Southwest Region - Inquiry and Assessment

Hamline University presents the Minnesota Science Teachers Education Project (MnSTEP) - the first statewide, regional series of summer science workshops in content and teaching strategies. Join your colleagues for a week of science inquiry into a specific set of topic standards. Each workshop is designed to enrich your understanding of the science concepts you teach and help you develop new teaching strategies for your classroom. 

Participants receive:

• A fun five days of inquiry exploration into a science topic area
• The opportunity to explore, ask questions and share ideas in a collegial environment
• Rolls/coffee and lunch each day
• $100 stipend
• Topic Resources
• Two graduate credits from Hamline University
• One-year membership in the Minnesota Science Teachers Association (MnSTA)
• A deeper understanding of the science standards you teach

Teachers from Southwestern Minnesota will have priority in the selection process for these workshops, but science teachers from anywhere in the state may apply. We are looking to involve teachers from as many different schools as possible. You will be asked to help collect student achievement data during the upcoming school year. Overnight lodging and mileage are not covered by the grant (we encourage you to investigate reimbursement through staff development funds in your district). You must be a K-12 teacher in Minnesota, be teaching science next school year, and commit to attending all days of the workshop in order to qualify for participation.

To apply, click on the appropriate link below. If this is your first 2008 MnSTEP application, you will be asked to create a Login ID an PIN. Be sure to write down the ID and PIN you create. You will need it should you decide to apply to a second MnSTEP institute this summer. 

• Secondary Inquiry and Assessment Institute (grades 6-12) - July 28-August 1, 2008; Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center (Willmar Area); Instructors Marlene Schoeneck and Tom Smith.
  
  OVERNIGHT LODGING -- if you need assistance securing housing during the week or would like a list of options near Prairie Woods and Willmar, please contact the MnSTEP SW Regional Coordinator, Dana Smith, at dsmith@isd507.k12.mn.us or 507-276-2066.
  
  
  
• Elementary Inquiry and Assessment Institute (grades K-6) - August 11-15, 2008; Southwest Education Service Coop (Marshall); Instructors Marlene Schoeneck and Ramona Back.
  
  OVERNIGHT LODGING -- if you need assistance securing housing during the week or would like a list of options near Marshall, please contact the MnSTEP SW Regional Coordinator, Dana Smith, at dsmith@isd507.k12.mn.us or 507-276-2066.
  

Any questions about MnSTEP and/or the application can be directed to:

Shawn Hubert, MnSTEP Administrator                                                                                    shubert01@hamline.edu 651-523-2846