The Professional Development Page highlights GCEE meetings, GCEE
Professional Development Days, and Teacher/Educator Workshops. These events
are also listed in the Events Calandar. This page is intended for use by
GCEE Member Organizations, K-12 Formal Educators, and Non-formal Educators.
If you are aware of a teacher workshop opportunity that would be of interest
to educators in the Greater Cincinnati Region, please visit the Events
Calandar page on this website and submit your event for consideration in the
GCEE Events Calandar.
Opportunities For
Teachers and Educators
Title: Ultimate Educator Expo 2007 at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Description: This free event offers: break-out sessions on environmental subjects, booths featuring non-profit groups, government agencies and educational vendors, resources to use in the classroom, door prizes worth over $1,000 and complimentary refreshments. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Greater Cincinnati Environmental Educators (GCEE), Leave No Child Inside of Greater Cincinnati and the Environmental Education Council of Ohio (EECO) are co-sponsoring this event.
Date: September 11, 2007
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Harold C. Schott Education Center, 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
Target Audience: Teachers of all subjects and grade levels
Cost: Free
Registration Website: www.cetconnect.org/ultimateeducatorsexpo
Registration Phone: (513) 345-6566
Website: www.gcenvironmentaleducators.org
Title: Project WET and Making Waves Teacher Workshop
Description: Interested in including science and environmental topics in your K-12 classroom but short on time and resources? In search of new hands-on, inquiry-based activities that engage your students in learning about their environment? Then you are invited to join us for an educator workshop to familiarize you with the program and show you ways to incorporate the activities into your indoor or outdoor classroom. Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is a nationally acclaimed program used by thousands of K-12 educators in every state. Making Waves is a supplementary curricula compiled by Hamilton Storm Water District and Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District to teach students about local nonpoint source water quality issues.
Date: Monday November 5, 2007
Time:8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Greenacres Old Church, 8680 Spooky Hollow Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45242
Target Audience: Teachers grades K-12
Cost: Free to Hamilton County Teachers
Contact Person: Anne Lyon
Contact Phone:(513) 891-4227
Contact E-mail:alyon@green-acres.org
Website: www.green-acres.org
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2007 GCEE Bi-monthy Meetings:
September 11 from 3 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Ultimate Educator Fair at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. ontact Gwen Roth at 772-7645 or gwen.roth@hamilton-co.org for more information or to register as an exhibitor.
November 13 at 2:00 p.m. at Dearborn County Solid Waste Management District in Aurora, Indiana. This meeting will include a tour of the Recyling Facility at 2:00 pm followed by a GCEE Networking meeting. Contact Maury Hudson at 1-800-537-8801 or mhudson@dearborncounty.gov to RSVP, add an item to the agenda, or for more information.
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