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We encourage teams of people from the same community to take advantage
of the discounted team rates. Team members must each fill out an application
and return them together in the same envelope. Visa or MasterCard accepted
(please include: Cardholder's Name, Card Number, Expiration Date).
Make check/purchase order to: Regents of the University of California
GEMS Professional Development Application
Session to attend:
Schedule for 2011 workshops will be posted in a few months.
The Associates Workshops for summer 2010 have already been completed.
(Additional discounts apply for those attending multiple workshops. Contact Karen Milligan as indicated below for specifics.)
Associate's Professional Development
criteria (this section not applicable to GEMS After Schoool Science workshop): Your application will be evaluated in part based on your responses to the
questions below.
Please attach a separate sheet of paper with your responses.
Have you used GEMS, GEMS Sequences, or Seeds of Science Roots of Reading units with students?
If so, which units?
For Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading sessions only: Please tell us what science and reading curricula you currently use, how many hours weekly you use each, and where you heard about this program. Do you currently have any of the units in the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading line?
Associate's workshop applicants only, please also address these questions:
Have you used GEMS units with students? If so, which units?
Have you presented a GEMS workshop for teachers? Describe region served, length of workshop, how many participants, grade levels, and guides presented.
Have you presented other science and/or math workshop for teachers? If so, please describe.
How does/will your district or institution support you in providing future GEMS workshops for teachers? (funds, materials, inservice time?)
What are your plans/opportunities for GEMS leadership in the coming years? Please include: Approximately how many workshops do you plan to present per year? Whom will your workshops serve? (If teachers, what grade levels? From your district? County? State?)
Team applicants: How do you and your team members plan to work together to provide GEMS leadership in the future?
Mail completed application and payment
to:
University of California, Berkeley
GEMS Professional Development
Lawrence Hall of Science # 5200
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
Make checks payable to "Regents of the University of California." For more information, contact GEMS Workshop Administrator Karen Milligan
at (510) 642-1981 or reach her by e-mail: tcort@berkeley.edu
