Teacher Resources - Professional Development Opportunities
ETEC http://etec.ucdavis.edu
The Edward Teller Education Center, ETEC, is a University of California
collaborative. Its mission is to enhance the quality of K-14 education
in science and technology by providing professional development
programs for teachers and enrichment programs for students. Specifically,
these opportunities are targeted to align and support the California
subject matter standards and the teacher's needs as identified
by teachers, school districts, and county offices of education.
The service area for ETEC is the San Joaquin Valley and the LivermoreTri-Valley
area.
Biotech - Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 are FREE click on
website above for more info
Sponsored by Edward Teller Education Center
Contact ETEC at (925) 422-1314 or visit website above for more
information
Registration: required
SCCBEP
http://www.science.sjsu.edu//SCCBEP
The Santa Clara County Biotechnology Partnership's mission is
to improve education for high school science students by providing
access to exciting hands-on biotechnology curriculum, and supporting
laboratory equipment. SCCBEP offers a weeklong teacher training
every August, and loans mobile labs to teachers who have completed
thier training programs. For more information about SCCBEP programs
or to reserve a moble lab, please visit their website located
above or contact Katy Korsmyer
San Joaquin Bioechnology Education
Consortium http://www.edserv.sjcoe.net/biotech
The San Joaquin Biotechnology Consortium was formed by the San
Joaquin County Office of Education and area high schools to provide
9-12 teachers with professional development and the curriculum
and resources needed to make students aware of the impact and
complexity of biotechnology.
BAYBEC
http://www.babec.org
The Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium (BABEC) is a regional
network of local education partnerships based in the San Francisco
Bay Area. BABEC is dedicated to increasing student understanding
of key concepts in molecular biology, and raising student awareness
of applications of the derived biotechnology.
Bio-Link
http://www.bio-link.org
Excellent site for the nation-wide community college biotechnology
effort with the National Science Foundation Advanced Technology
Education Center grant. Useful for any community college, technical
college, high school, or university persons interested in the practical
implementation of biotechnology courses. Sign up for the listserve.
Access Excellence http://www.accessexcellence.org
A national educational program that provides health, biology and
life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists,
and critical sources of new scientific information via the World
Wide Web. An excellent source for health and bioscience teachers
and learners. Has a career center.
San Joaquin Biotechnology Center
Gavilan College
5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Gilroy, CA 95020
408.848.4828
