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Summer Professional Development - June Workshops for Teachers 2013
Register by June 10, 2013
Summer Professional Development - July and August Workshops for Teachers 2013
Register by July 10, 2013

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Tammi A. Tannura
Extension Educator, Community Health
University of Illinois Extension
Enterprise Center
2205 Enterprise Drive, Suite 501
Westchester, IL 60154
Phone: 708-449-4320
FAX: 708-492-1805
ttannura@illinois.edu

Karen Meyer
Extension Educator, S.T.E.M.
University of Illinois Extension
Enterprise Center
2205 Enterprise Drive, Suite 501
Westchester, IL 60154
Phone: 708-449-4320
FAX: 708-492-1805
meyerk@illinois.edu

Aida Peralta
Program Coordinator, All Programs
University of Illinois Extension
8751 Greenwood Avenue, Suites 112-122
Chicago, IL 60619
Phone: 773-768-7779
FAX: 773-768-4818
peralta1@illinois.edu

Investing in You: Summer Professional Development Workshops for Teachers

University of Illinois Extension is excited about offering our Fourth Summer Teacher Institute. New workshops have been added to address the needs of pre-K to 12th grade teachers. Workshops cover a wide range of topics from biology and chemistry to math, health, and social emotional learning. In addition Extension is partnering with the Cook County Forest Preserve District to provide training experiences for teachers this summer and sponsored field trips for their students in the coming school year.

Workshops will be offered from June 17 - August 9. Teachers will receive 3 CPDU credits for each workshop. The deadline to sign up for the June courses is June 10 and for the July and August courses the deadline is July 10.

These workshops can also be offered very economically and conveniently at your school or district. Please contact us at 708-449-4320 to find out more.

Science

A Taste of the Forest Preserves (Grades 3rd-8th)

Enjoy, explore and understand the wonders of the Forest Preserves by participating in a sampling of hands-on activities that your students can conduct as part of an educational field trip to one of the six nature centers in Cook County.

June 21, 9 AM-Noon, Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, Lemont

July 12, 9 AM-Noon, Crabtree Nature Center, Barrington

July 19, 9 AM-Noon, Little Red School House Nature Center, Willow Springs

July 26, 9 AM-Noon, River Trail Nature Center, Northbrook

August 2, 9 AM-Noon, Trailside Museum, River Forest

August 9, 9 AM-Noon, Sandridge Nature Center, South Holland

Bringing Life into the Classroom (Grades 3rd-5th)

This hands-on workshop will demonstrate beneficial, safe and engaging activities that can be done with insects and animals in the classroom while incorporating the scientific method.

June 26, 1-4 PM, Westchester

July 26 1-4 PM Chicago

The Building Blocks of Life (Grades 3rd-8th)

Participants will be able to explain how cells function as "building blocks" of organisms including the structure and organization of cells and tissues that underlie basic life functions.

June 17, 1-4 PM, Westchester

July 18, 9 AM-Noon, Chicago

Crime Solvers! (Grades 6th-8th)

Teachers will learn classroom-ready approaches to conducting the analysis of urine and blood, the isolation and decoding of DNA, and the separation of links using chromatography and fingerprinting.

June 20, 1-4 PM, Westchester

June 25, 1-4 PM, Westchester

July 16, 1-4 PM, Chicago

July 22, 1-4 PM, Chicago

Interdependency of Living Organisms (Grades 3rd-5th)

Participants will construct food chains and describe the relationships among various organisms in their environments. Participants also will be able to explain relationships such as predator-prey and parasite-host.

June 21, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

July 19, 9AM-Noon, Chicago

Kitchen Chemistry (Grades 4th-8th)

Teachers will conduct some safe, easy and inexpensive food science experiments that can be used in the classroom to introduce, illustrate or reinforce fundamental chemical concepts.

June 20, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

June 25, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

July 18, 1-4 PM, Chicago

Microscopy (Grades 3rd-6th)

Participants will identify different microscopes, describe microscope parts, and explain how to use microscopes for the purposes of observing minute organisms in the laboratory.

June 28, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

July 24, 1-4 PM, Chicago

Under the Sea (Grades 6th-8th)

This workshop will focus on life under the sea and ocean! Animal friendly scientific experiments and discussions about animal care and extinction are included. There will be hands-on activities, including dissection, which teachers can easily utilize in the classroom.

