BioTrek PD for North Country educators this summer
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BioTrek is a challenging, student-led, project-based learning program that introduces the science of regenerative medicine and related advanced technologies to inform students about biofabrication and tissue engineering. Students work in teams to:
- research a medical problem plagued by limited treatments and poor outcomes;
- discuss, debate and conceptualize a better tissue-engineered medical product;
- propose a business model with financial and manufacturing accountability;
- defend their process, product, and business model to a panel of judges in a culminating presentation!
BioTrek is presented within your existing biology curriculum or as an Extended Learning Opportunity, during or after the school day. You and your students will use BioFab Explorer to learn about traditional college pathways toward a career in this growing industry, as well as the training and apprenticeship programs currently in development in Manchester, NH. The NGSS aligned curriculum includes:
- teacher guides,
- student workbooks,
- website access,
- ARMI instructional support.
BioTrek is free to schools with teachers who successfully complete the training session.
Teacher Benefits:
- $500.00 stipend and lunch will be included
- Collaboration with ARMI instructors
- Full curriculum and UDL enhanced lessons
- Certificate for 20 CEUs
Dates: Monday, August 7 to Thursday August 10, 2023
Time: 9:00am- 3:00pm
Cost: Free, breakfast refreshments and lunch provided
Where: NCES, 300 Gorham Hill Road, Gorham, NH 03581
Register: Please contact cjohnson@armiusa.org
More information
The Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) is a member-based, nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the bioeconomy of the United States. The institute’s work will positively impact not only manufacturing but also healthcare and education & workforce development for the nation.
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Purposeful Play Book Group Study
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Shelli Roberts and Annalisa Blake will work together to facilitate two sessions of four meetings each. The first session is in July to August at 9:00 am, and the second is in October to November starting at 6:00 pm. The meetings will be online.
The book, Purposeful Play: A Teacher’s Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day, is very readable at approximately 150 pages. It has three sections, and the first three of the meetings in each session will cover a section. Then the 4th meeting will pull it all together. The book will be sent to you in time to read section one before the first meeting.
Questions should be directed to Andrea Muller, Coos Coalition for Young Children & Families SEL Strategy Manager, at mullerac22@gmail.com.
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Chess in Education ~ Granite Gambit
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 Granite Gambit is statewide program in New Hampshire supports training for teacher-driven chess initiatives that connect chess with core academic content, helping to build student engagement. NHDOE is funding the program throughout the upcoming school year.
There are multiple ways to integrate a chess program. Each school decides what kind of chess program works best for their students. Options include using chess and chess-related activities during the day to teach curriculum standards, before- or after-school chess clubs, summer chess camps, or some combination of these programs. CIE provides teachers with the training to plan and implement programs for their schools.
CIE provides a 4-day Chess in Education Instructor – Level 1 Certification Training for teachers. Teachers who complete Level 1 training have the option of taking the 2-day CIE Instructor Training – Level 2 Certification course.
Participants receive:
- 12 mats and sets for their school
- Demonstration Board
- Teacher training manual
- Keychains, magnetic chess boards
- 50 Chesskid licenses (Chesskid is a computer based Chess program that
can be used as a teaching tool, online tournament or simply playing chess vs. computer.)
A North Country training is anticipated to held in the North Country in August or September. Please contact Paul Roberts, Chess in Education NE Event Organizer, at paulroberts@chessineducation.us to be notified with the details once they have been confirmed.
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NH Energy Education Project Summer Institute
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 Registration is now open for Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP)/New Hampshire Energy Education Project (NHEEP) Summer Institute.
The 2023 Summer Institute encourages teachers to use play, wonder, and hope as catalysts for inspiring students to make change, and to find joy in taking action.
The institute will model empowering, interdisciplinary, student-driven instructional practices to connect students to energy and climate topics and to help them find meaningful and authentic ways to be part of evidence-based solutions in their communities.
Learn more
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Invitation to join the White Mountains Connected Learning Ecosystem
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Mount Washington Observatory (MWOBS) and Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) educators, in partnership with The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) (and with funding from NASA), are developing a Connected Learning Ecosystem (CLE) across the White Mountain and North Country Region of New Hampshire. CLEs are a space for communities of educators and learning facilitators to share resources to support climate and data literacy for students.
