GRADUATE AND RECERTIFICATION CREDITSRecertification Credit | Graduate Credit
Requirements and Grading | Registration Forms l One-Day Workshops *Update - Unit Plans were due September 1, 2009. The preferred method of submission is by posting to the online community at www.ngsednet.org/cc but you can also send it to eoneal@cbf.org. All projects will be processed by the end of September. Participants will receive their credit receipt and a grade by early October. Recertification Credit
Credit for a Chesapeake Classrooms 5-day immersion course is issued in accordance to the state in which you teach: | District of Columbia* | 40 Professional Learning Units | | Maryland | 3 Continuing Professional Development Credits | | Pennsylvania* | Graduate Credit is Available | | Virginia | Documentation of 45 Contact Hours |
The appropriate documents and/or forms are generated automatically upon approval of your unit plan by CBF’s Teacher Professional Development Coordinators and mailed directly to you from the headquarters office in Annapolis, Maryland. Please allow at least six weeks for the approval process. *DC and PA teachers cannot earn recertification credit for courses taken outside of their district. Graduate credit is available; additional fees apply. Back to Top Graduate Credit
Graduate credit costs are in addition to the CBF course fee and require some additional course work. Please see the requirements, performance standards and assessment below for details. Credits are issued in accordance with the college or university’s schedule. Transcripts are usually available by December.
*Graduate credit is not available for 1-day workshops.
Graduate credit is available from Catholic University of America.
Catholic University—Washington DC
Course Title: Chesapeake Classrooms: A Field Course
Course Number: EDUP 558
Credits: three graduate
Cost: $300.00. Back to Top Graduate Credit Requirements, Performance Standards, and Assessment A three to five page reflection of the experience. The paper should include your personal reflections on the field experience and your thoughts on applying the course to your classroom teaching. | 15% | Completion of a course journal to record assignments, professional reflection, data collection and reading notes | 5% | Active participation in the five-day field experience, includes group activities, discussions, and reading assignments | 50% | Meaningful Watershed Experience unit plan | 30% |
Unit Plans were due September 1, 2009. The preferred method of submission is by posting to the online community at www.ngsednet.org/cc but you can also send it to eoneal@cbf.org.
All projects will be processed by the end of September. Participants will receive their credit receipt and a grade by early October.
Grading System
A = Full and active participation in five-day field experience and successful and timely completion of all course requirements; a course score of 90 - 100%
B+ = Full participation in five-day field experience, and completion of course requirements; a course score of 85-90%
B = Participation in five-day field experience, and completion of course requirements; a course score of 80 -85%
B- = Participation in five-day field experience, and completion of course requirements; a course score of 75 - 80%
F = A final course score below 80% or failure to attend any part of the course without prior arrangements for a make-up session
I = Participation in the five-day field course, yet failure to complete written course requirements Back to Top Registration Forms
Catholic University (details) - Application, Credit Information, and Projects in Education Chesapeake Classrooms Registration Form (pdf) Back to Top One-Day Workshops Maryland | MSDE credits available for those who participate in multiple workshops | | Virginia | Hours are available for each workshop completed. | | DC | Hours are available for each workshop completed. |
Contact Erin O’Neal in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Education Office at 443-482-2056 or eoneal@cbf.org with questions. 
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