Ideas and Opportunities

Upcoming Programs - check websites for deadlines

• AP Professional Development Opportunities
• Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program
• BioBlitz in Rocky Mountain National Park, August 24 - 25, 2012
• Biological Sciences Initiative Workshops
• Center for Education in Law and Democracy
  • Constitution Day Lesson
  • Regional Institutes
• CIRES Education Outreach Programs
• Colorado Council for the Social Studies
• Colorado Division of Wildlife - Various programs
• Colorado Jump$tart Coalition Workshops
• Colorado School of Mines Teacher Enhancement Program
• Colorado State University Environmental Education Course, May 29 - August 3, 2012
• Experiential Science Education Research Collaborative
• Facing History and Ourselves
  
  • Seminars
• Fishman Prize for Superlative Classroom Practice awarded to public school teachers who demonstrate exceptionally effective teaching with students from high-poverty communities
  
• Global Exploration for Educators Organization
• Global Explorers
  
• Family Nature Summit, Opportunity for Coloraod Teacher
• Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development
• Keizai Koho Center, Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs, Fellowship Programs
• Knapsack Institute, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• Korea Society - Fellowships
• McCarthy Dressman Foundation Teacher Development Grants
• Mobile Science Show and Summer Workshop
  
• NASA Earth Systems Resources in the Classroom, June 13 - 15, 2012
  
• National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate Discovery Online Courses for Educators
• National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference
• National Council for Geographic Education, Live Webinar Series
• Northern Arizona University, Center for Science Teaching and Learning
• Program for Teaching East Asia - Various programs
• Project Learning Tree - Various programs
• Project Wild - Various programs
• Renewable Energy for Educators, Solar Energy International
• Rocky Mountain PBS Teacherline Courses
• Society for Science and the Public
• South Carolina Geographic Alliance Workshops and Summer Institutes, June 10 - 22, 2012
• Teacher Internship Opportunity in Global Climate Change Research, University of Northern Colorado
• University of Northern Colorado MA in Natural Science
• University of Northern Colorado GIS and GPS Course
  

• American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado: Civil Rights in Action Award
• BE UNICEF High School Clubs
• Colorado Association for Recycling Summit
  
• Colorado Global Climate Workshop
• Colorado History Day
  • History Day in Colorado Information Brochure
• Colorado Humanities Association Professional Development Opportunities
• Colorado Perserve America Youth Summit
• Colorado Science and Engineering Fair
  • Science Fair Project Ideas
• Find Your Footprint Contest
• Gloria Barron Prize for Youth Heros
• History Colorado Center Field Trips, Fall 2012
• Keystone Science Center
• Kids Inquiry Conference
• Kids Science Challenge
• National Geographic Bee
  • Colorado 2010 Geographic Bee Finals at University of Denver
  • Colorado 2011 Geographic Bee - Repeat Winner!
• National Geographic Student Expeditions
• pARTicipation
• University of Southern California Sea Grant Program
• Wildlife Conservation Youth Engagement Grants
  
• World Affairs Challenge
• Youth Policy Summit
  

Ongoing

• American Civic Education Teacher Awards
• Athletic Shoe Recycling Program
• AmericaCorps / VISTA
• Colorado Division of Wildlife, Project WILD, TEN, WET, and PLT
• Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
• Colorado Historical Society - Resources for Educators
• Edible Schoolyard
• Geospatial Discoveries Summer Program, Washington College
  
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of Americn History
• National Endowment for the Humanities - Summer Seminars and Institutes
• National Science Teachers Association - New Science Teacher Academy
• Peak Area Leadership in Science
• Progeographer Program
• Geo Challenge Grants
• Global Explorers, A Nonprofit Organization
• Google Geo Teachers Institute (annual event)
• Graduate Certificate in Geography Education at the University of Northern Colorado
• History Colorado
• Kids in Need Foundation
• Korean Studies Workshop for American Educators
• Mathematics and Science Teaching Institute at the University of Northern Colorado
• Peace Corps - Retired Volunteer Speakers
• People to People International
• Process Oriented Guided Learning Inquiry
• raft Workshops for Teachers, Denver, (resource area for teaching)
• Riley Scholars at Walden University
• Rocky Mountain - Middle School Math and Science Partnership
• Scientific and Cultural Collaborative, Metro Denver Area
• Summer Cohort Ph.D. in Geographic Education at Texas State University
• Travel 2 Learn - Rainforest Workshops for Educators and Naturalists
  
• US-Japan Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development
• USC Rossier School of Education MAT@USC, an on-line Masters of Arts in Teaching
• University of Colorado at Boulder Continuing Education and Professional Studies
  • Effectively Communicating about Climate and Energy
  • CU Science Explorers: Professional Development and Science Enrichment for Teachers and Students
    
• University of Colorado at Denver P-20 Education Initiatives
• Where There Be Dragons: Professional Educator Courses