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- May 5-1, 2008
- Wellston City Schools KnowHow2GoOhio Kickoff Event
Wellston City Schools kickoff event for the KnowHow2GoOhio Rural Pilot Project in Jackson County. Separate kickoff events are being held in each of Jackson County’s three school districts.
Kickoff event time: TBA
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- May 7-, 2008
- Preparing Our Students for Post Secondary Success
- May 7, 2008, 6-9 PM, Community Room, Washington State Community College
The OACHE and WSCC will host Charles Ramos of ACT to present an evening workshop entitled: Preparing Our Students for Post Secondary Success. Mr. Ramos will discuss the results of the ACT National Curriculum Survey and as well as the college readiness of the class of 2007 in Ohio.
The purpose of the National Curriculum Survey is to “define the gap between what middle and high school teachers are currently teaching and what college instructors believe is important for entering students to know.” Mr. Ramos’s presentation will focus on the results of the NCS and provide action steps to tackle problem areas of the high school curriculum. The second half of Mr. Ramos’s presentation will provide information about the performance of Ohio 2007 graduating seniors who took the ACT as sophomores, juniors, or seniors. Topic areas will include: academic achievement, measuring college readiness and early indicators of college readiness.
According to their website: “ACT is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides more than a hundred assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of education and workforce development.”
This presentation is free and open to any interested area educators and educational professionals. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, or to pre-register for this event, please contact Amy Dennis at adennis@wscc.edu or 740-374-8716.
Please contact Amy Dennis at 740.374.8716 or via email for more information.
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- May 16-18, 2008
- Rural Education Working Group 2008 Annual Meeting
At this meeting you’ll learn how rural communities are inventing their own education solutions, how public policy affects rural education nationally and at the state level, and how place-based learning helps students contribute to community development while maintaining rigorous academic standards. You’ll meet people who are struggling to overcome public policies and negative attitudes that harm their schools and their children, people who are creating new responses to difficult challenges, people, who, like you, want to make a difference.
The cost for this event is $290 and covers six meals, double occupancy room, materials, and use of conference facilities. If you come as a team of three to six people, the cost drops to $275 per person, but everyone on the team must sign up at the same time. Single rooms cost an additional $55.00 per night. Transportation is on your own. We have very limited funds for scholarships.
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- May 21, 2008
- SCIENCE EXPLOSION! -- Interactive Science Day
Shawnee State University’s BEAR CUBS program is hosting a day of interactive science fun for 7th grade students.
Students will participate in many science experiments, learn how science is involved in their everyday lives and discover what it takes to work in a science-related career.
Activities will be provided by MAEA Interactive Science Programs. All of MAEA’s programs are designed to meet or exceed educational standards stated in the National Science Education Standards Manual from the National Research Council.
Contact Program Director Lois Rase at 740.351.3543 or lrase@shawnee.edu
SCIENCE EXPLOSION! Science Dayis sponsored in part by the Shawnee State University Development Foundation, Tech Prep and OACHE.
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- May 27-28, 2008
- Grant Writing Workshop
- The Ohio Department of Development and the Governor’s Office of Appalachia, in partnership with Ohio’s three Local Development Districts and The Appalachian Regional Commission, invite you to participate in a two-day Grant Writing Workshop that will provide a comprehensive overview of grant writing.
The workshop is dedicated to enhancing your skills for writing compelling proposals that will augment your organization’s activities through increased funding.
This hands-on grant writing workshop is for those who are unfamiliar with grant writing, or desire to enhance current skills. Participants who are currently in the process of writing a grant application are encouraged to bring proposals to the workshop. Individuals will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with the facilitator to review and discuss proposal
Individuals and organizations serving Ohio’s Appalachian region are encouraged to take advantage of this workshop, particularly those in the Appalachian Regional Commissiondesignated distressed counties (Athens, Meigs, Pike, and Vinton Counties).
For more information, contact Wanda Hairston, Governor’s Office of Appalachia, at 614-644-9228 or whairston@odod.state.oh.us. Early registration has been extended to Friday, March 28, 2008. Please download the brochure and application: GrantWritingWorkshopBrochure.pdf
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- May 29-30, 2008
- Grant Writing Workshop
- The Ohio Department of Development and the Governor’s Office of Appalachia, in partnership with Ohio’s three Local Development Districts and The Appalachian Regional Commission, invite you to participate in a two-day Grant Writing Workshop that will provide a comprehensive overview of grant writing.
The workshop is dedicated to enhancing your skills for writing compelling proposals that will augment your organization’s activities through increased funding.
This hands-on grant writing workshop is for those who are unfamiliar with grant writing, or desire to enhance current skills. Participants who are currently in the process of writing a grant application are encouraged to bring proposals to the workshop. Individuals will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with the facilitator to review and discuss proposal
Individuals and organizations serving Ohio’s Appalachian region are encouraged to take advantage of this workshop, particularly those in the Appalachian Regional Commissiondesignated distressed counties (Athens, Meigs, Pike, and Vinton Counties).
For more information, contact Wanda Hairston, Governor’s Office of Appalachia, at 614-644-9228 or whairston@odod.state.oh.us. Early registration has been extended to Friday, March 28, 2008. Please download the brochure and application: GrantWritingWorkshopBrochure.pdf