Building Strong Geoscience Departments Traveling Workshop Program
published Mar 12, 2012 11:22amWant to strengthen your department, but not sure where to start? Let the Building Strong Geoscience Departments Visiting Workshop program come to your doorstep.
The visiting workshop program brings you insight and expertise about the topics that are most relevant to your particular department, from curriculum and program design to program assessment, student recruitment, and preparing students for the workforce. We can also help you with efforts to build departmental consensus and assess your department's efforts. We understand that time is tight, so we'll build the workshop into your schedule, time frame and format.
Each workshop features concrete examples drawn from the leaders' experience and from the collective experiences of the geoscience community, and provides online resources for further information. At the end of the workshop you will have:
http://serc.carleton.edu/departments/visitingworkshops/index.html
To have a Visiting Workshop come to your department, apply online by Monday, April 2, or Monday, July 16. Applications not accepted in April will be considered again in July.
http://serc.carleton.edu/departments/visitingworkshops/application.html
Carol Ormand
Science Education Resource Center
The visiting workshop program brings you insight and expertise about the topics that are most relevant to your particular department, from curriculum and program design to program assessment, student recruitment, and preparing students for the workforce. We can also help you with efforts to build departmental consensus and assess your department's efforts. We understand that time is tight, so we'll build the workshop into your schedule, time frame and format.
Each workshop features concrete examples drawn from the leaders' experience and from the collective experiences of the geoscience community, and provides online resources for further information. At the end of the workshop you will have:
- Strategies that have worked for other geoscience departments;
- A collection of resources, from other geoscience departments and beyond, on the topic(s) of your choice; and
- A departmental action plan for moving forward.
http://serc.carleton.edu/departments/visitingworkshops/index.html
To have a Visiting Workshop come to your department, apply online by Monday, April 2, or Monday, July 16. Applications not accepted in April will be considered again in July.
http://serc.carleton.edu/departments/visitingworkshops/application.html
Carol Ormand
Science Education Resource Center