TEACHER: Project ASTRO at West Chester University

If you are looking for a wonderful opportunity for building skills and resources in teaching Astronomy (K-12) consider The Project ASTRO workshop at West Chester University on August 14-15.

Project ASTRO, national in scope, combines some of the top recommendations and interests of the 3E Institute community – collaboration, teacher mentoring, and using inquiry-based learning techniques to make Science and Math learning exciting.

And it is FREE. Read the flyer and sign up by July 15.

More information about the national program is available at:

www.astrosociety.org/education/astro/project_astro.html

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: Summer 2009 Externships Fellowship focused on Sustainability

Summer 2009 Externship Fellowship focused on Sustainability

Educators interested in incorporating issues of sustainability into their teaching are invited to apply for one of three MSP Fellowships to engage in an Externship with a green organization (business/non-profit/government organization) during summer 2009.

Receipents of the fellowship will have their tuition paid for to take the Externship course offered by West Chester University’s 3E Institute and will also receive a $500 stipend. In exchange, Fellows will research ways to link their green Externship with initiatives at their school.

An application for the Externship Fellowship is available at: www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=OqiFIqa1lmgPhRAZgYxbJA_3d_3d

Please apply by May 18, 2009.

To read more about the project as a whole, visit http://es2.mspnet.org/

Hillary A. Kane
Director
Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHENND)
3451 Walnut Street, Suite P-117
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6205
215-573-2379
215-573-1134 fax
hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu
www.phennd.org

--Mr. Bujak