Classes+to+come

__**Classes**__

Sixth Class - Wednesday, March 19; 5-8 pm Dimond Library at UNH, same room.

Reminders:
- evaluations to turn in if you did not already do so on the airplane. - photo sharing was set up by Angela; see your email. (Thanks, Angela!) - bring a bag dinner - return books for the library -

__**Fifth Class - Friday, February 8, - 5-8 pm**__

Reminders: - bring a bag dinner - be thinking of airport transportation options - bring 2 copies of health form - passport copy if not already in. - items for the priority tub (things you can't take in your carry-on)



__Fourth Class -__
Photocopy of the inside first pages of your passport with your picture (if not done already)
 * For our next class, please bring:**
 * Bag dinner**
 * Homework (including last week's if you still have it, Minority experience)**
 * Health forms (2 copies)**
 * Nitty Gritty questions (or email them to the group before hand [belizeunh@mylist.net])**
 * Calendars to set dates for 2 post-trip Classes

__Third Class - Friday, Jan 4, 2013 at Rye Jr. High; 5-8 pm__
> **For new participants, in general:**
 * Please bring:**
 * 1) **bag dinner**
 * 2) **books you want to return to the library**
 * 3) **copy of your passport cover page, if not already handed in**
 * 4) calendars to set post-trip date.
 * 5) **homework assigned from the last class**
 * **Refine your investigation - Continue to think about your 'results' for the trip to Belize. (If things were ideal . . . What would you like to investigate?) What activities, materials, information would you need for this to happen?**
 * **Touch base with your buddy before class about where you are about your investigation.**
 * **Sharing about being a minority (or not a minority).**
 * **Summary of the Belize educational system.**
 * **Learnings/questions of the economic system.**
 * 1) **Health form (if not already completed)**
 * 2) **Often we are invited into a Belizean classroom to do a lesson with the students or participate in a workshop (Independence). If you would like to try this, be thinking of what you could do. Use people who have been before as resources.**

**__Second Class - Friday, Nov 30 th__ 5-8 pm; at Rye Jr. High**

 * Please bring:**
 * 1) **bag dinner**
 * 2) **books from the library if you are done with them; come early to get some more.**
 * 3) **copy of your passport cover page, if not already handed in**
 * 4) **homework assigned from the first class**


 * Fifth Class - Friday, February 8, - 5-8 pm**__

Reminders: - bring a bag dinner - be thinking of airport transportation options - bring 2 copies of health form - passport copy if not already in. - items for the priority tub (things you can't take in your carry-on)

Photocopy of the inside first pages of your passport with your picture (if not done already)
 * For our next class, please bring:**
 * Bag dinner**
 * Homework (including last week's if you still have it, Minority experience)**
 * Health forms (2 copies)**
 * Nitty Gritty questions (or email them to the group before hand [belizeunh@mylist.net])**
 * Calendars to set dates for 2 post-trip Classes

__Third Class -__
> **For new participants, in general:**
 * Please bring:**
 * 1) **bag dinner**
 * 2) **books you want to return to the library**
 * 3) **copy of your passport cover page, if not already handed in to Wendy**
 * 4) calendars to set post-trip dates.
 * 5) **homework assigned from the last class**
 * **Refine your investigation - Continue to think about your 'results' for the trip to Belize. (If things were ideal . . . What would you like to investigate?) What activities, materials, information would you need for this to happen?**
 * **Touch base with your buddy before class on Wednesday about where you are about your investigation.**
 * **Sharing about being a minority (or not).**
 * **Summary of the Belize educational system.**
 * **Learnings/questions of the economic system.**
 * 1) **Health form**
 * 2) **Often we are invited into a Belizean classroom to do a lesson with the students or participate in a workshop (Independence). If you would like to try this, be thinking of what you could do. Use people who have been before as resources.**

Homework - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zYsLqwBi1NFr7olS_kgQZ9lRPfO4Fm3CN-t7QdaKUso/edit?authkey=CJSTsakB

