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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory offers summer research positions at the NRAO in Socorro, NM, Charlottesville, VA and Green Bank, WV. The program, called Research Experiences for Teachers, provides teachers with 8-week summer internships working with individual astronomers or other NRAO staff on their research. RET participants will be involved in one of several astronomy research projects which involve using radio telescopes to make observations, analyze data, construct instruments or monitor the local interference environment. Stipend is $1000.00 per week (@ 5 days/week) Other Summer Activities include:
Classroom projects: We will require that our teacher-participants:
Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $1000.00/week, and support for travel expenses to the American Astronomical Society meeting in January. Who May Apply Any K-12 teacher who is currently teaching and who will be teaching during the 2010/2011 school year may apply. NRAO is an equal opportunity employer.Applications to the RET program will include:
Where to Send Application Materials: Click Here. (Applications are online this year. ) Once applications are in interested staff will review all of the application packets and conduct interviews by telephone. If you have further questions about this opportunity, please contact:Judy Stanley in Socorro, or Sue Ann Heatherly in Green Bank. What some of our former RET Teachers have done: AAS Poster Abstracts of: Tim Boyd, Garaway High School Suzanne Conrad, Espanola Public Schools Jean Davis, Cloudcroft Schools John Ford, Spencer Middle School -- his full poster! Ardis Maciolek, Grosse Pointe North High School -- her full poster! Tim Spuck, Oil City High School Rob Welsh, George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science Nate Van Wey, Perry High School -- his full poster! Chelen Johnson, Breck School Dave Fleming, Concord College-- his full poster! John Ciccarelli George Washington Carver High School Joshua Bridger Dover-Sherborn High School-- his full poster! Robert Sparks The Prairie School Steve Rapp and Charles Gear Holton Governor's School and Elkins High School James Kelly Rockbridge County Schools Eric Kearsley Albert Einstein High School Amy McCarty, Altavista Combined School Shelly Hynes, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts Jeff Paradis, Rush Henrietta Senior High School Diana Soehl, Elwood John H. Glenn High School Chris Hynes, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts History, weather, travel, directions, maps, housing, contact information. Socorro, New Mexico:
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