The Teachers’ Institute in the University of New Mexico’s College of Arts & Sciences’ Education Outreach Office offers Saturday teacher workshops for K-12 teachers in the Albuquerque area. All courses are held at UNM main campus.
“The workshops are part of an on-going outreach effort to provide new and experienced teachers with updated content knowledge related to various topics they teach,” said Doug Earick, program manager, Education Outreach Office.
All workshops are led by UNM faculty and are geared at examining topics that will be engaging to students, he said.
Teacher participants receive lunch and refreshments and teaching materials for classroom use. Although no academic credit is offered for the courses, 6-8 hours of professional development credit is available.
Fall workshops:
Oct. 30 – A Dangerous Time: Perspectives on the Cold War, Noel Pugach, History Department.
Nov. 6 – The First Americans – A Cultural and Biological Examination of the Ancient Peoples of North America, Joe Powell, Anthropology Department
Nov. 13 – Bringing Shakespeare to Life: Romeo and Juliet, Barry Gaines and David Jones, English Department
Dec. 4 – Finding the Form: Writing Fiction and Poetry, Sharon Oard Warner and Diane Thiel, English
Spring workshops:
Feb. 12 – Mexican Gray Wolf Awareness Workshop, Kim King-Wrenn, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
Feb. 26 – From Ecosystems to Oil Spills, Matt Nyman and Chuck Buxbaum, Natural Sciences Program
March 12 – Get It, Crunch It, Show It: Graphing Data in Science and Social Studies, Kathy Dimiduk, Physics Department, and Kate Krause, Economics Department
April 2 – Preventing Plagiarism, Wanda Martin, English Department
To register or get more information about the Teachers’ Institute or the workshops, call 266-2070.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920