**__Second Class - Friday, Dec. th__ 5-8 pm**

 * Please bring:**
 * 1) **bag dinner**
 * 2) **books from the library if you are done with them; come early to get some more.**
 * 3) **copy of your passport cover page, if not already handed in to Wendy**
 * 4) **homework assigned from the first class**

__First Class**__ (November 2, 2007) 5 pm
 * Biography emailed to Wendy before first class

_

>> Teacher Program. We will meet on Friday, >> November 1st, at Rye Junior High School in Rye, NH >> from 5 pm to 8 pm. >> (Directions are below.) >> >> We will make a strong effort to start on time, at 5:00 PM, so we will >> also be able to end promptly at 8:00 PM. We know some of you have a distance to travel. We'll be meeting in my classroom upstairs, **room 209**. I will try to have the **second, left hand side** **building** **door** open for you. Please come early, especially if you want to go through the course's library, look at past projects and look at photos. >> >> The course leaders include Mike Middleton, Sheila Adams, Dave Shannon, Wendy Crowley, and Steve Shulten. >> on our wiki at http://belize.wikispaces.com/Classes. If you can't open them, then email me and I'll paste them into the body of the email. One attachment is a waiver which we will definitely explain at the first class. >> >> For our first class, please bring with you:
 * BEFORE the first class: (2013)
 * We are looking forward to our first class of this year's Belize-UNH
 * We've included a quick bio of the team.
 * We would like the group to get to know each other a little better by doing a similar bio to share with the group. As your first assignment, please create and email (on the listserve once you have been added) a quick bio similar to the format we used.
 * We have a few documents for you to read before class. They are located
 * 1) a small, mystery object, known only to you, that will serve as a symbol of who you are right now.
 * 2) a bag supper
 * 3) any resources on Belize that you would like to share with the group.
 * 4) your calendar so we can set times and locations for future meetings -this is very important!
 * 5) if you have it, a copy of the passport picture page.
 * 6) deposit of $700 made out to UNH re: Belize-UNH Teacher Program
 * 7) Directions to the school if you need them. See below.

Acceptance information after first class

>> We need to learn and plan for our experience and form a close sense of community within a short period of time, so each class is very important. If conditions come up where you must miss a class, please let one of the leaders know. You will have an assignment to complete for that missing class. >>
 * Waiver - Please make sure you read through this document carefully. A signed copy must be turned in to the Education Office to Mike Middleton.
 * Along with the waiver, we need a deposit of $700 to reserve your plane ticket. (This is explained in the waiver.)
 * Registration form for first class collection. @http://learn2.unh.edu/registration/regform.pdf
 * All other class materials are located at http://belize.wikispaces.com/Classes
 * Course syllabus
 * Grading rubric
 * Full Value Contract (also a classroom tool)
 * Nitty Gritty Details
 * Homework
 * Please read //The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw// by Bruce Barcott. (It is available in paperback; also check local libraries. We do have a couple of copies too.) ISBN = 978-0-8129-7313-6 This is our required reading for the course. Past participants will read Jaguar. Other suggested reading is Sastoon.
 * Rest of the classes:
 * *** Wednesday, Nov. 20, 4:30 - 7:30pm, Durham Public Library, Class 2 Information
 * Friday, January 10, 4:30 - 7:30 pm, location tbd
 * Snow date - Jan 15 (Wednesday) 4:30 - 7:30 pm
 * Wednesday, January 22, 4:30 - 7:30 pm, Durham Public Library (?)
 * Snow date - Friday, January 24, 4:30-7:30 pm; location tbd
 * Wednesday, February 5, 4:30-7:30 pm, Durham Public Library (?)
 * Snow date - Friday, February 7, 4:30-7:30 pm; location tbd
 * Please bring a small mystery object that reflects who you are right now and that no one else will know it belongs to you.
 * We will need a copy of the passport page with your photo.
 * We are asking everyone to add a photo of yourself and a short bio on to a Padlet page at: @http://padlet.com/wall/a4g7e0w424
 * Double click to start a text box.
 * Intinerary - http://belize.wikispaces.com/Independence+Trip
 * Note we are leaving and returning from different airports.