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Curriculum Information Curriculum Coordinators Summer PD Opportunities ARTS Arts Immersion Teacher Institutes, open to all MA teachers ELA & READING Project Read/Language Circle Trainings in Maynard, MA - 3 days, August, September and November MATH Elementary Teachers' Course in Division & Fractions NEW TEACHERS Great Beginnings: 2-day training for new teachers who are starting in the Fall of 2008, 8/12 & 8/13, Westfield State College SCIENCE MITS Summer Institute, July 7-18 2-Day Summer Biology Workshop for Teachers at MIT, July 22 & 24 STEM Pipeline Network opportunities for teachers FREE! Standards-Based, Engaging Biology Learning, 7/7-10, 14-17 (Lawrence) OR 7/21-24, 28-31 (Fall River) Science, Technology & Engineering: 2 ESE Trainings, here in Pittsfield, 8/4-8 Upper Housatonic River Valley Experience, July 7-11 … for middle and high school teachers MITS: Headline Science, for K-8 teachers Engineering for Classroom Teachers, July 21-25, for middle school science teachers IPY STEM Polar Connections, July 14-18, UMASS, Amherst - for middle and high school STEM teachers UMASS Nanotechnology Summer Institute for middle and high school math, science and tech teachers SOCIAL STUDIES & HISTORY Teaching American History @ Westefield State, July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 Application, Teaching American History program National Archives & Records Administration—Primarily Teaching: Using Historical Documents in the Classroom, July 28-August 1, Waltham, MA National Archives Registration Form BERKSHIRE MUSEUM Berkshire Museum page for educators THE CONNECTING LINK The Connecting Link—offering classes in Word, PowerPoint & Desktop Publishing at W. Springfield High. For Business & Tech teachers. Enroll early to save money. WESTFIELD PD Elementary Teachers' Class in Division & Fractions Westfield New Teacher Workshops … plus math, science, technology & engineering, mentoring and history Summer PD Westfield State College Summer PD opportunities MCLA OFFERINGS Varied listing

Howard J. Eberwein, Ed. D. Superintendent of Schools Chair, PD Committee Email jeberwein@pittsfield.net

Beth Narvaez Principal, Reid Middle School Co-Chair, PD Committee Email bnarvaez@pittsfield.net

PD Committee Members Anne Beauregard Stacia Bissell Rosemarie Blake Leslie Blake-Davis David Boyce Ann Marie Carpenter Marcia Cassavant Joseph Curtis Katherine Darlington Jake Eberwein Scott Eldridge Elly Fernands Deborah Hoechstetter Alice Jenkins Henry Kaiser Kay Latham Mark Lausier Barbara Malkas Doug McNally Beth Narvaez Kristen Pearson Dawn Quinlan Pat Rech Michele Rousseau Judy Rush Karen Shields Lee Steele Kevin Tobin