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Professional Development Programs

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San Francisco ROCKS part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
The SF-ROCKS program works specifically with 9th grade teachers and students, focussing on incorporating the local watershed environments of San Francisco into current 9th grade curricula taught in the schools. ...

West Chester University BSEd in Earth and Space Sciences part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
The B.S. Ed. in Earth and Space Science program at West Chester University (WCU) excels in content area preparation because it is run out of the Department of Geology and Astronomy, not the college of education, ...

Teacher Development Opportunities from TERC part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
A content page from the Teach the Earth portal detailing TERC's teacher development offerings, including online graduate programs, professional development courses like Earth Science from a New Perspective and Try Science, and contacts for science teacher preparation. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Teacher Development at Grand Valley State University part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
A content page profiling teacher development programs at Grand Valley State University, detailing earth science courses for pre-service K-8 and secondary teachers, teaching examples like relative dating activities, a database of children's earth science tradebooks, and contact information for Dr. Steve Mattox in the Geology and Integrated Science Program. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

SFSU SF-ROCKS Teacher Workshop part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
This workshop serves as a training institute for 9th grade science teachers who are new to the SF-ROCKS program. During the workshop, geoscience faculty introduce the SF-ROCKS lesson plans and projects. Teachers ...

Western Washington University Learning Resource Center part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
The Learning Resource Center is a large on-campus facility that houses state-of-the-art classrooms, teaching materials, over 15,000 books on science education and pedagogy, and hosts an extensive website. These ...

NCOSP Summer Academy part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
This professional development institute is used to train Teacher Leaders associated with the NCOSP program. The institute runs for two weeks each year for three years and explores a different science subject each ...

North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
The North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership (NCOSP) Program is a large, regional partnership between a university, four community colleges, 26 school districts, and other regional education agencies. The ...

Western Washington University: Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education (SMATE) part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
"The Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Program at Western Washington University is dedicated to the enrichment and education of K-12 pre-service teachers. The SMATE program is engaged in the ...

Washington Earth Science Initiative part of Teacher Preparation:Programs
The Washington Earth Science Initiative was an intensive three-week summer institute that assisted Earth Science teachers in developing inquiry-based, environmental research projects for their students. These ...