All completed applications should be submitted by March 24, 2023

Pre-residence online work: July 10-22, 2023
On-site residence experience: July 23-29, 2023
Post-residence online work: July 30-August 10, 2023

National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC)
Kansas City, Missouri

More Details: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/education-program/k-12-teachers/project-atmosphere/training-opportunities/project-atmosphere/

Project Atmosphere is an online and in-residence teacher professional development course with a one-week residence experience offered by the American Meteorological Society's Education Program in partnership with Pennsylvania Western University (PennWest) and the National Weather Service. This course is specifically designed for K-12 teachers who include weather content in their curriculum.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Learn to interpret and analyze weather information acquired through direct and remote sensing of the environment
• Gain an understanding of significant weather systems
• Help promote atmospheric education by peer training fellow teachers in their community
• Gain access to scientifically accurate and pedagogically robust instructional resource materials designed for teachers
• Earn three graduate credits from Pennsylvania Western University upon completion of program requirements

Participant Support

• Stipend of $100
• Single hotel room for six nights, arranged by AMS
• Group meals
• Food and incidentals allowance (based on Federal M&IE) of approximately $260
• Round-trip air or land travel from US home to Kansas City, MO
• Local transportation/toll stipend of $40
• Instructional and laboratory supplies
• Tuition
• Set of instructional materials