Ford PAS Professional Development Schedule

Upcoming Events
Ford PAS Next Generation Learning Symposium: Part II
October 14-15, 2010 (Invite Only) • Greektown Hotel • Detroit, Michigan

Please click here to register and make hotel reservations.


Past Events
San Antonio Professional Development Mini-Institute
August 3-4, 2010 •

Sponsored by Alamo Colleges

For more information, contact Dr. Carol Folbre (carol.folbre@gmail.com)

Flyer | Web site | Registration

CNC Professional Development Workshop
June 10–11, 2010 • Miami, Florida

For more information, contact Ronda Alexander at 313-580-0473 or ralexa73@ford.com.

Flyer

Professional Development Mini-Institute: Floyd County School System
June 7 - 8, 2010 • Rome, Georgia

For more information, contact Leah Felcher at 678-283-1604 or leah_felcher@bellsouth.net.

Flyer | Online Registration

July 2010: PD Provider 103 Workshop
July 15–17, 2010 • University of Michigan–Dearborn [map]

Information coming soon.

California Professional Development: Ford PAS Foundations
April 13 and 14, 2010

For more information contact: EGUSD Alternative Education (916) 686-7709
Sponsored by Elk Grove Unified School District’s California Ford PAS Hub

Ford PAS Foundations Invitation Letter | Registration Form | Logistics | Save the Date flyer

March 2010: PD Provider Workshops
University of Michigan–Dearborn [map]

March 16–17, 2010 • Accelerated PDP 101 Workshop
March 18–20, 2010 • PDP 102 Workshop

California Ford PAS PD Sustainable Energy Workshop featuring "We All Run on Energy"
February 2 and 3, 2010 • Elk Grove, CA

Downloads: Invitation | Logistics | Registration Form

Michigan Administrators: ReDiscover Ford PAS Event
February 11, 2010 • Fairlane Club, Dearborn MI [map]

Register here: www.surveymonkey.com/rediscoverfpas

Download the flye

Fall Ford PAS Online Course
8 Week Course - October 21 – December 15

View the flyer | Course Syllabus | Register here | Visit the course page at: http://courses.fordpas.org.

Georgia Professional Development Theme Workshop: “Getting Smart about Business”
November 12 - 13, 2009 • Floyd County College & Career Academy • Rome, Georgia

View the Flyer | Registration Form

For more information contact Leah Felcher at leah_felcher@bellsouth.net

California Professional Development Theme Workshop: "Foundations"
October 28 - 29, 2009 • Elk Grove Unified School District • California

(Wednesday - Thursday 8:00am - 3:30 pm)

View the Invitation | Registration Form | Logistics

2009 Ford PAS Training of Professional Development Providers
October 15 – 17, 2009 • Dearborn, MI

By invitation only – new Cohort, Blizzards and Music City Stars

  • PDP Cohort 3: October 12 – 14 (ending at 12 noon)
  • PDP Cohort 1 & 2: October 14 (1pm) -16 (ending at 12 noon)
  • Ford PAS NGL Symposium: October 16 (1pm) – 17 (ending at 7 pm)

Logistics | PDP 101 - Participant's Agenda | PDP 301 - Facilitator's Agenda

Next Generation Learning Community Sustainability Workshop
October 16 – 17, 2009 • University of Michigan-Dearborn (by invitation only):

Click here for more information.

South Texas Regional Training
August 4 – 6, 2009 • McAllen, TX

Contact: Ernesto Villarreal - ernesto@tvcof.org

California Regional Training
August 3 – 6, 2009 • Elkgrove, CA
  • Theme Workshop: Foundations, August 3 – 4 (Monday 8:30 am – Tuesday 3:30 pm)
  • Theme Workshop: Working Toward Sustainability, August 5 – 6 (Wednesday 8:30 am – Thursday 3:30 pm)

PD Workshops Flyer | Logistics Information | Click Here to Registe

National Ford PAS Theme Workshops
July 26 – August 1, 2009 • Dearborn, MI
  • Working Toward Sustainability: Sunday, July 26 (2pm) – Wednesday, July 29 (12pm)
  • Business and Personal Finance: Thursday, July 30 – Saturday, August 1 <Cancelled>

Click Here to Register

San Antonio Regional Training and Follow-up
July 14 – 16, 2009 • San Antonio, TX

Contact: Dr. Carol Folbre - carol.folbre@gmail.com
Visit the Ford PAS Texas Regional Professional Development Web Site (Alamo Community Colleges

Georgia Regional Training
April 21 – 23, 2009
Oakwood, GA
Contact: Lucy Phillip - lphillip@tcsg.edu
Download the flyer here.

