which edition? I may have 1 or 2 that I won't even need back. ________________________________ From: neact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [neact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandra Pratt [SPratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 9:34 AM To: neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [neact] Re: CheCom books! Hi all, We are in a position of needing about 20 chemcom books for next semester and we have no budget (of course). Would anyone have chemcom books that they would not be using second semester that we could borrow? Sandy Pratt Woodstock Academy Life is chemistry! ________________________________ From: neact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [neact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kenneth Brody [kwbrody@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:11 PM To: mast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [neact] Fwd: Teachers, Apply for the Yale-Lynn Hall Teacher Action Research Prize! Teachers, Apply for the Yale-Lynn Hall Teacher Action Research Prize! – Submissions due February 1st Go to http://community.som.yale.edu/education/prize.php for more information The Contest The Yale School of Management Education Club is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Yale-Lynn Hall Teacher Action Research Prize in 2011. Tell us about how you try to better reach and engage your students. What change did you make? How do you know it worked? Interventions can be over a few weeks or a unit; they need not be a long or formal experiment. The Prize Win $1000 plus the opportunity to be a featured panelist at the Yale Education Leadership Conference. The winner will receive complimentary conference registration, a travel stipend, and VIP seating with other education reformer panelists. What is Teacher Action Research? Action research is a method of teacher professional development that empowers teachers to solve problems and improve their practice. The goal is that teachers are continually assessing their work and striving to improve it. Teacher action research challenges teachers to systematically collect meaningful data and use it to evaluate and better their teaching practice. In sum, in teacher action research, teachers. Why Teacher Action Research? Teacher action research challenges teachers to systematically collect meaningful data and use it to evaluate and better their teaching practice, as well as share their findings to achieve broader education reform. Involving teachers in research engages teachers as experts in their own classrooms and gives them voice as education reformers. It empowers teachers to adapt their practice to evolving classrooms, continually develop as professionals, and define what data matters in their classrooms. Currently, few opportunities for teachers to publish their research exist. missions & Guidelines We are excited to accept research submissions for consideration for this prize, which will be awarded at the Yale Education Leadership Conference on March 25, 2011 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, Connecticut. Any current Pre-kindergarten to 12th grade teacher or team of teachers is eligible to apply for the Yale-Lynn Hall Teacher Action Research Prize. Full-time after-school educators are also invited to submit action research. To submit research, please e-mail paper or slides (in .pdf format) to: YaleTeacherActionResearchPrize@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:YaleTeacherActionResearchPrize@xxxxxxxxx?subject=YLHTARP>e · February 1, 2011: RESEARCH SUBMISSIONS DUE · February 2-14: First-round evaluation · February 15-28: Final found evaluation · March 1: Inform winners. · March 25, 2011: 1st prize winner will give summary of research at Education Leadership Conference ; Publish winning research on Conference website and disseminate to conference attendees and The prize will also be awarded for the 2012 Yale Education Leadership Conference, so get started now on research to submit this year or next! THIS NOTICE IS DISTRIBUTED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. R.I Department of Education does not have any affiliation or responsibility to promote this information. Peter J. McLaren Science-Technology Specialist Office of Instruction, Assessment, and Curriculum Rhode Island Department of Education 255 Westminster Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903 (Office) 401-222-8454 (Fax) 401-222-3605 peter.mclaren@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:peter.mclaren@xxxxxxxxxxx> To UNSUBSCRIBE from NESTD-L send a message to: LISTSERV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:LISTSERV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and, in the text of your message (leave the subject line blank), write: SIGNOFF NESTD-L