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Take advantage of these Professional Development & Other Opportunities 1. Upcoming WEA Conferences/Trainings: a. ReBeL (Research, Bargaining, and Lobbying) Conference, Sunday & Monday, January 27-28, in Cheyenne. This is a great opportunity to learn more information that can help in talking with legislators, as well as working on bargaining or conferring back in your local district. Contact Julie Schwindt at jschwindt@nea.org or at 1-800-442-2395 ext. 103, or Ken Decaria at kdecaria@nea.org or at ext. 106. b. Summer Synergy—Friday-Sunday, June 14-16, 2013, Thermopolis. Mark your calendar now for this great learning opportunity. More details will be announced at a later date. c. Wide variety of trainings—WEA offers trainings and professional development for members, most of which can be done at your locale or on a regional basis. Contact your region's UniServ Director or WEA Professional Issues Director Kathy Scheurman (kscheurman@nea.org). 2. PTSB credits for nearly 90 online courses through the NEA Academy; also offered are Bachelor's & Master's degree programs. Scholarships and discounts for WEA members. Browse the offerings at www.neaacademy.org. Contact Kathy Scheurman at WEA for more info.: kscheurman@nea.org. 3. Spring 2013, "Laboratory Earth: Human Dimensions of Climate Change", a new fully-online, graduatelevel course in the Lab Earth series at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The course is geared toward K-12 science educators and extension educators who have need of addressing climate change among broad, public audiences. Participants will receive transferable graduate credit from the University of NebraskaLincoln. Tuition rates will vary in accordance with residency. Register at: http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/prospective/steps#nondegree. 4. Special Education and Regular Education staff (math and reading teachers): 2013 Special Education Conference, Shoreline Conference Center (North Seattle), March 6-8, 2013. This 3-day conference offers 15 full-day, in-depth courses (19.5 contact hours) to choose from, taught by internationally renowned presenters. Visit the conference website at www.rehabseminars.org. 5. Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge invites teams of students and their adult advisors to tackle local (K-5), regional (6-8), and global (9-12) environmental problems or issues and ind replicable green solutions. The deadline is March 5, 2013. http://www.wecanchange.com/ 6. The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, is accepting applications from nonproit organizations to conduct month-long, community-wide reads between September 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. The deadline for all applications is February 5, 2013. http://neabigread.org/guidelines.php. 7. The Region VIII Equity Assistance Center in Denver can, upon request, offer technical assistance, professional development and training to K-12 schools, school districts, school boards, Tribal Education Agencies, charter schools and vocational schools in areas relating to race, gender, national origin, second language acquisition, Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) and bullying. http://www.mscd.edu/eac/ 8. AdvancED Spring School Improvement Conference: Join AdvancED in Casper for the Spring School Improvement Conference on March 4-5, 2013, at the Parkway Plaza. More information will soon be available. WINTER 2012 Winter 2012.indd 23 | wyoea.org 23 12/14/12 3:24 PM