Ford PAS PD Online Course: Inquiry in the 21st Century Classroom
March 4 – April 21, 2009
More information.

Ford PAS Training of Professional Development Providers (by invitation only – Blizzards and Music City Stars)
April 2 – 4, 2009 • Dearborn, MI

Michigan Regional Training
February 26 – 27, 2009 • The University of Michigan-Dearborn | View Flyer

San Antonio Regional Training
January 22 – 23, 2009 • Alamo Community College

2008 Summer PD Theme Workshops: Follow-Up Online Events

If you attended the 2008 Summer PD Theme Workshops, you are invited to share your implementation practice in the Ford PAS Forum. Also, please share your ideas and strategies by responding to other participants’ postings by November 7, 2008.

Pensacola Regional Training
November 12-14, 2008 • Pensacola, FL

2008 Ford PAS National Professional Development Providers Training
October 15-18, 2008 • Nashville, TN

2008 Ford PAS National Professional Development Opportunities (Dearborn, Michigan)
Visit www.organizational-services.com/fordpaspdi/. View the flyer. PDF

  • Theme Workshop: Global Economics and International Business
    July 27–29, 2008 (Sunday afternoon – Tuesday 5 pm)

  • Theme Workshop: Business and Personal Finance
    July 30–August 2, 2008 (Wednesday 8 am – Saturday 2 pm)

Southeast Regional Foundations Mini-Institute
June 3 – 5, 2008 • Coosa Valley Technical College in Rome, Georgia
Online Registration: March 24 to April 18
Registration Fee: $100 – pays for meals, instruction, & materials

Online Professional Development Course
Thank you to all Ford PAS educators who have registered for the first Ford PAS online professional development course! Registration for Inquiry in the 21st-Century Classroom (March 26–May 13, 2008) is now closed.
If you are interested in future Ford PAS online professional development opportunities, contact Lorena Martinez-Diaz at lmartinez-diaz@edc.org.

Building and Improving Ford PAS National, Regional, and Local Capacity:
Training of Professional Development Providers
January 31–February 2, 2008
Access the materials used at this event!

Ford PAS Ohio Fall Teacher Training
November 8-9, 2007 and November 29-30, 2007 www.fordpasohio.org

2007 Ford PAS National Professional Development Institute
July 15 – July 22 • Ypsilanti, Michigan

  • Foundations Institute: Sunday, July 15–Friday, July 20
  • Theme Workshop: Business and Entrepreneurship:* Friday, July 20–Sunday, July 22

Read the PD Opportunities Overview. PDF
* Participants must have attended a previous PDI

2007 PDI Participants: Download the PDI evaluation form. PDF Please e-mail completed forms to: Ronda Alexander at ralexanfpas@gmail.com.

2007 PDI participants
The Ford PAS Tornadoes during the opening of the Professional Development Institute in Ypsilanti, Michigan on July 16, 2007.

Sinclair Community College Holds Fall 2007 Ford PAS Ohio Training

Sinclair Community College hosted a Ford PAS professional development training workshop of four days, split into two sessions, in November for seventeen Ohio teachers from eleven Ohio schools... Read more.

2007 Ford PAS Training of Trainers (May 3 and 4)

2007 Training of Trainers Participants and Staff
Participants of the Ford PAS 2007 Training of Trainers held at EDC in Newton, MA.

2007 Training of Trainers Participants: Access materials here.

Ford PAS and Michigan Tech present a Summer Institute for Teachers
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan | July 8 – 13, 2007
Flyer | Registration Form

The Ford PAS San Antonio Regional Networking Gathering
May 9, 2007 at the Junior League of San Antonio - The Bright Shawl, San Antonio, TX.
Read more...

Nashville, Tennessee
Professional Development 1 | Wednesday, November 8–Friday, November 10, 2006
Professional Development 2 | Wednesday, November 15–Friday, November 17, 2006

Ohio Fall Teacher Training
Weekend 1: November 16–18, 2006
Weekend 2: November 30–December 2, 2006

Visit www.fordpasohio.org for more information.

Ford PAS Professional Development Institute
Ann Arbor, Michigan | July 1 –22, 2006
Read more...

Ohio Ford PAS Professional Development Institute (Courses 1 and 2)
Dayton, Ohio | July 31–August 11, 2006
Sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, at Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio

 

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