Registration for the Summer Professional Development Institutes is now closed.
Registration for the Summer Professional Development Institutes is now closed.
One-Week Institutes for Grades 3-8 and Middle and High School Educators
One-week professional development institutes for grades 3-8 educators combine content and skill development sessions. Visit each partner institution’s site for 1-2 days and participate in both hands-on inquiry investigations and content sessions.
One-week professional development institutes for middle and high school educators combine content and skill development sessions taught by scientists, content specialists and professional educators. These courses are based out of the lead institution with field trips to area research labs, field sites and local businesses with product development laboratories.
Berkshire Region
For Middle and High School Educators
Going With the Flow: Using Inquiry Methods to Teach Watershed Science
Collaborators: Berkshire Museum, Housatonic Valley Association, Flying Cloud Institute
Dates: July 6-10 (8:30 am-3:30 pm); June 20 Introductory Session (8:30 am-12:30 pm)
Cost: $400/participant; $375/participant for 2 or more teachers from the same school district (*cost includes a SeaPerch ROV kit)
Optional Graduate Credit: Cambridge College ($150 for 3 credits, 67.5 PDPs); Mass. College of Liberal Arts ($150 for 3 credits, 67.5 PDPs)
40 PDPs are available for participants not opting for graduate credit.
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Cape Cod Region
For Grades 3-8 Educators
Whale Tales and Seashore Sagas: Exploring the Marine Environment Through Inquiry and Literacy
Partners: National Marine Life Center, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Marine Biological Lab, Thornton Burgess Society, Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
Dates: July 6-10 (8:30 am-3:30 pm); June 13 Introductory Session (8:30 am-12:30 pm)
Housing is available at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy for $30/night (max. 4 nights).
Cost: $350/participant; $325/participant for 2 or more teachers from the same school district
Optional Graduate Credit: Cambridge College ($150 for 3 credits, 67.5 PDPs); Framingham State University ($225 for 3 credits, 67.5 PDPs)
40 PDPs are available for participants not opting for graduate credit.
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North Shore Region
For Middle and High School Educators
Research and Resiliency: Exploring the Ways Local Ecosystems are Responding to Our Changing Climate
Collaborators: United States Fish and Wildlife Services, Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research, Ipswich River Watershed Association, University of New Hampshire
Dates: July 13-17 (8:30 am-3:30 pm); June 20 Introductory Session (8:30 am-12:30 pm)
Cost: $350/participant; $325/participant for 2 or more teachers from the same school district
Optional Graduate Credit: Cambridge College ($150 for 3 credits, 67.5 PDPs); Framingham State University ($225 for 3 credits, 67.5 PDPs)
40 PDPs are available for participants not opting for graduate credit.
Visit our Regions page for more info on this Institute
Hybrid Institutes for Grades 3-8 and Middle and High School Educators
Hybrid professional development institutes combine 16 hours of on-line instruction with a one-week on-site component. During the on-site component, spend a day at each partner institution’s site participating in hands-on inquiry investigations combined with content sessions.
Central Region
Hybrid Institute for Middle and High School Educators
Exploring Energy and Climate Change: Science, Systems and Solutions
Collaborators: Harvard Forest, Alden Labs , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dates: June 22-August 7 on-line; July 13-17 on-site (9:00 am-3:30 pm); June 13 Introductory Session (9:00 am-1:00 pm)
Cost: $375/participant; $350/participant for 2 or more teachers from the same school district
Optional Graduate Credit: Cambridge College ($200 for 4 credits, 90 PDPs); Framingham State University ($300 for 4 credits, 90 PDPs)
50 PDPs are available for participants not opting for graduate credit.
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Metro-West Region
Hybrid Institute for Grades 3-8 Educators
Things That Move: How Scientists, Engineers and Artists Investigate Motion
Partners: Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center, The Discovery Museums
Dates: June 22-August 7 on-line; July 6-10 on-site (9:00 am-3:30 pm); June 20 Introductory Session (9:00 am-1:00 pm)
Cost: $375/participant; $350/participant for 2 or more teachers from the same school district
Optional Graduate Credit: Cambridge College ($200 for 4 credits, 90 PDPs); Framingham State University ($300 for 4 credits, 90 PDPs)
50 PDPs are available for participants not opting for graduate credit.
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South Shore Region
Hybrid Institute for Middle and High School Educators
Wind, Water and Robotics: Bringing Together Physical Science, Life Science and Engineering Design
Partners: Lloyd Center for the Environment, South Shore Natural Science Center, Blue Hills Observatory, National Marine Life Center
Dates: June 22-August 7 on-line; July 13-17 on-site (8:30 am-3:00 pm); June 13 Introductory Session (9:00 am-1:00 pm)
Cost: $425/participant; $400/participant for 2 or more teachers from the same school district (*cost includes a SeaPerch ROV kit)
Optional Graduate Credit: Cambridge College ($200 for 4 credits, 90 PDPs); Framingham State University ($300 for 4 credits, 90 PDPs)
50 PDPs are available for participants not opting for graduate credit.
Visit our Regions page for more info on this Institute
Fall Callback dates will be set during your Institute.
