Schedule of Events

TIP Schedule for Spring 2008

Schedules for Seminars, Tuesdays 4:30 to 6:30 PM

January 15	Welcome meeting/orientation/reception in Houston Hall: 4:30-6:30 PM. Teacher Fellows meet with seminar leaders and receive reading lists
January 22	Reading period: no seminar meetings. Library orientation meeting in Van Pelt Library at 4:30 PM
January 29	Seminars convene: 1st full session, 4:30-6:30 PM (check for campus locations)
February 5	Seminar
February 9*	Saturday workshop on curriculum unit writing (optional, but recommended)
February 12	Seminar
February 19	Seminar: Curriculum unit topic, prospectus, unit reading list due
February 26	Seminar
March 4	Seminar
March 11	No meetings: Penn Spring Break
March 18	No meetings: School District of Philadelphia Spring Break
March 25	Seminar: First draft of curriculum unit due
April 1	Seminar
April 8	Seminar
April 12*	Saturday workshop on unit writing (optional, but recommended)
April 15	Seminar
April 22	Seminar: Second draft of unit due
May 6	Seminar: Final Seminar meetings
May 13	No meetings: reading period, individual meetings with seminar leaders; preparation for final drafts
May 20	No Meetings
May 27	End of session Plenary Group Gathering: location TBA at 4:30 PM
June 14	Final deadline for completed Curriculum Units to be submitted to Seminar leaders
July 7	Teacher survey/evaluations due at TIP office
July 25	Seminar leaders' web site preface/introductions due

* Times and Locations TBA

Schedules for Seminars, Wednesdays 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Teaching Science with Science Fiction

January 15	Welcome meeting/orientation/reception in Houston Hall: 4:30-6:30 PM. Teacher Fellows meet with seminar leaders and receive reading lists
January 22	Reading period: no seminar meetings. Library orientation meeting in Van Pelt Library at 4:30 PM
January 29	Seminars convene: 1st full session, 4:30-6:30 PM or 5:00-7:00 PM (check for campus locations)
February 6	Seminar
February 9*	Saturday workshop on curriculum unit writing (optional, but recommended)
February 13	Seminar
February 20	Seminar: Curriculum unit topic, prospectus, unit reading list due
February 27	Seminar
March 5	Seminar
March 12	No meetings: Penn Spring Break
March 19	No meetings: School District of Philadelphia Spring Break
March 26	Seminar: First draft of curriculum unit due
April 2	Seminar
April 9	Seminar
April 12*	Saturday workshop on unit writing (optional, but recommended)
April 16	Seminar
April 23	Seminar: Second draft of unit due
April 30	Seminar
May 7	Seminar: Final Seminar meetings
May 14	No meetings: reading period, individual meetings with seminar leaders; preparation for final drafts
May 21	No Meetings
May 28	End of session Plenary Group Gathering: location TBA at 4:30 PM
June 14	Final deadline for completed Curriculum Units to be submitted to Seminar leaders
July 7	Teacher survey/evaluations due at TIP office
July 25	Seminar leaders' web site preface/introductions due

* Times and Locations TBA