This “Weld Quality and Inspection, Welding Codes, Specifications and Safety” course covers the concepts and fundamentals of the weld quality and inspection methods, welding codes, specifications and safety. Laboratory work consists of setting up and operating the instruments and equipment for identification and characterization of weld discontinuities and defects.
This 5-day class will cover core competencies in the latest PC hardware and software technologies as well as safety and environmental issues and soft skills. There will be a special unit focusing on Cyber Security. The course will cover all topics required for CompTIA’s new A+ (2012) Certification and the new Cisco IT Essentials curriculum (version 5.0). This course’s focus is on the training needs of high school IT faculty although it will also be open to College IT faculty. Attendees will have opportunity to gain certification as Cisco Instructor for Cisco IT Essentials curriculum.
Registration Fee: No registration fee, although course is offered to full-time Technical College & District high school faculty only.
The Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE) offers a series of robotics camps for students in grades 6-12. These camps are each 5 days long, and are divided into introductory, intermediate, and engineering levels, which have varying prerequisites. For more information and a detailed schedule, visit http://fl-ate.org/projects/camps.html.
U.S. News STEM Solutions 2013 will bring together business, education and government leaders who have long recognized the need to connect the dots between STEM education and careers. Adding to last year’s successful conference format, the second edition will give more dedicated time for these leaders to interact and collaborate.
The focus on outcomes at U.S. News STEM Solutions will reinforce the event’s importance as the national conference for sharing ideas and strategies critical to filling jobs now and advancing the future of the STEM workforce.
Through each of the new conference tracks, attendees will better understand the current STEM challenges, while creating innovative, sustainable solutions. These compelling tracks are designed to achieve tangible results to help Teach. Inspire. Hire.
This 5-day workshop will encompass the application of STEM-based curriculum using guitars in the classroom. Math, Physics, hands-on and inquiry-based learning, and curriculum development will be covered in the sessions. Free software tools and low cost implementation options will also be explored. Both high school and community college faculty are encouraged to apply.
During the workshop, faculty will construct a fully functioning solid body electric guitar that is designed for classroom instruction. In each faculty will also generate one classroom learning activity based on national or state standards. Related classroom supplies will also be provided.
Workshop participants will utilize cutting-edge science tools in hands-on laboratories and bioinformatics investigations, and deepen awareness of rewarding careers for their students. Participants will update their pedagogy while networking with biotech leaders and colleagues. A continuum of faculty from secondary education, 2-year colleges, and universities are invited to apply. The National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education’s Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program is funding all instruction, workshop materials, meals/refreshments, and providing stipends of $300. Further support for travel or other related expenses is not available.
The Genomic Approaches in BioSciences workshops will focus on four key technologies - PCR, DNA Sequencing, RNA interference, and Bioinformatics - that will prepare students for specialized life science elective courses, independent research projects, and biotechnology careers.
Genomic Approaches in BioSciences will integrate theoretical, laboratory, and computer technology with practical advice on classroom management and career exploration. Time will be included for independent work, lesson planning, and preparation for classroom projects. Most of the workshops are led by DNALC staff members and college faculty who collaborated in the development of the course modules.
These workshops result from a collaboration between DNALC and 12 community colleges in the Bio-Link network.
This camp is designed for girls, ages 14-16. Participants will be working in teams to assemble Gears Educational Systems Robot kits. Participants will be using a variety of manufacturing tools and equipment in the process of assembling the robots. Industry guest speakers will be invited to talk with participants about manufacturing careers.
Summer workshop to equip welding educators with the latest in training techniques and technology. The course covers the concepts and fundamentals of the weld quality and inspect0ion methods, welding codes, specifications and safety. Laboratory work consists of setting up and operating the instruments and equipment for identification and characterization of weld discontinuities and defects.
A STEM teacher and an English teacher from each of our partnering high schools and community colleges will attend this week-long workshop.During the workshop the STEM teachers will work with the English teachers to implement a "Writing in the Disciplines" (WID) approach to class(es), learning how to incorporate writing practice into their STEM courses and how to respond to student writing.
The POGIL 3-day regional workshop provides instructors from both high schools and colleges/universities with all levels of POGIL experience significant opportunities to enhance their professional development by gaining new insights into teaching and learning. There will be a sequence of workshop sessions specifically designed for those who are new to POGIL (introductory track), and also sessions for those with previous POGIL experience (intermediate and advanced tracks), including new components for 2013. POGIL philosophy and methodology, facilitation techniques, opportunities to write and review activities, along with poster and plenary sessions will be offered.
