Hello from Smith College in Western Massachusetts!!
I am sending you some information about a great summer
opportunity for educators this July at Smith College. I would
appreciate it if you could disseminate this information as broadly
as possible. If you have any questions, please let me know. The
brochure will be ready the middle of March and I will be pleased to
send you copies as long as I have your address.
Thanks very much!
Casey Clark
SMITH COLLEGE SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR
EDUCATORS:
Resources and effective strategies for encouraging
and empowering girls
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
July 15-18, 1999
Smith College announces a new three-day Summer Institute for
educators created for a variety of participants such as:
- two-person teams-including a math or science teacher and a
health educator, guidance counselor or administrator-from middle
schools or junior or senior high schools
- group leaders, youth counselors, social workers, school-based
counselors and others from community-based programs and
agencies that serve girls.
The Summer Institute features an interactive workshop on current
research on gender equity and adolescent girls' health. The
institute helps educators foster the healthy and successful
development of girls, both in and outside the classroom. It will
explore the most critical issues in girls' lives today and offer
effective strategies for helping girls negotiate the many challenges
they face.
The Summer Institute will combine two successful Smith summer
programs. The first of them, the Current Students/Future
Scientists and Engineers Program, has for more than 15 years
provided math and science teachers and guidance counselors
nationwide with effective strategies for combating gender-bias in
classrooms and schools. The second, "Our Health, Our Futures:
A project By and For Adolescent Girls," has since1997 brought
together high school girls, undergraduates, and professionals in
medicine, education and social service to research and write Our
Health, Our Futures, a resource manual that provides a
comprehensive view of girls' lives today. These two innovative
programs provide the broad foundation for the new summer
institute.
PROGRAM INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
The fee for registration is $25 per person. Room and board on the
Smith campus are provided at no cost to participants. Resource
materials will be provided.
During the summer institute, participants will develop an outline
of strategies to be implemented during the following school year.
School teams may receive up to 45 Professional Development
Points as pre- approved by Five Colleges Inc. in Amherst,
Massachusetts. All participants will be invited to a follow-up
session held at Smith College one weekday in the spring of 2000.
Some highlights include:
David Sadker, professor of education, American
University, Washington, DC and co-author of "Failing at
Fairness:How America's Schools Cheat Girls"
Michael Resnick, PH.D., professor of pediatrics and
adolescent medicine, University of Minnesota, and director,
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research Center
STAR theatre, nationally acclaimed peer theatre education
project
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Space in the 1999 Smith College Summer Institute for Educators is
limited. Brochures will be available in mid March.
For more information, contact:
Casey Clark
Clark Science Center
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
Telephone: 413-585-3804
E-mail: cclark@science.smith.edu
or
Gail Scordilis
Clark Science Center
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
Telephone: 413-585-3879
E-mail: gscordilis@smith.edu
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