2012 Summer Biotechnology Workshops for Educators

Openings Still Available in our Middle School Agricultural Biotechnology Workshop

For 26 years, the Biotech Center has sponsored these workshops for North Carolina teachers. Our workshops offer teachers the training they need in many different areas of biotechnology, featuring hands-on activities that engage students and improve learning. We have trained over 1,800 individual educators and sponsored almost 150 workshops since the inception of the Summer Workshop Program in 1987. 

Openings are still available in most of our 2012 Summer Biotechnology Workshops for Educators, but seats are filling rapidly. To register, please read the registration information, then scroll to the Workshop Schedule below.

Online Registration Information

Register early! Early registration is recommended to ensure the best chance of being accepted into the workshop you'd like to attend.

Registration fee. A non-refundable $75 registration fee is required. (Please see our Refund Policy below.)

Your public school district may pay/reimburse your registration fee. Check with your business office for prior approval of participation. We are happy to provide a receipt upon request.

Workshop Participants Receive

• Free workshop tuition
• Free room (double-occupancy*) and board (two meals per day)
• $50 per day stipend** (you must complete the workshop to receive the stipend)

* Participants may elect to lodge in a single room, but will be responsible for the entire cost of their room.
** Stipends will be mailed from the host institution within three weeks of the final day of the workshop.

Summer Workshop Graduates Receive

• A Gift certificate for the purchase of laboratory supplies from Carolina Biological Supply Company. This gift certificate will be mailed to you in the early fall each year you teach in North Carolina (Free Laboratory Program). You need only attend one workshop in order to receive your gift certificate each year you meet the qualifications (teaching in a North Carolina school).

• Access to our Equipment Loan Program

Refund Policy

The $75 registration fee is refundable ONLY if we receive notification of cancellation during the initial registration period (four weeks prior to the beginning of each workshop). Registration fees will NOT be refunded for the following groups:

• Participants who complete the workshop
• Participants who fail to complete the workshop

How to Register

To apply for a workshop or for more information, click on the workshop of interest listed below. If you wish to attend more than one workshop, a separate registration must be completed, and a separate registration fee submitted for each workshop.

Workshop Schedule

In addition to our regular summer workshops, we are still accepting applications for our special Agricultural Biotechnology: Building a Sustainable Future workshop for middle school teachers.  For more information about this special workshop, please see the workshop description.
 

If you have any questions, or have problems with our registration system, please contact Amy Black.  Enjoy the workshops!