GRADUATE AND RECERTIFICATION CREDITS
Recertification Credit | Graduate Credit
Requirements and Grading | Registration Forms l One-Day Workshops
Chesapeake Classrooms participants can earn recertification credit/hours by completing a 5-day summer immersion course and submitting a unit plan. Graduate credit is also available if the participant writes a reflection piece and turns in their field journal. Below are all of the details for the credit process. If you have specific questions, please contact Erin O'Neal at eoneal@cbf.org.
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.
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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.
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Registration Forms
Catholic University - Application
Send the Catholic University application and Projects in Education form along with tuition payment to this address by July 15th:
Erin O’Neal
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
6 Herndon Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21403
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Graduate Credit Requirements, Performance Standards, and Assessment
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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. |
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Completion of a course journal to record assignments, professional reflection, data collection and reading notes |
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Active participation in the five-day field experience, includes group activities, discussions, and reading assignments |
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Meaningful Watershed Experience unit plan |
Unit Plans will be due September 1, 2010. The preferred method of submission is email: chesapeakeclassrooms@cbf.org
Teachers can also send their unit plan on CD to:
Chesapeake Classrooms
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
6 Herndon Ave
Annapolis, MD 21403
All projects will be processed by the end of September. Participants will receive their credit receipt and a grade by early October.
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One-Day Workshops
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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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