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Now Accepting Applications — Blended Learning Workshops in Educational Assessment and Evaluation.

30 hours of professional credit or 3 Continuing Education Credits through the University at Albany for each workshop.

Tuition and stipends available for early applicants.

Apply now for EA&E Online 2015 Summer and Fall Workshops in Educational Assessment and Evaluation. Build practical skills for monitoring progress in attainment of student learning goals over time. We welcome teams representing diverse roles in school communities (e.g. teacher, librarian, administrator, information officer, student) and emphasize collaboration to support the realization of learning activities focused on 21^st Century information literacy skills. See our flyer for more information or apply here. 

ACASE invites you to an evening with Skidmore Biologist Abby Drake!  Hear how she used 3D computerized analysis of fossils to uncover surprising new information about the domestication of dogs.

ACASE initiates social media presence.

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ACASE, invited speaker at Emma Willard School The Great Education Debate.  Learn more.

Waldorf School of the Peninsula and ACASE collaborate in developing an educational assessment and evaluation system.  Learn more.

Special Online Course Offering:  Educational Assessment and Evaluation for STEM Educators.  For more information click here.

High School Science, Mathematics and Technology teachers are invited to participate in the 2012 Astrobiology Teachers Academy (July 9, 2012 – July 12, 2012) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  For more information, click here.

Annie Chien, ATA member and International Baccalaureate biology teacher selected 2012 Schenectady City School District Teacher of the Year.  Click here to read the Times Union article & here for the Schenectady Daily Gazette

“Using Astrobiology to Support Instruction in Earth Science”.  Article by Leonard Bacon & Paul Zachos published on The Science Teachers Bulletin, volume 75, number 2, pages 5-14.  To read it, click here.

Astrobiology Teachers Academy Teacher Mentor Meeting. Meeting at 110 Spring Street on March 6^th to standardize rating criteria for The Astrobiology Short Story Contest entries.  For more information visit http://www.origins.rpi.edu/