Summer of 2003 --
Teacher Research Experience Calendar 2003 - 2004

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Activity Deadline/Date
Application form completed and submitted. Applications will be accepted until April 5, 2003. After that date, applications will be accepted on a "waiting list" basis. The absolute deadline is May 12, 2003. Eligible applicants will be selected for interview on April 19, 2003. Eligibility of applicants will be determined upon receipt of the application form.
Teacher/Mentor Interviews - On SWT Campus. Selected applicants must attend this meeting to choose (and be chosen by) their summer mentor. Saturday, April 5, 2003. Orientation and Interviews in room 112 in the Science Building. Click here for a MAPQuest map showing the location of the Science Building. You can zoom in and out for details. If the Mapquest link has expired, use the following information to request a new map: Vista St At N Comanche St; San Marcos, TX; 78666.
Selection process completed. May 12, 2003
Resident Participants move on campus Tuesday, June 3, 2003
First Weekly Meeting. Weekly meetings are scheduled. A combination calendar and check list of teacher requirements will be provided, and will provide the basis of subsequent payments of stipend and transfer funds. A pre-test will be administered. First stipend check available. Wednesday June 4, 2003, 9:30 a.m. SWT campus, Science Building. Room 435.
The Research Experience Wendesday, June 4 through Wednesday, July 30.
Gifted and Talented Certification Workshops
TAGT Nature and Needs training, session I
TAGT Nature and Needs training, session II
TAGT Identification and Assessment
TBA
Mid-term social. Second stipend check available. June 27, 6 - 9 p.m., Dr. Koke's House, 835 West Hopkins, San Marcos, TX 78666
Gifted and Talented Certification Workshops
TAGT Social and Emotional Needs, session I
TAGT Social and Emotional Needs, session II
TAGT Differentiating the Curriculum
TAGT Strategies for Differentiating the Curriculum, session I
TAGT Strategies for Differentiating the Curriculum, session II
TBA
Last weekly meeting. Post-test, program evaluation by teachers. Monday, July 28
Closing Ceremony. Poster Session

Teachers get -

  • third stipend check
  • transfer funds
  • completion certificates
  • Continuing Education certificates (if requested)
  • TAGT certificates (if participant in above TAGT workshops)

Wednesday, July 30