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Daily Events Calendar
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of Virginia Athletics Sports Schedules
Professional
Resources for new teachers:
For
Teachers:
Alternative
Licensure for Teachers
A series of graduate professional development courses in education
designed to assist individuals in meeting the Professional Studies Requirements
for the alternative route to licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Career
Pathways in Education Series
Career Pathways in Education is an innovative seminar series
for educators and other professionals who wish to expand their career
horizons.
Certificate
in Classroom Technology Applications
A statewide program that prepares educators to integrate technology
in classroom instruction
Conferences
for School Leaders
The Center for K-12 Education at the School of Continuing and Professional
Studies offers Standards of Learning conferences for school leaders several
times each year.
Curry
Summer Teaching Institutes
The Curry School offers an extensive array of courses during the summer
months that extend opportunities for summer enrichment for professional
educators.
English
as a Second Language Teacher Training Opportunities
The University of Virginia offers courses for individuals including pre-
and in-service K-12 teachers and non-UVa students interested in preparing
to teach ESL/EFL.
Foreign
Language Workshops for School Teachers
Free Workshops for foreign language teachers help fulfill the mission
of the Center for Liberal Arts: demonstrating that universities have the
responsibility and the capacity to help re-establish the central premise
on which schooling must be based.
Learning
Kits
Learning Kits provide K-12 teachers and educators in Central Virginia
and surrounding areas with collections of learning materials and hands-on
lessons in natural history and science.
Lessons
Using Digital History
These lesson plans draw on material from the Valley of the Shadow:
Two American Communities in the Civil War and Virtual Jamestown and are
designed to help teachers implement the new Virginia Standards of Learning
and the National History Standards.
Multimedia Guide to the
Virginia Standards of Learning for American History, Grade 11
The University of Virginia's Center for Digital History and the Miller
Center of Public Affairs have teamed together to create a multimedia guide
to the Virginia Standards of Learning for use by teachers, curriculum
planners and other educators.
On-Site
Delivery of University Courses
U.Va. courses offered on-site throughout Virginia to meet the needs
of teachers and other professionals.
Part-Time Doctoral Degrees
for Educators
The Doctor of Education degree is the highest professional degree
in education. Part-time doctoral programs in education are available in
several regions of Virginia.
Phonological
Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS)
Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) is an evaluation
tool that helps teachers assess reading abilities of children in early
grades.
Professional
Development Consortium
Twenty Virginia school divisions and the Curry School have formed
a partnership to improve the quality of professional development training
for teachers and administrators by offering workshops, conferences and
other activities.
Public
Policy Research and Analysis
The Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service conducts public policy
research and analysis in the areas of business and economics, demographics,
and workforce studies.
School-Based
Computer Networking Certificate Program
The School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers a certificate
program designed especially to train professionals in K-12 school settings
in the management, maintenance, and troubleshooting of computer networks.
Seminars
and Institutes for Teachers
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) sponsors and supports
a broad range of institutes and seminars designed to serve the needs of
Virginia teachers.
South
Asian Studies Video Lending Library
Over 100 videocassettes in the Center's lending library are available
to educators in the Southeastern United States free of charge. To view
video catalogue, go to http://www.virginia.edu/soasia/videos/videohome.html
Southwest
Virginia Public Education Consortium
A partnership of 16 school divisions and 9 higher education insitutions,
the Consortium provides extensive professional development.
Space
Science for Teachers
An intensive 2 week workshop for Virginia teachers who need to develop
new knowledge and skills that will help address the Virginia Standards
of Learning related to space science and astronomy.
Spanish
Summer Institute
Cuban-American Literature and Culture. Professor Gustavo Pell—n will
offer an institute on Cuban-American literature/culture, including works
by Cristina Garc’a, films such as "Azœcar amarga" and music
by Gloria Estefan.
Standards
of Learning Program for Virginia Teachers and Schools
The School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers courses
that help teachers and school systems respond to the challenge of Virginia's
Standards of Learning.
Summer
Teacher-Scholar Fellowships
Each year, the Center for the Liberal Arts makes available twelve
$1,000 summer teacher-scholar fellowships for Virginia's K-12 educators
to advance their knowledge of their teaching fields or undertake a scholarly
project.
Teacher
Workshops
The Center for the Liberal Arts sponsors annual Saturday teacher
workshops in different content areas.
Teacher
Workshops in Fine Arts
The University of Virginia Art Museum offers interdisciplinary, curriculum-related
workshops based on museum collections to teachers.
Technology
Resource Center
The Technology Resource Center offers evaluations of students with
special computer needs, training for parents, school personnel, staff
and University students, and computer enrichment classes for elementary
and middle school children.
TEMPO
Reading Outreach
Graduate-level, professional development courses and part-time Master's
degree programs in reading are available to Virginia educators.
Valley
of the Shadow Teaching Materials
The Valley of the Shadow project offers on-line lesson plans, paper
topics and other civil war teaching materials to high school teachers.
Virginia
Cultural Enrichment Grants
Grants provide for exhibits, lectures, forums and public discussions,
publications, research, teachers' institutes, oral history projects, and
other projects. All aim to increase public understanding and enrich the
cultural life of the Commonwealth.
