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Professional Development for K-16 and Community Educators
CWI Summer Institutes 2012
Join with colleagues from across
North America and beyond, working
to embrace service-learning and
sustainability. A week of support,
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How special to have been a part of it.
Thank you!” Erin Ruegg, Teacher
Colegio Jorge Washington
Columbia, South America
CWI Partners and Sponsors
•Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC, Los Angeles)
•Shelburne Farms •Orion Magazine •CalServe K-12 Initiative •Loyola Marymount University
•Green Teacher
•Facing the Future
•LMU Green
•Sustainable Schools Project
•Arizona Learn & Serve
•Quebec Provincial CLC Initiative
•Antioch University NE
•Johnson State College
•California DOE
•Whittier College
•University of Vermont
•Vermont Rural Partnership
•ExcelYouthZone
Community Works Institute is pleased to announce, in collaboration with our partners,
the following professional development events for 2012.
All events are appropriate for K-16 school and community educators and organizations.
Early Registration Discounts • SPACE IS LIMITED CWI Summer WEST Institute on Service-Learning
July 30th - August 3rd, 2012
Los Angeles, California at Loyola Marymount University Register Early, Limited Openings • more information
TUITION: $1,289. Three graduate credits available for additional $550
INFORMATION: 909-480-3966 • email
CWI's acclaimed Summer Institute comes to Los Angeles. Experience curriculum and programs drawn from one of the world's most vibrant urban settings. Veteran practitioners, model programs, guided support and planning, and more.
more on Summer WEST
"CWI’s Institute has helped me refine and strengthen my teaching skills. A wonderful experience!" Margot Glenos, East Park Elementary Teacher
Moss Point, Mississippi
Early Registration Discounts • SPACE IS LIMITED CWI Summer EAST Institute on Service-Learning
July 16th - 20th, 2012
Shelburne, Vermont –12th annual
at Shelburne Farms, Vermont Register Early, Limited Openings • more information FEE: $1,289. Three graduate credits available for additional $550
INFO: 909-480-3966 email Set amid a breathtaking landscape this is a premier international event. Join with colleagues from across North America and beyond, working to embrace service-learning and sustainability within their teaching practice.Veteran practitioners, model programs, guided support and planning, and more more on Summer EAST
“This was the best Institute or conference that I have ever attended! I am newly inspired! Terry Yamamoto-Edwards, Science Teacher
Punahou School—Honolulu, Hawaii
Watershed for Every Classroom 2012-2013
JULY 9-13, 2012 Monday-Friday
FEE: $400 (scholarships available).
A Watershed for Every Classroom is a year-long professional development experience for educators in the Lake Champlain Basin (Vermont, New York and Quebec), brought to you by the CBEI partners. It offers teachers inspiration, knowledge and skills to frame exciting place-based learning around watersheds. More information, or download application.
Additional dates: October 19-20, 2012, February 8-9, 2013; May 3-4, 2013
Summer Institute on Education for Sustainability
Monday-Friday, JULY 30-AUGUST 3, 2012
TIME: Monday–Thursday, 8:30-4:30 and Friday, 8:30-12
FEE: $550 includes materials, light breakfast and lunch. (Scholarships available) One graduate credit optional for additional $175. Special scholarships for Middlebury Teachers, courtesy of the Middlebury Garden Club!
CONTACT: Jen Cirillo, jcirillo@shelburnefarms.org
Four and a half informative and restorative days created to provide an opportunity for participants to deepen their understanding of Education for Sustainability - part conference, part workshop, part retreat. more information
Project Seasons Summer Workshop
Tuesday–Thursday, JULY 17-19, 2012 for EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
TIME: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
FEE: $300 includes copy of PROJECT SEASONS (scholarships available).
One graduate credit optional for additional $175
Special scholarships for Middlebury Teachers, courtesy of the Middlebury Garden Club! Download Middlebury Scholarship Application.
PRESENTED BY: Shelburne Farms
INFORMATION: Linda Wellings, lwellings@shelburnefarms.org
Enrich your early childhood curriculum with exciting, interdisciplinary, and hands on, teacher friendly activities on environmental and agricultural topics. This workshop is designed to increase science literacy and cultivate connections by tracing the food we eat and the clothes we wear back to the farm. more information
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PUBLICATION & DISTRIBUTION Community Works Journal's publication has been made possible, in part, through grants from The Corporation for National Service, The Thompson Trust, The Bay and Paul Foundations, and with support from Shelburne Farms and our other sponsors. Community Works Journal also depends on the generous donations of our individual contributors. The Journal is published by Community Works Institute (CWI).
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