CiviConnections Workshop for teachers

Posted by on April 2, 2007

FREE CiviConnections Workshop for social studies and service-learning professionals (3rd-12th grade teachers, supervisors, administrators and professors are all invited)

Oak Ridge Conference Center – Chaska, Minnesota

Section 1: July 11 – 13, 2007
Section 2: July 13 – 15, 2007

Workshops begin at 4 pm the first day and end at noon on the last day.

Learn how to integrated local historical inquiry with comunity service-learning to make a difference on issues of concern in your community. All workshop costs (lodging, meals, meeting room, supplies, curriculum materials) are covered by a federal Learn and Serve grant to the National Council for the Social Studies.

Interested participants must submit a letter of application that includes all of the following:
1) the name of the applicant
2) your workshop choice or order of preference
3) a statement indicating that within one year of attending the workshop you will give an in-service presentation (minimum of two hours) to at least 5 teachers in your district or region
4) a statement indicating who will pay the travel costs to the T3 workshop (either the individual applicant or the school district or sponsoring organization)
5) signatures of the applicant and the applicant’s supervisor (e.g. for a teacher include the signature of the principal or district administrator)

Application letters will be reviewed as they are received and are due no later than Friday, May 5, 2007 to Rahima Wade, Lindquist Center N 291, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242. For further inquiries, email rahima-wade@uiowa.edu.