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Professional Development
and Teacher Training Workshops
The District offers excellent
opportunities for teachers to obtain training, development,
new ideas, technical support, and graduate credit through a
variety of workshops. Once again this year, we will offer
several chances to make and take worm bins, those great
teaching tools for home and classroom.
Environmental Health Town Hall Meeting
Grades:
K-12 Teachers
Date:
September 15 12, 2008, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Registration:
$15 (includes box lunch)
Pre-registration is required.
The
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and
the Department of Environmental Health at the University
of Cincinnati invite you to a town hall meeting to learn
about how environmental pollutants in the home can affect
your health. Hear the latest research from local
scientists, voice your concerns about hazards in your home
and learn how to become a partner in local research. Heavy
metals exposure, secondhand smoke, poisons, mold and
plastics are among the topics to be covered. For more
information or to register, contact
Elizabeth Kopras
or (513) 558-3625.
Pre-registration required.
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Master Composter
Training
Grades:
Pre-K - 12 Teachers or Residents (Hamilton County Only)
Date:
September 17, 24 & October 1, 2008
(Attendance at all three sessions is mandatory)
Location: Civic
Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati
2815 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
Registration:
FREE
Pre-registration is
required.
The Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati and the
District have partnered to provide you with three weeks of
intensive training that teaches every aspect of
composting. Learn about a wide array of topics including:
where to locate a compost pile, which type of compost bin
is best for you and how to build it, how and when to turn
your compost pile, the fascinating biology of a compost
pile, and how to incorporate compost into your existing
garden. Students will each build and take home a wire
compost bin, and have the option to make a vermi-composting
system for a nominal fee. The instructor is John Duke,
American Compost Society & Master Gardener. Fifteen hours
of volunteer service is required to complete the course;
students have one year from the last class to complete
their hours. There are a number of volunteer options to
suit your needs and aspirations! For more information or
to register, contact
Corina Bullock or (513)
221-0981. Pre-registration required.
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Ultimate Educator Expo
2008
It's Getting Easier "Going Green"
Grades:
All Educators and Administrators
Date:
September 9, 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00
p.m.
Location:
Schott Education Center at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical
Garden
Registration:
FREE - Walk-Ins Welcome
Educators and administrators! Join us at the Zoo for the
ultimate opportunity to learn about environmental
education resources available in our community. Exhibitors
from governmental, non-profit and educational
organizations will provide you with grade-level
appropriate training opportunities, lesson plans, field
trips, and tons of free stuff. We offer FREE Zoo
admission, parking, break-out sessions, refreshments, and
door prizes. Don’t miss seeing the newest Zoo exhibit
featuring giraffes and their “green roof” barn. Sponsors
include Fidelity Investments, GreenBird, and Pepsi. To
register, visit
www.cetconnect.org/ultimateeducatorsexpo/ or
call (513) 345-6566 by October 2. Walk-ins welcome.
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Grant Writing
103: What's SHE Got That I AIN'T Got?
Grades:
All Teachers and Administrators
Date:
October 27, 2008, 4:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m
Location:
Schott Education Center at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical
Garden
Registration:
FREE, (refreshments provided)
Pre-registration is required.
Want to write more
effective grants? Compare weak and strong proposals to learn
about a funder’s perspective on what makes for a winning
application. The Ohio Environmental Education Fund (OEEF)
will share examples from 16 years of reviewing grants to
explain why one K-12 education project is more likely to be
successful than another, and which proposal is more likely
to be funded. One of the best ways to become a better grant
writer yourself is to review others’ proposals. Practice
scoring online applications using OEEF’s preferred
characteristics for projects targeting a pre-school to
university audience. Participants will be certified as OEEF
volunteer peer reviewers. Refreshments provided. Contact
Susan Schumacher
or call (513) 946-7734 to register by October 20.
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Grant Writing: Identifying Funds and Writing a Winning
Proposal
Grades:
All Teachers and Administrators
Date:
October 28, 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Schott
Education Center at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Registration:
$10 (includes lunch)
Pre-registration is required.
Learn about: prospecting tips to help you identify
foundations, corporations, and government grant programs;
how to approach different kinds of grant makers; how to
avoid common mistakes applicants make; and develop
realistic objectives, activities, and budgets. Workshop
facilitator Carolyn Watkins is Chief of Ohio EPA’s Office
of Environmental Education. Pre-registration required by
October 20. Make check payable to: Environmental Education
Council of Ohio (EECO). Mail to Susan Schumacher, 250
William Howard Taft, Cincinnati, OH 45219. Register via
email at
Susan Schumacher or call (513)
946-7734.
