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2012 Dear Colleagues, Our preservice teachers have a veritable cornucopia of options for STEM-related professional development available to them this semester (see below)! We have compiled information about a number of these events and will email the following link to our Credential and Liberal Studies students tomorrow: http://tinyurl.com/Fall2012STEM On this web page, they (and you!) can download a 7-page summary of pertinent information about all of the events listed in the chart below. (Hopefully the columns are intact in this chart. If not, please download the file, as the overview chart is on the first page.) A number of these are free regional events. For those that are not free, students interested in attending will be granted modest professional development scholarships to help encourage and support their attendance. This relatively small investment will likely pay dividends down the road in their strength as K-12 math and science teachers, as well as in their connection and commitment to the teaching profession. The primary focus of most of the conferences this year is the Common Core State Standards, a vitally important current topic. Please encourage your students to take advantage of at least one of these professional development opportunities this semester. Thank you! Carol

Event
1. Tulare County Physics Day 2. Project Learning Tree & Project WILDEnvironmental Ed. 3. Engineering with LEGOs 4. Young Makers Physical Science Projects I 5. Central Valley Computer Using Educators Conference 6. California STEM Summit 2012 7. Trout in the Classroom 8. 2012 California Science Education Conference (CSTA) 9. 13th Annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference 10. San Joaquin Valley Mathematics Project's Technology Day 11. Project Wet & Project WILDEnvironmental Education 12. California Mathematics Council South Conference 13. Project Wet & Project WILD (repeat of #11 above) 14. State AMAE Conference 15. Common Core State Standards Region VII Conference 16. California Mathematics Council North Conference 17. LEGO Robotics For Teachers

Date
September 13, 2012 September 21-22, 2012 October 5, 2012 October 6, 2012 October 13, 2012 October 15-16, 2012 October 16, 2012 October 19-21, 2012 October 20, 2012 October 20, 2012 October 26-27, 2012 November 2-3, 2012 November 2-3, 2012 November 3, 2012 November 7-8, 2012 Nov. 30 Dec. 2, 2012 December 6, 2012

Location (CA)
Tulare Visalia Fresno Fresno Visalia San Diego Visalia San Jose Visalia Fresno Visalia Palm Springs Visalia Fresno Fresno Pacific Grove Tulare