The fourth annual APA/Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers, sponsored by the American Psychological Foundation (APF) Lee Gurel Fund, APA, and Clark University, will be held July 21-23, 2008 at Clark University in Worcester, MA. This three-day workshop will feature a variety of sessions for high school psychology teachers. Participants will be provided with many activities to be taken back and used in the classroom. Presenters will include Clark University psychology professors and Jeanne Blakeslee (St. Paul‚s School for Girls, Brooklandville, MD) and Tack Chace (Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury, MA), both members of the APA Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS).

The workshop will be open to 25 high school teachers. Participants will be provided with travel reimbursement (up to $100), meals, and housing on the Clark campus. There is no registration fee. Application forms can be found online at http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/apa_clarkwkshp08.html. The application deadline is April 15, 2008. Participants will be selected and notified by May 1, 2008, or shortly thereafter.

Additional information about the 2008 Workshop, including session topics and keynote speakers, will be added to the link above this spring. For information about past APA/Clark University Workshops, please visit http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/conf_wkshop.html.

Please contact Emily Leary at eleary@apa.org or (202) 572-3013 if you have any questions.

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