While the workshop's focus is on the STEM disciplines, attendees are encouraged from all disciplines.
Workshop fee is $295 (registration, materials, lunches/dinners). On-campus housing for two nights is provided for an additional $100 and includes two accompanying breakfasts. Space is limited, and early applications are encouraged.
For an additional fee of $50, participants in the POGIL regional workshops can choose to receive CEUs (Continuing Education Units) through Millersville University. There is an attendance requirement if you choose to pursue CEUs.
You must apply via the tab to the left in order to be considered for attendance at this meeting. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, with decisions made on a rolling basis, typically within 2 weeks of application.
Click here to get more details about this workshop http://www.pogil.org/resources/workshop-resources-for-participants/regional-meetings.
As practitioners respond to changes in building technology, educators must also remain focused on providing the most current information to students to best prepare them for jobs in this field. This conference is intended for building practitioners, researchers, or academic professionals as well as students at the community college, four-year college, or research university level.
The conference brings together high performance building academics, researchers, and practitioners to discuss cutting edge technology and its impacts on the design-engineering-construction process as well as the implications for education in these topics. Conference attendees will have many networking opportunities and chances to share in the transfer of best practices and the latest technologies and techniques among industry professionals and academics.
High Performance methods and technologies are a priority in industry. The National Science Foundation Project: “Landscape, Operations, Construction, Architecture and Interior Design in Technical Education” (LOCATE) supports instructors in these sectors to develop their curriculum and update their courses in order to prepare students for careers in design, construction and maintenance.
The High Performance Institute will offer beginner/intermediate-level training focused on residential design, building construction, interior design, landscaping, performance codes, facilities maintenance and energy technologies. Experts will share insights and lead activities on a variety of technology issues, including:
-Home energy audits
-Alternative energy systems and energy/water efficiency
-Residential green building and remodeling
-Changing industry standards
The daily trainings, coupled with visits to green sites in the Boise metro region, will leave attendees prepared and inspired to integrate new concepts and practices into their curriculum.
High school, community college and university instructors in related PTE fields are invited to attend this free professional development opportunity. No prerequisites are required and CEUs can be arranged. A limited number of hotel rooms will be available for Wednesday June 19th and Thursday June 20th. Participants will receive all necessary course materials and a $100/day stipend upon completion of curriculum plan.
This webinar examines how selected community colleges, including the largest online community college in the country, take a practical approach to making online learning work for very diverse student groups including underserved, part-time students. Find out how the colleges can offer some of their courses for free, and how that works for them. To register, visit: http://www.matecnetworks.org/growth.php
This webinar will take place from 1:00-2:30 pm EST.
The POGIL 3-day regional workshop provides instructors from both high schools and colleges/universities with all levels of POGIL experience significant opportunities to enhance their professional development by gaining new insights into teaching and learning. There will be a sequence of workshop sessions specifically designed for those who are new to POGIL (introductory track), and also sessions for those with previous POGIL experience (intermediate and advanced tracks), including new components for 2013. POGIL philosophy and methodology, facilitation techniques, opportunities to write and review activities, along with poster and plenary sessions will be offered.
While the workshop's focus is on the STEM disciplines, attendees are encouraged from all disciplines.
Workshop fee is $295 (registration, materials, lunches/dinners). On-campus housing for two nights is provided for an additional $100 and includes two accompanying breakfasts. Space is limited, and early applications are encouraged.
For an additional fee of $50, participants in the POGIL regional workshops can choose to receive CEUs (Continuing Education Units) through Millersville University. There is an attendance requirement if you choose to pursue CEUs.
You must apply via the tab to the left in order to be considered for attendance at this meeting. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, with decisions made on a rolling basis, typically within 2 weeks of application.
Click here to get more details about this workshop http://www.pogil.org/resources/workshop-resources-for-participants/regional-meetings.
The goal of this project is to help high school and two-year college students develop a stronger understanding of science, with an emphasis on physics and its applications in industry. This goal is important because of the large number of students, particularly women and minorities, who are enrolled in technology or transfer programs at high schools and two-year colleges who need a stronger science program.
