Professional
Development for Teachers of Physics/Physical Science
PDToPPS
What?
A series of 1-week summer
institutes sponsored by UNCG, UNCP, Belmont Abbey College and the American
Association of Physics Teachers PTRA program. Each institute
covers one the following topics:
Energy and momentum
Electricity and
circuits
Waves and light
Magnetism
Who
should be interested?
Any teacher of physical science or physics
(middle school or high school) who would like to improve his or her teaching
skills and knowledge of basic physics (and earn CEU credit at the same
time). CEU (professional
development) credit will be available to all teachers participating. Participants will learn classroom-tested
instructional techniques and gain experience with equipment that is useful and
fun in the physics/physical science classroom.
When
and Where?
June 2010 at UNC
Pembroke in Robeson County
July, August 2010 at
UNC Greensboro
June, August 2010 at
Belmont Abbey College in the Charlotte area
All sessions on a particular topic are
identical (no matter where it is taught) --- pick the one most convenient for
you in either location or time, but you may only take a particular topic (for
example (“Waves and Light”) one time. Enrollment preference will be given to
those teachers enrolling at an Institute close to their home school, and to
teachers who enroll in two Institutes or have attended a PDToPPS
institute in a previous summer.
Each participant may sign up for as many as 3 institutes in summer of
2010.
Cost?
Free! Each teacher is provided a stipend to
attend ($12/hour for 30 hours for first-time participants, $14/hour for
returning participants). All classroom materials are provided. Meals and
lodging or travel will be provided up to $50/day.
How
do I sign up?
Complete the application form, and return it
by the April deadline with your refundable check for $75 (for each Institute
requested) to hold your place in the Institute.
Priority will be given to teachers from
Forsyth,
Who
provides this opportunity?
A grant from North Carolina DPI supports this
project. Instructors are provided by PTRA (Physics Teaching Resource Agents), a
project of the American Association of Physics Teachers. PTRA has more than 20
years experience running workshops like this; PTRA instructors are classroom
teachers certified as professional development providers.
More information?
http://www.uncg.edu/phy/workshops
or
Steve Danford (UNCG Dept of Physics &
Astronomy)