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FYI Newsletter May 19, 2008
Quick Scan:
- Summer Camp for Teachers
- Early Childhood Summer Classes
- Going Green
- Library Holiday Hours
- Library Corner
Summer Camp for Teachers
The Indiana Institute's Center on Education and Lifelong Learning will host a week-long summer adventure designed for teachers, administrators, and school teams at all grade levels to hone the skills necessary to teach ALL kids! Mark your calendars for June 23-26, 2008 (Bloomington High School North) and plan to attend Summer Camp for Teachers!
Camp attendees have the opportunity to choose a topic from three strand options. They include:
· Classroom Climate and Discipline
· Differentiated Instruction
· Collaboration and Co-Teaching
Registration fee is $225.00 per person. Three Indiana University graduate credits will be offered to camp attendees (graduate credit fees are in addition to camp enrollment fees). For content or credit questions, contact Carrie Chapman at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail cechapma@indiana.edu. For registration questions, contact Kay Moore at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail moorel@indiana.edu. Visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cell/ to download a Summer Camp brochure.
Early Childhood Summer Classes
Institute's Early Childhood Center is pleased to announce the availability of two "hot topic" summer classes for busy early childhood educators, kindergarten teachers, Head Start and school administrators, and graduate students in early childhood and education this summer.
Building a Foundation for Success: Early Education Program Practices that Promote School Readiness is a hybrid class (on-line and face-to-face components) that will examine current teacher practices, supportive administrative practices, family involvement, and transition plans between the early education providers and kindergarten classrooms%u2026 All critical components for school readiness. The face-to-face component is offered simultaneously in Bloomington, Gary, and Evansville June 24 through 26.
Designing a System for School Readiness Assessment: Exploring and Refining Your Skills is an on-line course designed to engage participants in the exploration of their knowledge and practices in the assessment of children's readiness for school.
Enrollees will investigate and discuss the wide variety of assessment tools and methods, the components of sound assessment, and the development of a system to successfully engage all critical partners in the assessment process. The class will be available on-line from June 15th through August 10th.
Each summer class can provide 3 hours of Indiana University graduate credit. Satisfactory completion of this course will earn three credit hours for renewal of your teaching license or, with approval of your advisor, credit toward completing your master degree requirements. Additionally, 4.5 Continuing Education Units will be offered. Non-credit enrollment is also available. Both course options are available as pass/fail as well.
Enrollment fee for each class is $150.00. IU credits and CEU fees are at an additional cost to participants. Registration is due by June 1, 2008. Registration forms and additional information is available at http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/ecc. For content questions or registration assistance, contact Jackie at 1-800-825-4733 or 812-855-6508 (e-mail dutkowsk@indiana.edu).
Become More Environmentally Responsible - Going Green?
In an effort to become more environmentally responsible, Indiana University generally, and the Indiana Institute specifically, are exploring ways to manage our resources more efficiently. To this end, we invite those of you who receive the FYI Newsletter via U.S. Mail and Fax, to consider receiving our publication via e-mail. Advantages to receiving our weekly newsletter by e-mail include:
· Personalized delivery system to all individuals within your organization at no charge;
· Faster routing of training information and opportunities;
· Conservation of natural resources; and
· An opportunity to become an environmentally responsible entity within your local community.
We will certainly continue providing the FYI Newsletter by U.S. Mail or by Fax if that is your preference. For more information, contact Joel F. Fosha, Manager, Office of Marketing and Public Relations at the Indiana Institute at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail foshaj@indiana.edu.
Library Memorial Day Hours
In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, the library will close at noon on Friday, May 23rd and will re-open at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27th.
Library Corner
New Items: The following new materials may be borrowed by Indiana residents from the Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR) at the Institute. To check out materials, contact the library at 1-800-437-7924, send e-mail to cedir@indiana.edu, or visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.
Groneberg, J.G. (2008). Road map to Holland: How I found my way through my son's first two years with Down syndrome. New York: New American Library.
Haddon, M. (2003). The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. New York: Vintage.
Thompson, T. (2008). Straight talk on autism: The expert guide parents can trust. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.