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Participate in an Evening Technology Academy session this month to gain knowledge and earn PD points in the process. Click here to register.
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Step 1: Within Google Chrome, click on the menu in your Chrome browser (the three lines/dots in the upper right-hand corner) and choose Settings.
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Attention teachers!The Conservators Center is excited to invite all educators to our first ever Educator Appreciation Day on September 22, 2017, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm! We designed Educator Appreciation Day to show our love for teachers at any level, pre-K through postsecondary. This event takes place in the late evening hours when you can best experience roaring lions, howling wolves, and some unique animals you never knew existed!Visit us and learn about our education resources -- including our popular field trip programs aligned with grade-level science curricula -- and participate in an amazing tour of our park, which is home to over 80 individual animals! We offer field trip tours for all age groups and can accommodate elementary, middle, high school, and college level curricula if requested when you schedule your tour.Educator Appreciation Day is FREE for educators in any public, private, or home school with a valid school ID. We will begin this awesome event by having our education team tour guides give you one of our premium twilight tours around the park. Feel free to ask them lots of questions! Afterwards, we will be breaking up into grade levels so that you can discuss, with the members of our education team, what to expect from a field trip at the Conservators Center. Dialogues are important to us: we’d love to hear what would be the most beneficial to you and your students!As a token of our appreciation for spending a few hours with us, all attendees who book a field trip by end of school 2018 will receive a voucher for 6 FREE Family Adventure tickets to be used before Dec 1, 2018. This coupon can only be used on a return trip with your family after you have experienced one of our field trips with your students!To register, please email fieldtrips@conservatorscenter.org with:
g. We look forward to seeing you soon!Conservators Center Education Team
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Center for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce a new line of online professional development workshops called POP PD. Through a special partnership with Edmodo, POP PD workshops offer participants perfectly sized portions of online professional development. Participants earn 5 hours of PD by completing each workshop! Sharpen your skills anytime, anywhere! For more information visit: https://www.uvawise.edu/cte/
pop-pd/ Workshop Titles Include:· Consent, Respect, Empower: Title IX Beyond Athletics· Gamifying Instruction with Google Apps· Personal Learning Networks for Educators· Power Over Poverty I· Power Over Poverty II· QR Codes in the Classroom· The World is Your Classroom: Place-based Learning in Action· Using the SAMR Model to Infuse Technology into Instruction· More titles added each month!Heather B. AskeaInstructional Technology CoordinatorThe Center for Teaching ExcellenceThe University of Virginia’s College at Wise
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Welcome back to school!
I hope everyone has had a great summer break and are having a great opening of the school year. It is an exciting time here at The Center for Teaching Excellence as we continue to expand our offerings and reach out to more teachers.The Center for Teaching Excellence at UVA-WISE is pleased to offer online continuing education and professional development coursework to teachers in your school system at a significantly reduced tuition rate to the K-12 educators.· All courses receive three college credits· Courses begin on September11, 2017 and End on December 1, 2017.· Deadline for enrollment is September 6, 2017· Each recertification course is aligned with VDOE domains and is worth 90 recertification points.· Completed course work is documented on an official transcript· Teacher tuition rate is reduced to $99.00 per credit hour· Out-of-state teacher fee for non-Virginia Residents is $54 per course· Total tuition per 3 credit-hour course for Virginia educators is $297· Total tuition per 3 credit-hour course for non-Virginia educators is $351· Non-refundable admission fee of $25The Center for Teaching Excellence at UVA-WISE is pleased to offer online licensure coursework to provisionally-licensed teachers in Virginia at a reduced tuition rate.· All courses receive three college credits· Courses begin on September11, 2017 and End on December 1, 2017.· Deadline for enrollment is September 6, 2017· Each recertification course is aligned with VDOE licensure requirements for provisionally licensed teachers· Completed course work is documented on an official transcript· Teacher tuition rate is reduced to $199.00 per credit hour· Total tuition per 3 credit-hour course for Virginia educators is $597· Non-refundable admission fee of $25In addition to our online licensure and recertification credit bearing courses, we have launched a series of online 5-hour workshops that teachers may take to earn five recertification points. The workshops cost only $39 each and may be taken anytime. Teachers receive a certificate after completing the workshop. You may find additional information about the new workshop series on our website at: https://www.uvawise.edu/cte/pop-pd/ ABOUT UVA-WISERecognized as one of America’s Top Colleges of Distinction, UVA-WISE is a division of the nationally ranked University of Virginia. We are fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Teacher Education Program is fully accredited by the Virginia Department of Education and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (formerly TEAC).UVA-WISE is a participating institution in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements.This email concludes with a listing of the courses available this semester Additional information can be found at www.uvawise.edu/cte or by clicking any of the class links below.
Teachers may register for courses at: http://www.uvawise.edu/cte/registration/ Please forward this email to administrators and teachers who may need coursework or workshop points to meet their licensure needs this semester.
I hope that we can help meet the continuing education needs of your school division and look forward to working with your teachers in the coming year.James M. Wardell
Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
University of Virginia’s College at Wise
Phone: 276/376-4528 (Toll Free) 866/212-8704Online Recertification Classes
Cost: $297 per course for VA in-state residents**If you do not qualify as a VA resident, please contact CTE for tuition information.
Fall Online Licensure Classes
*If you do not qualify as a VA resident, please contact CTE for tuition information
Cost: $597 per course for VA in-state residents*