For
Teachers and their students and families:
College
Admissions Workshops
The UVa admissions office offers free college essay writing
and financial aid information workshops to under-represented high school
students and their parents.
English
as a Second Language Teacher Training Opportunities
The University of Virginia offers courses for individuals including pre-
and in-service K-12 teachers and non-UVa students interested in preparing
to teach ESL/EFL.
McGuffey
Reading Center
McGuffey Reading Center is the oldest organization of its kind in
the United States and offers diagnostic and remedial services in reading,
writing, and spelling.
Motheread
and Fatheread of the VFH
Motheread and Fatheread is a statewide literacy program using children's
literature as texts and motivation to improve parenting and literacy skills,
increase family communication, and address challenging family issues.
Mousetrap
Car Design Competition
An annual SECME (Science, Engineering, Communication, Mathematics
Enrichment) Program, the Mousetrap Car Design competition is held each
spring to challenge middle and high school students.
Music
and Mind
High School students can participate in "Music and Mind,"
a project designed to enhance their curriculum by combining the study
of music and performance with academic courses.
Netfrog: The Interactive
Frog Dissection Tutorial
Award-winning, on-line tutorial designed as a preparation or substitution
for laboratory dissection in high school biology classrooms.
Outreach
Education Programs in Natural History
Invite
a natural history resource teacher to your classroom, library, senior
center, etc. to bring museum specimens to your students (or audience)
for hands-on instruction.
Parent Volunteer Workshops
This program trains parent volunteers to present visual learning
lessons in local classrooms using sets of art prints from their schools.
Robotics Education Advanced
Learning Outreach Program REAL OP
REAL OP is designed to bring robotics education into Virginia classrooms
through various outreach activities. Programs include summer camps, student
workshops, teacher workshops, internships, classroom visits, and tours
of the center.
Science
Fair Mentoring Program
The Science Fair Mentoring Program provides guidance to students
ages 6 through 17 who want to complete a top-notch science fair project.
Symphony
Preludes
Faculty, who are professional musicians and principal players in
the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra, as well as other
members of the orchestra, conduct programs tailored to fit the needs and
resources of participating schools.
Tutoring
in Science, Math and Pre-engineering
The Office of Minority Programs provides tutoring for the local high
schools in science, math and pre-engineering classes.
Tutoring
Programs for Children and Adults
UVa student volunteers work with children and young adults in Charlottesville
and Albemarle County Public Schools to assist them in improving their
academic work.
Wachovia-UVA
Discovery Room
Charlottesville Branch houses a discovery room filled with natural
history specimens and artifacts that welcome children ages 3-93 to touch,
turn, explore and examine. Open Mon - Thu, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free admission.
Call to reconfirm hours: 982-4605.
For
Students:
Boosters
Program
The Boosters Program provides volunteers for children from four-years
old through sixth grade who need assistance with specific skills in a
school setting.
Early
Visions
Early Visions is an educational series in which at-risk high school
students are mentored by student docents of the University of Virginia
Art Museum through weekly tours and art projects.
High
School Student Leadership Conferences
Annual student leadership conferences are sponsored by the Virginia
School-University Partnership in the Curry School of Education.
Homework
Helpline
Volunteer tutors from the School of Engineering are available to
answer middle & high school homework questions Sunday-Thursday evenings
from 7-10pm. Phones are staffed each school night (except University recesses
and exam periods). Call (434)466-8706.
Saturday
Enrichment Program
For inquisitive and highly capable students in K-5, this program
offers academic study in the sciences, math, arts, humanities, and the
social sciences for five consecutive Saturdays in February and March.
Summer
Arts Camp
A 3 session, six-week camp is a hands-on arts program designed to
provide an alternative learning environment for middle- and high-school
students in the Charlotesville-Albemarle area.
Summer
Enrichment Program
SEP offers a two-week, residential summer program for students in
grades 4-10. The program's goal is to extend a student's capabilities
in problem-solving, critical inquiry and creativity through a critical
examination of content-rich information.
Summer
Institutes for School Teachers
The Center for the Liberal Arts offers two and three
week content-based summer institutes for K-12 school teachers.
Online
Resources available to the public:
For
a complete listing of UVa's online resources, visit www.virginia.edu/outreachvirginia
Art
Collection OnLine
Images of art objects from the University of Virginia Art Museum's
collections are included in a searchable online database.
The
Salisbury Project
This photographic and textual archive describes the history of the
medieval cathedral and town of Salisbury, England and is an excellent
resource for teachers, students, and scholars.
Virtual
Art Exhibitions
Explore the world through a host of virtual art exhibitions that
showcase European, Japanese, African and Native American art. Tour 3-D
galleries of American contemporary and folk art.
Virtual
Jamestown in the Classroom
Virtual Jamestown offers a variety of on-line teaching materials
to assist teachers with using the digital history materials in their classrooms.
How
Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life
This searchable website encourages everyone to learn about the physics
and science of the world around them. Visitors are able to email questions
to UVa Professor Lou Bloomfield who posts explanations on the site.
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