Thursday, June 21, 2007

WOOOHOO!!

Great news! We have been awarded a Sparkplug Foundation grant (see www.sparkplugfoundation.org) for TeacherSPACE!!! With the funds, we can host several workshops over the year, as well as push forward on cataloging our projects and ideas into a working curriculum resource library. We are looking forward to the great programming and resources we will be able to share with each other.

Also, we've made a schedule of days that TeacherSPACE will be open over the summer for various activities. Below is a detailed version of the schedule. A summary of the open dates is also on the side bar.

Drop off/Set up dates (when people can come by with donations, help catalog things and set up the space)
June 28th 9-11am –Christina hosts.
July 19th 4-7pm – Betsy hosts

Grant Planning meetings & Drop off/Set up: (plan for grants and set up the space)
July 26th , Time 9am-12pm– Hosts: Betsy, Lynne
August 2nd, Time 9am-12pm – Hosts: Kira, Joanne

Make & Take/ Communal Planning - Plan for classroom set-up, get/share ideas
August 30th, 4-7pm – Christina Hosts

And coming in the future....
Fall Open-Houses: Wednesday evenings, 4-8pm starting Sept. 5th.
Each time will have a “theme” i.e. art teachers, science etc, but will be open to all who want to visit, schmooze, and collaborate/talk with other teachers.
We’ll also have PTLC meetings there about once a month or so.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Next Planning Meeting Date

We will meet at Helen Lamont's apartment on Thursday, June 21st from 10:30 until 12:00 to finalize "open house" days (days when you can come to hang out/ work on things together), grant planning meetings, and other activites occuring over the summer and early fall. We will also go into more detail on current grantwritng plans. If you need Helen's address, please email ptlcteacherspace@yahoo.com . If you'd like to be there, but can't make it, please also email us, and we'll send you a copy of the meeting notes.

Hope to see you there!