Lab-Aids Institute: 2010 SEPUP Academy: Leadership & Classroom Emphasis
Join science educators from across the country to improve your use of materials from the Science Education for Public
Understanding Program (SEPUP). The program includes presentations and workshops led by senior staff from SEPUP
and LAB-AIDS. After completing a foundation sequence of core content, you may choose elective sessions to design
a custom professional development plan tailored to your needs. The Academy is designed for teachers who want to
improve their classroom effectiveness and for administrators seeking to take leadership and develop their local capacity
for the SEPUP program.
| Program Focus | Location | Dates |
| LEADERSHIP & CLASSROOM EMPHASIS | Charleston, SC | 6/21/2010 - 6/25/2010 |
LEADERSHIP
& CLASSROOM EMPHASIS
Charleston, SC (arrive June 21, depart June 25)
| Location: | Hampton Inn Isle of Palms Hotel and Conference Center 1104 Isle of Palms Connector Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 (843) 856-3900 |
The hotel is located near the beach and historic district. Designed as a Caribbean villa, with pine floors and West Indian furnishings, the hotel has a resort style atmosphere and central landscaped garden courtyard, with outdoor pool and fitness center. While there, why not take advantage of all Charleston has to offer – beaches, golf, museums, art galleries, shopping, touring and more – all of it is memorable. For the fifteenth consecutive year, readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine have listed Charleston as a Top 10 travel destination in the United States.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Building on a one-day foundation of required courses in assessment,
literacy, and inquiry in SEPUP (next page), participants will then take part in a two-day advanced program of leadership
development, including:
- Adult learning styles
- Research in SEPUP
- Planning and leading local workshops, using LAB-AIDS own workshop templates
- Creating and using pacing guides
- Developing quarterly benchmark assessments
- Additional LAB-AIDS professional development tools, including access to selected on-line training videos and additional content
Click here to download a registration form
Click here to download a program agenda from last year
COSTS
The tuition for the 2010 Charleston program is $1,895. Prices are based
on single room occupancy. If you don’t mind sharing a room, you can save $300. You can also save $100 if you
register by May 1st.
Prices include
- All seminar materials and equipment
- Hotel (arrival June 21, departure June 25)
- All breakfasts, lunches and all but one dinner
Prices do not include airfare or ground transportation. There is an additional charge for college credit, if
desired.
To register, call us at 800 381-8003. You can pay by credit card or we can bill your district.
If paying by check, make it payable to: LAB-AIDS Inc., 17 Colt Court, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779.
REVIEWS
"Background info about the history and development was very interesting. Staff was excellent, friendly and knowledgeable, and interested in my questions. The sessions were informative and pacing was well thought out."
--Stephanie Finn, Buffalo NY, 2007 ACADEMY participant
"The SEPUP Academy was a great experience. By collaborating with other SEPUP colleagues, I gained a better understanding of how to integrate SEPUP into my classroom. More importantly, working with classroom teachers helped me to improve my training techniques. By talking to teachers in the Academy workshops, I gained valuable insight as to what teachers need from training sessions. I really enjoyed it!"
-- Donna Parker, Columbus OH, 2009 ACADEMY participant
"…Thanks for a wonderful program…I am excited about next year and accomplishing even more with the Lab-Aids Issues and Earth Science…. The icing on an already wonderful year was that I had the highest science scores in the school…One last thing, several of my students nominated me for a local award through a TV station called "My Teacher is Tops". And yes I totally attribute the nomination to the SEPUP kit! The students said I made science fun and exciting, but it was LAB-AIDS all the way!!"
--Kelly Roche, Macon GA, SEPUP Teacher and 2009 ACADEMY participant