Professional Development Opportunities
February 1, 2012 4-5 PM ET
Grip Young Readers with Nonfiction History
Audience: teachers grades 3-12, therapists, administrators, staff developers, parents, and pre-service teachers.
Join Dr. Myra Zarnowski as she interviews Jim Murphy and Andrea Warren, authors of nonfiction history for children.
Discover
- how a person-centered view of history allows readers to "zoom-in" on intriguing individuals and "zoom-out" to examine the setting in which they lived.
- The significance of the "lessons of history" from authors who write about them.
- more about how these authors research, write, and think about the past.
- inside information to share with your students about each author's latest books!
To register click here. The registration deadline is January 30, 2012.
For more information contact Tonia Carriger at the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration.
February 22,
March 22 - 4:00 – 6:30 PM CT
House Bill 2038 - Concussion Training
Audience: athletic trainers, athletic directors, coaches,
administrators, school nurses, and health care professionals
Texas House Bill 2038 requires each school district and open-enrollment
charter school with students who participate in athletic activities to appoint
a concussion oversight team. This team is required to establish a return-toplay/practice protocol following a force or impact believed to have caused
a concussion. Each member of and anyone who appoints members to the
concussion oversight team is required to have training on concussions.
This requirement includes athletic trainers, athletic directors, coaches,
school administrators, school nurses and other health care professionals.
Click the desired date below to register.
February 22, 2011
March 22, 2011
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