Professional Development Opportunities
General professional development opportunities (mostly online) are listed
first, and local and/or specific workshops follow.
NSTA Online Professional Development
Ongoing, online courses offered through The American Museum of Natural
History, the Jason Academy, the National Teacher Enhancement Network,
the University of Maryland and others. All have costs associated with
administering the course and granting the credit. But ... you can work
at home to fit your schedule.
More information - http://institute.nsta.org
Learner.org
The Annenberg/CPB offers courses that you can take for personal enrichment
or for graduate credit. You can view some as streaming video (you probably
need a fast connection), some are broadcast through TalNet (Cable Channel
28), and some are formal online course. Graduate credit is through Colorado
State University and costs $150 for each 2-unit course.
More information - http://www.learner.org/
(look under 'Workshops and Courses')
KNME TV: TeacherLine
Channel 5 offers TeacherLine, math & science educators professional
development modules. Graduate credit is available, and it is co-sponsored
by UNM and the NM Department of Education.
NM Tech MST Program
Continuing courses; classes include offerings in Albuquerque, weekend
field trips and more
Cost = cost of NMT credit + materials (scholarships available)
More details -http://infohost.nmt.edu/~eodi/mstMain.htm
NM Museum of Natural History
All kinds of workshops throughout the year.
Cost varies, participants usually receive curriculum materials
Contact Selena Connealy to register at 841-2836 or sconnealy@nmmnh.state.nm.us;
website http://www.museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/edu_teachwkshop.html
Albuquerque Teachers' Institute
Saturday workshops throughout the school year, some of them on science.
No cost to teachers.
Register by downloading the application or with questions to abqteach@unm.edu;
website http://www.unm.edu/~abqteach/workshops.html
Electronic Naturalist
a freenaturalscience education website. Our weekly units include information onanimals,plants, and environmental issues at 2 reading levels, interdisciplinary activities, over 200 archived units, plus email access to professional naturalists.
Please take a look at www.enaturalist.org. The Electronic Naturalist canbe a valuable free resource to help make science more relevant and interesting for students of all ages.
If you already have your own website, feel free to link our site to
yours it's free, it's interdisciplinary, and it's relevant!
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