Governor's+Institute+of+Environment+and+Ecology

=**Exciting News!**=

As of January 23, 2007, the [|Governor's Institute for Environment and Ecology application] has been released. To apply, go directly to the website and click "Apply Here". Follow the steps from there. You will first need to set up an account with the website - if you have applied to an institute in the past, your account information was carried over from that year. The deadline for the application is May 21, 2007.


 * __Please let Jenn know if you plan to attend.__** We are putting together a team of teachers and would like to have a good selection of teachers spanning K-12.

Now for the important information:

Where: Seven Springs Conference Center, Champion, PA You will have the opportunity to use two of the days to flex out of next year.
 * Dates: July 29, 2007-August 3, 2007

Program Description:** The Environment and Ecology Institute is a dynamic week of seminars, workshops, keynote speakers, fieldtrips and networking. The Institute will look at reading in the content from K-12 as it relates to No Child Left Behind and the PSSA test. As school districts are aligning their curriculum to the Environment and Ecology Standards teachers are being asked to develop or modify lesson plans. The Institute will have an integrative theme that will combine content with current teaching practices. A top-notch faculty that represents staff from the Pennsylvania Fis and Boat Commission, Game Commission, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Conservations Districts, business and industry as well as school district teachers and administrators and college/university staff will work with the teachers in level specific workshops and experiences and guide them in the development of new lessons and units of study. Attend professional development sessions using current and new programs like: watershed and wetland issues, environmental law, renewable and nonrenewable resources, agriculture, alternate energy souces, wildlife management, forestry, wildlife forensic, biodiversity, etc.

Two graduate credits, room and board, and all materials are paid for by the PA Department of Education.