, 2008 Held in Annapolis, MD Stipend of $600 Single dormitory room for twelve nights at no cost to the participant Meals are provided Air travel (or land travel equivalent) for one round trip between home and Annapolis, MD Instructional and laboratory supplies Free tuition Set of instructional materials