Workshops consist of
professional teacher training in technology (Microsoft PowerPoint) and integration of environmental
health science into science, math, English, and social studies
in grades 6-8. Workshops are offered to individual teachers or teams of 2-4 teachers from the
same school
representing these different subject areas. Interested teachers are
encouraged to recruit their fellow middle school teachers of science, math, English, and social studies, in order to produce a team of teachers from
the same school, however single teachers are encouraged to attend.
Our Integrative Curriculum includes a written story-line (adventure
narrative) in
which the characters (young teenagers) travel to different parts of the world
and are faced with various health problems which they are required to solve. In conjunction with the adventure
narratives, TEKS-based problem-solving activities have been developed in the
form of PowerPoint
presentations. These presentations enable middle
school students to work through various science, math, English, and social
studies topics while they develop solutions to the introduced health problems.
Please view our online
demonstration for a sample of these integrative curricular materials.
During workshops, teachers draw from these discovery-based collections
of slides in order to build tailored-made presentations based upon teacher's
subject interest and student needs.
Workshops are free to teachers and schools.
In addition, PEER will reimburse teachers for meals and
transportation and will pay lodging expenses (lodging the night before and the 1st night of the workshop
(for 2 day workshops) and only for teachers living >70 miles from the workshop location) up to, but not to exceed, $225 total expenses for all meals, transportation, and lodging.
[Note: A limit of 20-30 teachers per workshop is dictated by the number of computers available at each workshop location.]
To attend a workshop ,
teachers must complete our
online registration.
Tentative Workshop location and dates are as follow :
| Integrative Curriculum
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College Station, TX |
June 2-3, 2008 |
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College Station, TX |
June 4-5, 2008 |
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San Antonio, TX |
June 10-11, 2008 |
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San Antonio, TX |
June 12-13, 2008 |
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Mt. Pleasant, TX |
June 30-July 1, 2008 |
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El Paso, TX |
July 7-8, 2008 |
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Lubbock, TX |
July 10-11, 2008 |
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Workshop Rosters and Information |
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An example workshop schedule is as follows:
| Day 1 |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Administrative details and introductions |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Introduction to PEER |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Assignment 1 – Read the Adventure Narrative & Take Pre-Test |
| 9:50 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Assignment 2 – Evaluation/Critique of Curricular Mini-Modules |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Assignment 3 – Review the remaining Mini-Modules in your Subject Area. |
| 12:00 p.m |
Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Finish
Assignment 3 |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Discussion of Mini-Modules and Curriculum |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Microsoft PowerPoint Instruction |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Assignment 4 & 5 - Produce a Week-Long Curricular Unit and
Implementation Plan |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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| Day 2 |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Assignment 4 & 5 – (Continued) |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Assignment 6 – Presentations of Produced Implementation Plans |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Assignment 6 – (Continued) |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Additional Resources |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Post-Test and Workshop Evaluation |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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| Please complete our
online registration to
attend a workshop. |
Please
complete our Curriculum
Evaluation upon your use of our Integrated Health Modules.
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