The Clark Workshop is Back--Info Here

Recent Announcement from the APA regarding the Clark Workshop!

The APA Education Directorate, APA Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS), American Psychological Foundation and Clark University are pleased to announce the 14th annual APA/Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers, to be held June 27-29, 2018, at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The 2018 workshop presenters will include Jessica Flitter, of West Bend High School (West Bend, Wisconsin), and Scott Reed, of Hamilton High School (Chandler, Arizona). Regan Gurung, Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay will give the keynote address entitled “To Boldly Go (Beyond Content): Teaching High School Psychology, Skills, and Learning.”

Faculty presenters from the Clark University psychology department will be announced by the spring. All interested high school psychology teachers are invited to apply; the workshop will be open to 25 teachers.

The deadline to apply is April 15, 2018. Participants will be selected by approximately May 1. Housing in the Clark campus dorms and materials will be provided for all participants.

There is no registration fee.

Participants will receive travel stipends of $150. For teachers in need of extra travel support, a limited number of travel scholarships of $250-$500 will be available as funding allows. Teachers with far distances to travel and/or need for additional travel support are encouraged to apply for these scholarships. Please indicate your need for scholarship funding in your application and provide an estimated budget of travel expenses. The maximum amount of financial aid any single participant will receive is $500.

For more information and to apply online, please visit http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/clark-university-workshop.aspx.

Please contact Yvonne Hill at (yhill@apa.org) with any questions.


posted by Chuck Schallhorn