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Geneticist - Educator Network of Alliances (GENA)
Background
On October 1, 2006 ASHG and GSA were awarded an NSF Math and Science Partnership RETA grant for our project entitled the Geneticist-Educator Network of Alliances Project. To learn more about the GENA Project, please click on the following links:
 Project Overview
GENA Workshop
Steps to get GENA Certification
GENA Advisory Board
GENA Curriculum Content Review Committee (CCRC)
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Now Recruiting Geneticists for GENA 2009 The final GENA workshop will be June 8 (Monday) to June 11, 2009 (Thursday). The venue of the workshop is still to be determined but likely will be in a Mountain West or West Coast
city.
In order to be eligible to participate, you must be:
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tenured or in a tenure-track position in a science department;
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able to attend a three-day professional development GENA workshop; and
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willing to partner for one year with a teacher within a 25-mile commute from your institution.
If you are interested, you are invited to apply online. Applications are due by January 12, 2009 (Monday). |
Resources Statement on the Importance of
Participation of Scientists in K-12 Science Education
MSPnet: Go to MSPnet to check out the lesson plans of the GENA 2007 cohort.
Publication Opportunities: This is a list of education journals, their audiences, and author guidelines that you may find helpful if you are considering submitting genetics education articles for publication.
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