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Leadership Training

REGISTRATION DETAILS:
· Certificate Training is four 6-hour sessions taken individually or in a 4-day block
· Participants can receive three P-credits (excluding the week of June 29 to July 2)
· Training is at Harlem DNA Lab, in the John S. Roberts Middle School at 120th Street and 1st Avenue.

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Questions? Call 516-367-5170 or email dnalc@cshl.edu.

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Certificate Training

Complete Certificate Training in four 6-hour sessions, offered individually during the school year or in a 4-day block during the summer. Select either of two lab sequences, which provide differentiated instruction for middle school, high school and AP Biology teachers. (Living Environment teachers may select either sequence, depending on their classroom needs.)

8th Grade Science/
Living Environment

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• DNA Structure and Isolation
• Variability& Inheritance
• DNA Transformation & Protein Isolation
• DNA Analysis & Forensics


CLICK HERE for 2009-10 schedule.

Living Environment/
AP Biology

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• DNA Transformation & Protein Isolation
• DNA Analysis & Forensics
• PCR and Human DNA Variation, Part I
• PCR and Human DNA Variation, Part II

CLICK HERE for 2009-10 schedule.


Select from a variety of weekday and Saturday dates to complete your training during the 2009-10 school year. Select from several 4-day blocks in July and August to complete your training during the summer. All training will take place at Harlem DNA Lab, a state-of-the-art laboratory facility located in the John S. Roberts Middle School at 120th Street and 1st Avenue.

(Click here for full descriptions of targeted labs.)

**IMPORTANT: In addition to applying on this website:
• Participants who would like to receive 3 P credits must register with the DOE Office of After School Professional Development for course P17-212F08.
• Participants who would like to receive Professional Development Hours will receive a certificate of completion for proof of participation.

Training will provide conceptual context and connections to New York-based science research, lab planning and preparation, and classroom implementation. An online Lab Center accompanies each lab with pre- and post-lab activities, video interviews and animations, and a teacher portal to share lab write-ups and teaching tips. Participating schools can check out an equipment footlocker and reagent/supply kits that support each targeted experiment.

To get on the mailing list, please call (516) 367-5170 or email dnalc@cshl.edu.

Supported by:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dana Foundation, Jerome L. Greene Foundation,
Goldman Sachs Foundation, and William Townsend Porter Foundation