Professional Development Schedule

Upcoming Events

San Antonio Regional Training
January 22 – 23, 2009 • Alamo Community College

Michigan Regional Training
February 26 – 27, 2009 • The University of Michigan-Dearborn | View Flyer

Ford PAS PD Online Course: Inquiry in the 21st Century Classroom

March 4 – April 21, 2009
For more information click here.

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Ford PAS Training of Professional Development Providers (by invitation only – Blizzards and Music City Stars)
April 2 – 4, 2009 • Dearborn, MI

Ford PAS Theme Workshops
July 26 – August 1, 2009 • Dearborn, MI

Working Toward Sustainability: Sunday, July 26 (2pm) – Wednesday, July 29 (12pm)
Business and Personal Finance: Thursday, July 30 (7:45am) – Saturday, August 1 (2pm)

Ford PAS Training of Professional Development Providers (by invitation only – new Cohort, Blizzards and Music City Stars)
October 15 – 17, 2009 Dearborn, MI

Past Events

2008 Summer PD Theme Workshops: Follow-Up Online Events

Theme Workshop: Global Economics and International Business
Friday, October 24, 2008 (5:00 to 6:20 p.m. EST)
Theme Workshop: Business and Personal Finance
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 (4:30 to 6:00 p.m. EST)

If you attended the 2008 Summer PD Theme Workshops, you are invited to share your implementation practice in the Ford PAS Forum. Also, please share your ideas and strategies by responding to other participants’ postings by November 7, 2008.

Pensacola Regional Training

November 12-14, 2008 • Pensacola, FL

2008 Ford PAS National Professional Development Providers Training
October 15-18, 2008 • Nashville, TN

2008 Ford PAS National Professional Development Opportunities (Dearborn, Michigan)
Visit www.organizational-services.com/fordpaspdi/. View the flyer.

Theme Workshop: Global Economics and International Business
July 27–29, 2008 (Sunday afternoon – Tuesday 5 pm)
Theme Workshop: Business and Personal Finance
July 30–August 2, 2008 (Wednesday 8 am – Saturday 2 pm)

Southeast Regional Foundations Mini-Institute
June 3 – 5, 2008
Coosa Valley Technical College in Rome, Georgia
Online Registration: March 24 to April 18
Registration Fee: $100 – pays for meals, instruction, & materials

Online Professional Development Course

Thank you to all Ford PAS educators who have registered for the first Ford PAS online professional development course! Registration for Inquiry in the 21st-Century Classroom (March 26–May 13, 2008) is now closed.
If you are interested in future Ford PAS online professional development opportunities, contact Lorena Martinez-Diaz at lmartinez-diaz@edc.org.

Building and Improving Ford PAS National, Regional, and Local Capacity:
Training of Professional Development Providers

January 31–February 2, 2008
Access the materials used at this event!

Ford PAS Ohio Fall Teacher Training
November 8-9, 2007 and November 29-30, 2007 www.fordpasohio.org

2007 Ford PAS National Professional Development Institute
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Foundations Institute: Sunday, July 15–Friday, July 20
Theme Workshop: Business and Entrepreneurship:* Friday, July 20–Sunday, July 22

Read the PD Opportunities Overview.
* Participants must have attended a previous PDI

2007 PDI Participants: Download the PDI evaluation form. Please e-mail completed forms to: Ronda Alexander at ralexanfpas@gmail.com.

The Ford PAS Tornadoes during the opening of the Professional Development Institute in Ypsilanti, Michigan on July 16, 2007.

Sinclair Community College Holds Fall 2007 Ford PAS Ohio Training

Sinclair Community College hosted a Ford PAS professional development training workshop of four days, split into two sessions, in November for seventeen Ohio teachers from eleven Ohio schools... Read more.

2007 Ford PAS Training of Trainers (May 3 and 4)

2007 Training of Trainers Participants and Staff

Participants of the Ford PAS 2007 Training of Trainers held at EDC in Newton, MA.

2007 Training of Trainers Participants: Access materials here.

Ford PAS and Michigan Tech present a Summer Institute for Teachers
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan | July 8 – 13, 2007
Flyer | Registration Form

Nashville, Tennessee
Professional Development 1 | Wednesday, November 8–Friday, November 10, 2006
Professional Development 2 | Wednesday, November 15–Friday, November 17, 2006

Ohio Fall Teacher Training
Weekend 1: November 16–18, 2006
Weekend 2: November 30–December 2, 2006

Visit www.fordpasohio.org for more information.

Ford PAS Professional Development Institute
Ann Arbor, Michigan | July 1 –22, 2006

Ohio Ford PAS Professional Development Institute (Courses 1 and 2)
Dayton, Ohio | July 31–August 11, 2006
Sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, at Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio

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