[YAPA] FYI for summer 08

[Richard Zitto]

Dear Colleagues, The following information was received from Sue Ramlo 
at Akron. This is about programs available for this summer.
Z


From: Bill Donovan [mailto:wdonovan at uakron.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 3:07 PM
To: Missi Zender; Crooks,Kathleen S; khalasa at akron.k12.oh.us; Sherri
Lovelace-Cameron; KHOUREY-BOWERS, CLAUDIA; Joanne E. Goodell;
r.pourdavood at csuohio.edu
Cc: Ramlo,Susan E; dwillia3 at akron.k12.oh.us; Miller,Tamara R
Subject: Summer NEOCEx workshop information

Hello all,

I have the materials online for application for the NEOCEx summer PD 
workshops for chemistry and physics teachers:
http://www2.uakron.edu/genchem/neocex/
Please feel free to go ahead and advertise this as widely as you wish!

Applicants should print the forms and send them in by mail or fax to the

NEOCEx office at the address on the web site.  Teachers can apply for 
one or both workshops.  Each workshop carries 2 graduate credit hours 
from UA (which will be 500-level chemistry course numbers).  Tuition has

been donated by UA's Graduate School, but the participants will have to 
pay the fees (~$75ish is my understanding).  Upon successful completion 
of the workshop, participants will be eligible to receive a $150 stipend

per workshop which can be used to pay these fees and for other purposes 
to support the participant's teaching.
Participants will be eligible to earn 2 additional credit hours from 
Miami through iDiscovery.  These credit hours are fully funded--no 
additional expense!  All they will need to do is participate in the 
online activities during the school year.  iDiscovery representatives 
will visit each workshop on the Friday before lunchtime to get people 
set up.  I will work with the school-year follow-up on this.

The facilitators as of right now are:
Chemistry--Sherri Lovelace-Cameron and Diana Williams
Physics--Sue Ramlo and Jeff Shane
I will be floating throughout and will help some; I will also be doing 
administrative stuff on the workshops throughout the weeks.  My graduate

student, Adessa Butler, will be doing research related to the workshops 
and will likely play a combined participant observer/facilitator role 
throughout.

The course number for the physics workshop hasn't been entered yet by 
the Chemistry Department, but it will be soon--that is OK because we are

going to register everyone in a big batch anyway as the date gets 
closer.  That way we don't have early registrants getting hit with late 
fees or having to pay fees out of pocket now and not getting the stipend

check until August.  Registering everyone at once closer to the workshop

date will make the fees due later.  :)

I hope you can spread the word.  Thanks!
Bill

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Department of Chemistry         |   for Excellence in Math and Science
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R J Zitto  Physics Instructor
Youngstown State University
Physics & Astronomy Dept
Youngstown, OH 44555
Office 330 941 7110  fax  330 941 3121
cell 330 550 3652
rjzitto at ysu.edu