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Will you be teaching high school earth and space science standards? Are you hoping to pick up an additional license in 9-12 Earth and Space Science?
Are you looking for high quality, low cost professional development in the new Minnesota Science Standards?
Need help improving your Earth and Environmental Science content?
Need to practice developing your three-dimensional teaching and learning strategies?
Are you looking to dive into storylining and strategies that complement what you're already doing?
Would spending a week with excited colleagues and engaging instructors boost your morale and positivity?
If you answered "YES" to any of the above questions, then ESTEP is for you!
ESTEP Summer Boot Camps for High School Earth Science Teachers
New legislation states that all students must complete one credit of Earth and Space science in high school to graduate. These boot camps will help deepen your understanding of the key content areas and 3-dimensional pedagogy. Along with our summer bootcamps, these courses will help those of you working toward passing the required content MTLE exam to add additional licensure in 9-12 Earth and Space Science. ESTEP is a fast paced, one week, bootcamp style, regional workshop that focuses on a specific set of earth and space science benchmarks AND the teaching strategies you will need to start making the shift to science sense-making with your students.
- Deepen your understanding of earth science concepts through investigations!
- Utilize 3-dimensional strategies by DOING the science!
- Begin building confidence in your unit and lesson planning!
- Collaborate and discuss how phenomena and storylines relate to particular investigations!
Available Seats in the following Summer 2024 Boot Camps
We still need a few more seats filled in each of these camps to ensure they are a go!
Physical Geology/Systems at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (June 17 - 21) *Housing will be available at the Cloquet Forestry Center - single rooms $40 per night!
Hydrology (Rocks and Waters) at MSU Mankato (July 15 - 19) *Housing will be available on campus - single rooms $33 per night!
Participant registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is considered complete when the registration google form is completed, and non-refundable registration fee is received by MnSTA. The non-refundable registration fee is $200.00 and does not include lodging, meals or transportation. Participants can choose a stipend of $300 OR 3 graduate credits (requires assignment completion in addition to attending boot camp) upon completion of the boot camp. The stipend OR graduate credit is paid for through a generous grant from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund.
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Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).
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