This program provides a series of faculty development workshops for teams of high school and two-year college teachers who teach the core physics courses for technology programs. These workshops are designed to acquaint the participants with the integration and implementation of emerging technology and active learning strategies. These workshops provide extensive and intensive hands-on, collaborative experiences for participants with workshop materials that make it easy for participants to implement the workshop ideas, adopt or adapt them, and acquire necessary skills to use them effectively in their classroom.
Each workshop will be led by two-year college and/or high school physics teachers and by several other physics educators.
Designed for high school biology, biotechnology, marine biology or chemistry teachers who have experience with micropipetting and agarose gel electrophoresis (i.e. separating molecules by size). Teachers will learn the basic techniques used in DNA cloning which include: using restriction enzymes, ligation, bacterial transformation, protein expression and purification. Teachers will also receive training in bioinformatics and explore ways to infuse science career awareness into their classrooms.
Basic skills in micropipetting and agarose gel electrophoresis required.
A professional development workshop focused on best practices for teachers, recruiters, counselors, educators and anyone interested in promoting STEM careers for girls.
The AACC John E. Roueche Future Leaders Institute, or Roueche - FLI, is an innovative five-day leadership seminar designed for mid-level community college administrators who are ready to move into a higher level of leadership. These individuals are currently in a position that is responsible for multiple employees, including faculty, administrators and/or staff and probably have titles such as Vice President, Dean, Associate Dean or Director.
The faculty for the institute is drawn from the community college leadership field and are highly skilled presidents, chancellors, and groundbreaking leaders. Institute faculty leverage their community college leadership expertise and field-based practical skills to create new knowledge and enduring concepts that shape the practice of community college leadership.
This workshop encoils inorganic faculty, postdocs, and graduate students into the supportive community of scholars known as IONiC (Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemistry).
This workshop provides an opportunity to network and collaborate with other inorganic chemists and to deepen knowledge in the subfield of solid state and materials chemistry in order to introduce students to advances at the frontiers of developing solid state materials for alternative energy needs such as solar power, batteries, and fuel cells. Participants in this workshop will learn about the resources on VIPEr and become active VIPEr contributors.
The workshop theme, alternative energy needs, will add a “back to grad school” feel to the workshop, with participants immersing themselves in cutting edge chemistry, learning from leading researchers in the field, and creating new learning opportunities for their students. Participants will work collaboratively to develop new teaching materials to introduce or expand the theme of alternative energy needs in their classrooms.
Before the workshop, there will be a short pre-workshop web conference that introduces participants to one another and to the web-based collaboration tools that IONiC uses. Participants and workshop leaders will discuss what resources the participants will want to bring to the workshop.
Engineering educators face many stresses in their jobs – ASEE’s conference equips them with ideas, relationships, and materials to help them balance their professional workload.
ASEE hosts the world’s premier conference dedicated to the engineering education across all disciplines. Attendance at the conference will expose peers to each other, who use the venue to share proven new and cutting-edge techniques in classroom engagement and instruction. In addition, the conference offers great opportunities to network and pursue collaborations for research and funding. It’s the only place where the entire national community of engineering educators convene.
Further, an expansive exhibition hall allows educators to get up-close and personal with publishers and their textbooks, lab equipment, and other materials that they can use in their classrooms.
Each day will consist of a different challenge used to create a robot. Campers will design and build a robot, learn autonomous programming, and learn how to program their robot using sensor inputs and quadrapture encoders. The camp will conclude with a mini-challenge on Friday that family members are invited to attend. Campers will also have a chance to learn the new game for the 2013-2014 VEX Robotics competitions, Toss Up.
This educational technology conference and expo offers participants the chance to learn in hands-on panels, explore an expo hall, attend keynotes, network with other people in educational technology, and collaborate with fellow educators.
These two days will provide the technology experience and curriculum resources to integrate geospatial technology into courses. Participants will gain the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Definition of spatial literacy
Use of spatial literacy to increase critical thinking skills across the curriculum
Use of introductory geospatial technology to a discipline area
Case studies of applied geospatial technology to multiple disciplines—CAD, Health Science, Economics, Urban Planning, etc.
