On Friday, October 22nd, the 5th Teacher Institute will be held at Price Laboratory School. The first Teacher Institute was in October of 2002 at PLS. Over 1000 teacher education students have participated in the first four Institutes, attending over 60 different workshop sessions offered by PLS educators at each Teacher Institute. The Teacher Institute is offered at no cost to participants and is designed to enrich the experience of UNI teacher education.

Bill Callahan, Associate Dean of the College of Education and Director of PLS, has offered these comments regarding the Teacher Institute, "Price Laboratory School is very pleased to provide the Teacher Institute. Last year PLS faculty made over 100 state, national, and international professional presentations and held over 50 offices or leadership positions in professional organizations. The Teacher Institute provides opportunities for the Teacher Education students to see the scholarly projects and expertise of the PLS faculty beyond their classroom participation experiences. The first two years of the Teacher Institute program have been a great success. Nearly all participants have given enthusiastic praise for the program in evaluations conducted at the conclusion of each Teacher Institute. The Teacher Institute idea is now a fixture in the Teacher Education Calendar. Many Teacher Education Faculty members in other departments and colleges now offer special incentives to their students for participation in the program. PLS teachers and staff, along with their colleagues in other departments and colleges, are excited to provide this valuable professional development day for our UNI students."

Complete information about this fall's Teacher Institute is now available at:

www.pls.uni.edu/pls/teacher_institute/

Please encourage all Teacher Education students in all your classes to access the web page, and to make plans to attend. On the web page they will find information about all 65 sessions in three different formats: by presenter name, by time, and by grade level. For sessions whose title may not be self-explanatory, there is also a link for expanded descriptions, as well as a copy of the official press release sent out to UNI public relations.

Students do NOT have to register in advance. They are welcome to attend as many sessions as they can. If they would like additional information about any particular session, they should contact the presenter(s) via email directly.