The NASA Disaster Literacy Workshop for Kansas Middle School Teachers was held on the beautiful WSU campus on June 12 - 16, 2023.
From Left to Right:
Kathy Clark (Salina), Jill Fisher (WSU), Atri Dutta (WSU), Michelle Cooper (Salina),
Elvina Acosta (Dodge City), Carmen Simon (Hoxie), LaKeshia Brooks (Wichita),
Shaye Herman (Tecumseh), Trisha Smith (Shawnee Mission), Stacy Randle (Eureka), Lyn
Bernbeck (Ness City), Rajiv Bagai (WSU), Maria Sclafani (WSU),
David Pines (Wichita), Michelle Ford (Peabody), Chancy Moberly (WSU), Matthew Chace
(WSU), Donna Clemons (Wichita), Michael Stirtz (Wichita),
Kathleen Berry (Wichita), Lucas Rodriguez (Wichita), Linda Hopkins (Lebo), Christina
Taylor (Derby), Michele Rowley (Wichita), Regan Matteson (Wichita),
Tammy Gipson (McPherson), Zelalem Demissie (WSU), Aaron Bowen (WSU)
Kansas Middle School Teachers
Free.
All participants received stipends upon completion of the workshop.
Each workshop participant received a stipend of $1,000 for completing the workshop.
Participants living more than 50 miles away from Wichita received additional $500 (to offset some travel costs).
Tentative schedule for each workshop day * | |
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9 - 9:30 AM | Check-In & Breakfast |
9:30 - 10:30 AM | Lecture Session 1 |
10:30 - 11 AM | Break |
11 AM - Noon | Lecture Session 2 |
Noon - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
1:30 - 3 PM | Lab Session |
* Lab sessions provided practice for lesson plan development. The last day of the workshop involved presentations by participants on tentative lesson plans developed.
The application period for participation in this workshop closed on
March 31, 2023.
(Funding for this workshop was provided by the NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium and Wichita State University)