Hands-on GPS field activity (Geocaching, data collection)
Building digital maps with simple tools (Google Earth, OpenStreet Map, ArcGIS Online)
Where to find useful curriculum for a specific discipline
Stipend Information:
Educators residing within the Del Mar College service area of Nueces & San Patricio counties will receive $716 ($125 daily for attending and $54 daily meal per-diem) via stipend.
Educators residing outside the Del Mar College service area of Nueces & San Patricio counties will earn $2000 ($125 daily for attending and $1500 for travel expenses) via stipend.
Stipends will be given to participants at the end of the four-day summer workshop.
The 2013 Portland Summer Sustainability Institute (SSI) presents leading-edge speakers and strategies in design, building and operations with a focus on Universal Design and its applications. With an aging American population intent on remaining independent and with injured veterans returning home, we present a timely training opportunity for educators.
Hosted by Portland Community College (PCC) with funding from the National Science Foundation, the 2013 Portland Summer Sustainability Institute is a five-day training event for educators in technical fields that design, operate and build for aging, veteran and disabled communities - or those interested in learning more. PCC's Technical Education program in Landscaping, Operations, Construction and Architectural Design/ Drafting/Interior Design (LOCATE) supports instructors in these fields to develop and update their curriculum in order to prepare students for careers related to green building.
The SSI concludes with a one-day Summit on Friday, August 23, at which participants will submit their curriculum changes and receive additional support and resources for their course revisions. Participants will receive all necessary course materials and a stipend of $500 upon their completion of the SSI.
More than 15,000 people—including students, teachers and business partners—are expected to participate in the week-long event.
The SkillsUSA Championships will be held on Thursday, June 27 in H. Roe Bartle Hall and Municipal Auditorium. Nearly 6,000 outstanding career and technical education students - all state contest winners - will compete hands-on in 98 different trade, technical and leadership fields.
Students work against the clock and each other, proving their expertise in occupations like electronics, computer-aided drafting, precision machining, medical assisting and culinary arts.
Contests are run with the help of industry, trade associations, and labor organizations, and test competencies are set by industry.
Leadership contestants will demonstrate skills including extemporaneous speaking and conducting meetings by parliamentary procedure. The competitions will be open to the public and free of charge.
The “Design for Welding, Fabrication, Assembly and Robotic Welding” course covers the concepts and fundamentals of the design for welding, fabrication, assembly and robotic welding. Laboratory work consists of case studies using standard design equations to determine the behavior of welded materials, part processing and optimization of fabrication, design considerations for work holding and manipulating equipment, and the programming and operating robots for GMAW welding.
This 5 day course will provide an in-depth look at Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Participants will focus on building knowledge of both Operating Systems so instructors can make informed decisions about implementing the new products. The course will discuss the changes to the Microsoft certifications and look at suggestions for building courses & curriculum around the new OS versions.
Prerequisite: This course is intended for instructors who have working knowledge of computers. VMware Workstation 9 will be used extensively for labs and demos.
Registration Fee: $400 for Wisconsin Technical College and high school full-time faculty.
This 5-day class will cover core competencies in the latest PC hardware and software technologies as well as safety and environmental issues and soft skills. There will be a special unit focusing on Cyber Security. The course will cover all topics required for CompTIA’s new A+ (2012) Certification and the new Cisco IT Essentials curriculum (version 5.0). This course’s focus is on the training needs of high school IT faculty although it will also be open to College IT faculty. Attendees will have opportunity to gain certification as Cisco Instructor for Cisco IT Essentials curriculum.
Registration Fee: No registration fee, although course is offered to full-time Technical College & District high school faculty only.
The ACE Five-day Experiential Learning Institute (FELI) is five-day professional development experience designed for community college faculty, staff, and administrators.
ACE uses many different pedagogical techniques to allow for learning and growth in unexpected ways, as well as, to keep participants fully engaged throughout the day. We ask that participants attend each day in full as each exercise builds on the previous one and rapport is built within the group as the days unfold. Each FELI group is capped at 25 participants to ensure time for each participant to be heard.
The FELI can be offered as a stand-alone professional development activity or as a part of the process of bringing an ACE program to a college.
This course covers the concepts and fundamentals of the design for welding, fabrication, assembly and robotic welding. Laboratory work consists of case studies using standard design equations to determine the behavior of welded materials, part processing and optimization of fabrication, design considerations for work holding and manipulating equipment, and the programming and operating robots for GMAW welding.