June 28, 1-4 PM, Westchester

July 23, 1-4 PM, Chicago

Variables (Grades 4th-8th)

Participants design experiments that will help students test for variables, organize their data, and make claims based upon their data. Experiments include using pendulums and toys.

July 26, 9 AM-Noon, Chicago

Exploring the Universe with Charlie the Carbon Atom (Grades 3rd - 8th)

Participants will learn how to use simple aquariums and concept maps to gain a clear understanding of how matter and energy cycle through ecosystems.

July 18, 9 AM - Noon, Chicago

Mathematics

Developing "Math" Sense (Grades PreK-2nd)

Play number-sense math games designed to support Common Core Math Practice and Content Standards. Learn games to help students with counting, addition, subtraction, geometry, place value, and measurement. Leave with a collection of ideas ready to use in the fall

June 21, 1-4 PM, Westchester

June 26, 1 - 4 PM, Westchester

July 15, 9 AM-Noon, Chicago

Fear Not The Core! (Grades 3rd-5th)

What will the Common Core State Standards look like in your classroom? Engage in hands-on activities and games designed to develop and review Common Core concepts such as operations, place value, fractions, measurement, and geometry. Leave with ideas that can be integrated into your fall curriculum.

June 18, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

June 25, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

July 24, 9AM-Noon, Chicago

Getting Serious About Games (Grades 6th - 8th)

Wondering how to review numbers and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement and probability in new and exciting ways? Join us to engage in games that incorporate a variety of mathematical concepts in the Common Core. Leave with classroom ready games that will motivate your students.

June 18, 1-4 PM, Westchester

June 27, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

July 15, 1-4 PM, Chicago

Teaching Integrated Math and Science (Grades 4th - 8th)

Explore a lab that you can do with your students that incorporates both mathematics and science. The lab will include collecting and graphing data and exploring questions related to the data.

June 26, 9 AM - 12 Noon, Westchester

Social-Emotional Learning

Bully-Proofing Your Classroom (Grades PreK-8th)

Learn how your classroom can be bully-proof! This interactive workshop will provide teachers with tools to assess bullying, create collaborative agreements, and experience engaging activities that can be incorporated into academic lesson plans.

June 19, 1-4 PM, Westchester

July 22, 9 AM-Noon, Chicago

Maximizing Academic Growth with Social & Emotional Learning (Grades PreK-5th)

Experience how you can successfully maximize the academic potential of your students—without purchasing a new curriculum! Learn how becoming a champion for SEL will increase students' academic performance, allow you to build a strong community of learners, and encourage healthy well-being. This interactive workshop also will provide you with activities that can be readily utilized in your classroom.

June 24, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

July 16, 9 AM-Noon, Chicago

Real Teaching with Real Colors® (Personality Instrument) (Grades PreK-12th)

Picture yourself having a unique level of communication, understanding, and insight into the things that motivate you as a teacher and your students as learners. The power to accomplish this exists—you just have to unlock it! Explore how Real Colors^® will complement the learning environment, assist in whole-child teaching and behavior modification, and enhance the social and emotional development of all students!

June 19, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

June 24, 1-4 PM, Westchester

July 17, 9 AM-Noon, Chicago

The Perfect Match: Social Emotional Learning & Academic Curricula (Grades K-8th)

This workshop will teach strategies for how to efficiently and effectively integrate SEL into your current academic curriculum by content areas. There will also be a discussion of how to adapt these techniques within a cultural framework that includes both race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

June 18, 1-4 PM, Westchester

Health Education

Applying the National Health Education Standards to Middle School (Grades 6th-8th)

So maybe you've heard about the national health education standards but haven't yet aligned your lessons with them. Or maybe you're just looking for new ideas. This session will give you the jump start you need make the national standards work in your classroom.

July 23, 9 AM-Noon, Chicago

Health Education Teaching Ideas for Middle School (Grades 6th-8th)

Feel like you've 'been there, done that' with your health education lessons? Are you looking for some refreshing ideas? Then join us to gather new health teaching ideas for middle school students that address stress, reproductive anatomy, birth control, diseases, and substance abuse.

June 17, 9 AM-Noon, Westchester

Healthy Habits for Every Child (Grades PreK-2)

Healthy Habits for Every Child is designed for children 3-6 years of age and includes lessons about hand-washing, passing germs, basic hygiene, healthy eating and oral health.