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Water and Waste: Waste Management Field Trip & Workshop
Grades:
4 - 12 Teachers
Date:
November 5, 2008, 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Hamilton
County Environmental Services, Metropolitan Sewer District,
and Rumpke Landfill
Registration:
$10 (includes lunch, field trip transportation, lesson
plans, and
curricula)
Pre-registration is required.
This
combination workshop is a powerhouse of relevant
information, up-to-date environmental lesson plans, and
previews of field trip opportunities for your students.
The focus is water treatment,
sewage, municipal solid waste, and stormwater management.
Participants will tour the Metropolitan Sewer District’s
sewage treatment plant and Rumpke’s municipal solid waste
landfill to view actual operations. The remainder of the
workshop will involve working through lesson plans.
Through hands-on, interdisciplinary activities, Project
Learning Tree -
Exploring Environmental Issues: Secondary Municipal Solid
Waste ($15 value) and Making Waves ($30 value)
provide students with opportunities to investigate
environmental issues and make informed, responsible
decisions. Graduate credit through the University of
Cincinnati is available at a reduced tuition payment of
$199 (regularly $412) through U.C. Economics Center for
Education and Research. Contact
Susan Schumacher or
call (513) 946-7734 to register by October 20.
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Nature Recycles: Make and Take Classroom Worm Bin-10-8-08
Grades:
Hamilton County Educators and Hamilton County Residents
Date:
October 8, 2008, 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Hamilton
County Environmental Services
Registration:
$10 for Hamilton County Educators
$40 for All Others
Pre-registration is required.
Workshop participants will receive a worm bin kit, worms,
training, and a resource packet. The program will teach
you how to set-up, maintain, and provide the worms with a
healthy environment. The resource packet includes Mary
Appelhof's book, Worms Eat My Garbage, a tip sheet,
color laminated picture of the worms' anatomy, and a
variety of lesson plans. The workshop is sponsored by the
District and Hamilton County Soil & Water Conservation
District. Pre-registration required. Make check payable
to: Hamilton County SWCD. Mail to Gwen Roth, 29 Triangle
Park Drive, Suite 2901, Cincinnati, OH 45219. Register
via email at
Gwen Roth or call (513) 772-7645 ext.
14.
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Nature Recycles: Make and Take Classroom Worm Bin-10-12-08
Grades:
Hamilton County Educators and Hamilton County Residents
Date:
October 12, 2008, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m.
Location:
LaBoiteaux Woods Nature Center
Registration:
$10 for Hamilton County Educators
$40 for All Others
Pre-registration is
required
Workshop participants will receive a worm bin kit, worms,
training, and a resource packet. The program will teach
you how to set-up, maintain, and provide the worms with a
healthy environment. The resource packet includes Mary
Appelhof's book, Worms Eat My Garbage, a tip sheet,
color laminated picture of the worms' anatomy, and a
variety of lesson plans. Pre-registration required.
To register, contact
Pat Agnew or 542-2909 by October 5.
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School Buildings "Go Green" Administrator Meeting
Grades:
School Administrators, Principals, Facility
Operators, etc.
Date:
November 17, 2008, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Schott
Education Center at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Registration:
FREE (lunch provided)
Pre-registration is required.
Principals, business
managers, building engineers, facility/plant operators,
and all others involved in building or grounds operations
are invited to join us for the first School Buildings’ “Go
Green” Network meeting. Learn how to make your building
run more efficiently, create less pollution and waste,
save energy, and SAVE MONEY. Speakers include: Steve
Brocamp, Mariemont Elementary School Principal, and Mark
Fisher, Director of Facilities and Planning at the
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Mr. Brocamp will
explain how he added recycling service, reduced waste
service, promotes conservation, and saved more than $500 a
month for his district. Mr. Fisher will explain how the
zoo is modifying buildings built in 1875 to run more
efficiently; how to operate a new state-of-the-art LEED-certified
building; and how new geothermal, solar energy arrays,
green roofs, and rain gardens work in our region. Using an
integrated approach, the zoo has reduced energy
consumption, waste, carbon emissions, and saved thousands
of dollars.
Contact
Susan Schumacher or call (513) 946-7734 to
register by November 7.
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