CLE members will collaborate to enhance their own understanding of climate, data, and a range of STEM skills and knowledge that kids need. This community will work together to engage youth all over northern New Hampshire in place-based, locally relevant investigations of ecosystems and climate change, connecting formal and informal learning spaces. Educators across all these spaces have so much to share with one another in support of their own professional learning and the learning of local youth. All the project partners are excited to help forge new connections.
- Monthly meeting (virtual), networking and in-person meet-up planning starting Tuesday June 27 (Tues), 3:30-4:30pm
- In-person meet-up and professional development on Mount Washington, July 31-August 1 or August 3-4 (Thurs-Fri)
- Tailored STEM professional learning opportunities focusing on skills and resources related to climate change and data literacy
- Opportunities to work together and with the project team to co-design new locally relevant data-focused learning experiences for youth that leverage the unique and exciting opportunities offered by a variety of learning contexts
Membership Includes:
- Participation stipend
- Reimbursement for mileage to in-person events
- Connections with regional and statewide communities of peers working together to enhance STEM learning for New Hampshire Youth
- Connections with supportive and engaged project team that includes staff from institutions from Maine to California
Express interest in being part of a CLE through this form.
Questions should be directed to Brian Fitzgerald at bfitzgerald@mountwashington.org.
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Para II Licensure through Portfolio Assessment
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Are you or someone you know looking to get a Paraprofessional II licensure? NHTI is offering an 8-week online portfolio course (July 3 – August 26) and (October 23-December 16), which is structured to individualize your needs while providing support to meet state requirements. For more information, contact Cynthia Lucero at clucero@ccsnh.edu or register here.
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Learning through Play: Creating Opportunities for Deeply Connected and Meaningful Experiences
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Are you interested in creating successful play-based learning experiences for your students? Discover the what, why, and how of play-based learning in NH at the UNH Early Childhood Education Coaching Initiative FREE introductory workshop on two dates. They will dive into the essential elements of guided play and explore the endless possibilities open-ended experiences offer children.
Want to dive deeper? Join them for a second workshop in August, where they will explore the implementation of guided play practices. They will take things to the next level and focus on connecting play to content, making learning visible, and developing 21st century skills through play-based learning. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to enhance your teaching skills!
Participants will:
- develop a deeper understanding of play-based learning, specifically guided-play
- learn about the teacher as facilitator taking on roles of intentional planner, guide and co-constructor of learning within meaningful play-based experiences
- experience and engage with open-ended materials and collaborate with colleagues about the opportunities they afford to students
- learn how to facilitate meaningful play-based learning experiences within classrooms
- become familiar with strategies for documenting and making children’s learning through play visible
- hear from teachers who are creating time, space and opportunity for authentic and meaningful learning
Introductory workshop option one registration on June 28
Introductory workshop option two registration on July 19
Second workshop registration on August 8
Location: Concord
Questions about this training should be directed to: Karen DuBois-Garofalo, Project Director
UNH Human Development & Family Studies, karen.dubois-garofalo@unh.edu| (603) 862-2835.
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NH Civics Summer Professional Development
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Integration of Civics in Elementary Grades
Integration of Civics in Elementary Grades professional development is for K-5 educators and administrators. Attendees will be provided with valuable resources that will help them to easily incorporate civics in elementary grades.
Date & Time: August 15 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: St. Anselm College Institute of Politics, Manchester, NH
Presenters: Laura Brenner, Discovering Justice & Erin Moore, education consultant
Cost: Free, light lunch provided
Register: Online
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Civics Resources for Secondary Education (Virtual)
For grade 6-12 educators and administrators. Participants will be provided with resources and pedagogy for secondary civics.
Date and Time: Wednesday, August 16 from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Presenters: Amanda Maguire, Partner Site Director for Mikva Challenge’s Project Soapbox, and Jeff Urbin, Education Specialist at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.
