For Teachers

Available FOR FREE on Bear Trust Website Fall 2010

INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM BASED ON BEAR RESEARCH

Available FOR FREE on Bear Trust Website Spring 2011

OTHER TOOLS FOR TEACHERS

U.S. Department of Education

Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative

This series of teacher workshops offers classroom teachers a free opportunity to participate in high-quality professional development designed to provide the classroom support, technical assistance, and increased collaboration needed to assure academic success for all students. Participants will share instructional strategies with prominent teachers from around the country in each content area and for each grade level.

The National Park Service

Teacher to Ranger to Teacher Program

The National Park Service offers an opportunity to teachers through a program called Teacher to Ranger to Teacher (TRT). The program invites teachers to work in a national park, becoming park rangers for eight weeks, and developing lesson plans based on their experience for use in their classroom the following year. This challenge has been developed so that teachers can help us to provide opportunities for all Americans to connect to their national heritage as embodied by national parks. The TRT program focuses on teachers from schools with diverse student populations, students who have had no experience with national parks or little opportunity to explore the relevance these areas can have in their lives.

If you are interested in the Teacher to Ranger to Teacher program and would like to be a Teacher-Ranger, or would just like additional information,

CLICK ON Teacher to Ranger

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Seminars on the Web

What could be easier than attending a seminar online. Check out the NSTA schedule at NSTA seminar schedule

NSTA offers many opportunities for professional development and career advancement through focused and content-based institutes at the National Conference. “Designing Effective Science Lessons: Research into Practice" is one of the many full-day sessions that will be offered, followed by pathway sessions for in-depth topic study.

Here are the Professional Development Provider Online Courses for 2008

American Museum of Natural History Seminars in Science
Link to American Musuem of Natural History

Online Geosciences Program offered through Mississippi State University: Teachers in Geosciences Program, Mississippi State

Online Science Program offered through Montana State University, Bozeman: Distance Degree

For Teachers

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