Professional
Development Calendar
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Happenings
Sharing Nature With Joseph Cornell
May 9 and 10, 2008
Join the Environmental Education Association of Illinois
(EEAI) for an evening with Joseph Cornell, world renowned author
(Sharing Nature with Children series) and naturalist on Friday
May 9 at the Lincoln Memorial Gardens and Nature Center in Springfield.
EEAI will host this free Book Signing and Reception from 5:30
-7:30 pm and invites all members of the public to attend and broaden
their environmental literacy through book purchases, signings
and conversation. No registration for the book-signing and reception
is necessary. Light refreshments (local and organic foods) will
be served.
In addition, Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center and Montessori
Children’s House of Springfield are honored to host two
7-hour nature awareness workshops with Cornell at their respective
sites on Friday May 9 & 10. For more information and registration
for these workshops, Contact Betsy at 217-529-1111,
email her, or visit www.lmgnc.org
Register Now for IDNR ENTICE Professional Development Workshops
The following professional development workshops for
teachers are being offered in the coming months by the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Education through
the ENTICE (Environment and Nature Training Institute for Conservation
Education) program. Continuing Professional Development Units
are available for all of these workshops. For the first time,
three of the workshops are being offered in an online version.
For details about each workshop and to register, visit http://www.ilcf.org/Workshop/Courses.asp.
ENTICE workshops provide background information about the topic
presented by resources professionals, hands-on activities that
can be instantly implemented into the classroom and many Illinois-specific
supplemental materials to assist your teaching.
If you are interested in graduate credit, you’ll find more
information about our online graduate-level courses in cooperation
with the University of Illinois at Springfield by visiting this
Web address: http://www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/graduatecourses.htm.
Upcoming ENTICE Workshops
"Illinois’ Threatened and Endangered Species,"
Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, May 31, 2008
"Illinois’ Mussels," Illinois State Museum, Springfield,
June 17, 2008
"Illinois’ Millipedes and Centipedes," Giant City
State Park, Makanda, June 20, 2008
"Illinois’ Wetlands," Vermilion County Conservation
District, Danville, June 21, 2008
"Illinois’ Prairies," Midewin National Tallgrass
Prairie, Wilmington, June 21, 2008
"Lake Michigan Fishes," Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, June
28, 2008
Illinois Wilds Institute for Nature
Dragonflies, Butterflies and Skippers of Northwestern
Illinois
July 29-31, 2008, Northwestern Illinois at Lost Mound (Savanna)
with field trips to Lost Mound Preserve, Ayers Sand Prairie, Mississippi
Palisades State Park and Spring Lake.
National
Association for Interpretation (NAI) - National Conference
November 11-15, 2008,
Portland, Oregon
National
Association for Interpretation (NAI) - Region V Workshop
April 9-13, 2008
Rochester, MN
North
American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Conference
October 15-18, 2008
Wichita, Kansas
Illinois
Science Teachers Association Conference
National
Science Teachers Association
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