Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore - Professional Development (U.S. National Park Service)

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Teacher workshop

Each fall, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore offers teacher workshops at Northern Michigan University through the , and at the annual fall conference.

The Lakeshore also strives to offer week-long teacher workshops in June each year on a natural or cultural resource topic.

Most workshop sessions allow participants to earn Continuing Education Units of credit through .

Michigan Alliance of Environmental and Outdoor Education • October 10-12, 2008

This year's annual conference scheduled for Friday-Sunday, October 10-12, at Camp Rotary, near Clare, Michigan. This year's conference theme is "Experiential Learning" and builds upon the "No Child Left Inside" movement. A diverse array of sessions is planned to inspire participants to get students outside year-round.

Early registration deadline is September 26 to receive the registration package price of $50 for members, $100 for non-members, and $30 for university students. This includes two nights/five meals from dinner Friday through Sunday breakfast. (Alternate registration packages are also available.) There is an additional $25 fee for the full-day of pre-conference activities on Friday, October 10, including the ropes course, zip line, and tower supervision. Registration fees and forms are online.

For information and application materials for scholarships or stipends, contact conference coordinator Bruce Patterson, 989-774-3819.

Environmental Education Workshop for Teachers and Non-formal Educators • May 2-3, 2008 • Teaching with the Outdoors

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore will co-sponsor this outdoor learning and field science workshop at the near Shingleton, Michigan. Sessions include the Guidelines for Excellence in developing environmental education lessons and programs, LEAF forestry education program, GEMS schoolyard ecology, global climate change, and field trips to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and

For more details and registration information, please refer to this (pdf).

For more information, please contact:

David Kronk, Park Ranger
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
P.O. Box 40
Munising, MI 49862
(906) 387-2607, ext. 206
e-mail

The is a partnership of the Copper Country and Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School Districts and . The Center offers a wide variety of programs focused on enhancing the teaching and learning of science and mathematics.

Please visit their website for information concerning upcoming workshops and summer institutes.

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