Attention Chicago Area Educators: Would you like to expand your repertoire of dynamic, hands-on classroom activities? Are you looking for thought provoking, real-world data to use in your classes? Do you want to learn more about population and environmental issues -- including information relevant to the new AP Human Geography course? Are you interested in peer leadership opportunities? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, please read on for information on an exciting training opportunity coming soon to your area� The Teachers' PET Project will be conducting a population education facilitator training on Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20, 2001 in Chicago. Thanks to generous foundation support, we are very pleased to be able to offer this training free of charge. We have offered CEU and CPDU credits at previous regional training institutes and we anticipate that renewal credits will be available at the May training as well. The training will bring a select group of educators who are interested in joining the network of population education trainers (we call it the PETNet) together for a productive weekend of training and preparation for conducting population education workshops for their colleagues at schools, universities, and conferences around the region. The training will include skill-building in presenting hands-on activities, getting help in answering challenging questions, finding workshop opportunities, and developing effective workshop agendas, as well as sharing ideas and experiences with outstanding colleagues. The learning sessions and materials will give participants confidence in embarking on teacher training in their area. Participants will receive an extensive handbook of training materials and the brand new edition of our award-winning "dot" video, World Population. Space is very limited, and slots for our facilitator trainings fill up quickly. If you would like to participate, please contact: Heather Zesiger Teachers� PET Project Phone: (202) 745-3177 or toll free at 1-800-POP-1956 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.populationeducation.org -- This is the CPS Science Teacher List. To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://home.sprintmail.com/~mikelach/subscribe.html>. To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/science%40lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