Cost: Free
Register: Online
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Group Consults
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For any counselor who participated in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy training with Ryan Aqualina, LCMHC, that was offered through NCES this year or last year, Ryan is offering free group consults on the second Friday of every month from 9:00-10:00 AM. Contact NCES for the Zoom link.
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Publishing Opportunity for Teens
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Under the Madness Magazine, a magazine for teen writers-by teen writers, is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for its first issue. The magazine's editorial board is composed of students largely from the North Country, working under the mentorship of the New Hampshire Poet Laureate. Under the Madness Magazine publishes writers, ages 13-19, from around the globe.
Under the Madness is made possible with the generous support of the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The magazine began as an off-shoot of the North Country Young Writers’ Festival.
Learn more about submitting teen work
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Scholarship Opportunities
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The NH Charitable Foundation is now accepting applications for the Student Aid program. In order to qualify, a student just needs to live in NH and be pursuing some sort of post-secondary education. There is a single online application; in completing just one application a student is considered for all of the NHCF funds for which they are eligible.
Non-dependent bachelor’s candidates, associate degree candidates, certificate candidates, students in an apprenticeship or licensing program, etc. can apply on a rolling deadline through December 15 at 5:00 pm ET.
Each year, the NHCF awards more than $7 million in scholarships to help New Hampshire students with the fewest resources and most promise realize their educational goals, whether it’s a two- or four-year college degree, certificate, or professional license.
Apply online at www.nhcf.org/scholarships
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- School Psychologist (1 day/week) in Monroe, NH with some remote
- Speech Language Pathologist (part-time) in Lancaster, NH
Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Please submit a cover letter detailing your interest, current resume, and three (3) current letters of reference to nces@ncedservices.org with the subject line “Application” or mail materials to: Dr. Lori Langlois, Executive Director, 300 Gorham Hill Road, Gorham, NH 03581.
2024 Eclipse Resources
On April 8, 2024, northern Coos will experience a total solar eclipse. Thanks to the support of the Henry and Helen Cormier Fund for Berlin, Jessie B. Cox Fund for Education, and the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund, NCES, in partnership with WMSI, will provide all students and staff in SAUs 3, 7, 9, 20, 23, 35, 36, 58, 68, 77 & 84 with ISO certified eclipse glasses to safely view the eclipse.
General eclipse information
K-12 Education Resources
Watch this newsletter for announcements on school and/or community workshops about preparing for and viewing the eclipse.
Note: A partial solar eclipse will also occur on Saturday, October 14, 2023.
- Math instruction and tutoring
- Computer and digital literacy
- English Speakers of Other Languages
- Online assessments for HiSet preparation
Call 603-752-1927 or email info@coosae.org for more information.
A part of the NH Farm to School network, the mission of the Androscoggin Valley Farm to School program is to engage youth and community in promoting, utilizing, and expanding the use of local produce in order to create a healthy well-connected Androscoggin Valley community.
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Employment Opportunities in North Country Schools
Find education-related employment opportunities at teachnorth.org.
Kinship Caregiver Resources
Step Up Parents provides financial assistance to kinship caregivers in New Hampshire who are raising the children of parents with substance use disorder.
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SmallActs North
The #SmallActs campaign is about neighbors helping neighbors and building communities where #SmallActs are a way of life.
Join in! Do something unexpected and kind for someone. Spread the word. Bring SmallActs to your classroom.
Learn more
North Country Partnership for SEL Practices
View this short video to learn more about NCP4SEL. Follow NCP4SEL on Facebook for more tips, resources, and announcements.
Support the mission of NCES
Your tax deductible donation will support NCES' mission. NCES collaborates with public schools and community partners to support excellent and equitable educational opportunities throughout the North Country.
NCES seeks exceptional educational experiences and realized potential for all students.
NCES believes that thriving schools are at the heart of vibrant communities!
The core values of NCES:
Contact Information
North Country Education Services
300 Gorham Hill Road
Gorham, NH 03581
ncedservices.org
603-466-5437
nces@ncedservices.org
NCES is an equal opportunity employer and provider.
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