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Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, March 6, 2000 Training/Meeting Calendar
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 10:05:01 -0500
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING/MEETING CALENDAR - MARCH 6, 2000
The calendar appears every other Monday as an addendum to the Morning
Report.
Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR months before the event,
EXCEPT in instances in which registration dates close much earlier.
Asterisks (*) indicate new entries; pound signs (#) indicate revisions
to entries that have appeared previously. Brevity in entries is
appreciated.
Please note that information on fire training can be found on the
multi-agency fire training schedule posted at
www.nifc.nps.gov/mats/matsframe.asp.
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Dates: Open through May
Training: 2001 ALBRIGHT-WIRTH GRANT PROGRAM
Location: N/A
Details: Annual announcement of training grants to provide
financial support for the professional development or
skills-based training of NPS employees "having novel
ideas on how to enhance, improve or streamline agency
programs, products or operations. Must have five years'
NPS experience (as of 9/30/99), acceptable level
performance appraisal, and supervisory approval.
Closes: May 26th
Contact: Victoria Clarke-Wood
Phone/fax: 202-501-8912; ---
E-mail: Victoria Clarke at NP-WASO-TED
Submitter: Same
Dates: March 10 - 12
Symposium: "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY: WOMEN IN 19th CENTURY AMERICA
RESPOND TO A NATIONAL CRISIS," FIRST ANNUAL GETTYSBURG
NMP WOMEN'S HISTORY SYMPOSIUM
Location: Gettysburg NMP, PA
Details: Three-day symposium featuring living history programs,
lectures and guided walking tours of the town of
Gettysburg, with a focus on Victorian women and their
response to the Civil War.
Closes: ---
Contact: Gettysburg NMP
Phone/fax: 717-334-1124 x432; ---
E-mail: cwbkworm@pipeline.com
Submitter: Katie Lawhon, GETT
Dates: March 13 - 18
Event: RANGER RENDEZVOUS XXIII
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Knoxville, TN
Details: Annual gathering of the Association of National Park
Rangers (ANPR). Call 1-800-233-1234 for room
reservations.
Closes: On-site registration
Contact: Dawn O'Sickey, secretary, ANPR, or any board member
Phone/fax: 520-638-6470; ---
E-mail: dosickey@grand-canyon.az.us
Submitter: Same
Dates: April 2 - 4 *
Meeting: NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION
REVIEW COMMMITTEE
Location: Juneau, AK
Details: The agenda includes recommendations for dispositions of
culturally unidentifiable human remains, 1999 Report to
Congress, discussion of Federal agency compliance, and
implementation of the statute in Alaska.
Closes: ---
Contact: John Robbins, WASO
Phone/fax: 202-343-3387; 202-343-5260
E-mail: ---
Submitter: WASO
Dates: April 4 - 5
Workshop: "OUTREACH - A TOOL FOR FRESHWATER MOLLUSK CONSERVATION,"
FRESHWATER MOLLUSK CONSERVATION SOCIETY SPRING WORKSHOP
Location: NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV
Details: The goal of the workshop is to provide participants with
an understanding of how outreach can be used to further
mollusk conservation.
Closes: ---
Contact: Sue Jennings
Phone/fax: 423-569-2404 x 252; ---
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Same
Dates: April 16 - 19
Conference: INTERNATIONAL BOATING AND WATER SAFETY SUMMIT 2000
Location: Alexis Park, Las Vegas, NV
Details: Updates on developments on recreational water activities
for all persons and agencies involved with boating and
water safety education, enforcement and management.
Jointly sponsored by National Water Safety Congress and
the National Safe Boating Council.
Closes: The reservation cutoff date is March 7th.
Contact: Nancy Bernard, Lake Mead NRA
Phone/fax: 702-293-8714; ---
E-mail: Nancy Bernard via cc:Mail; or www.SafeBoatingCouncil.org
Submitter: Same
Dates: April 17 - 21
Course: ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION TRAINING
(XP-ARPTP-007)
Location: Reno, NV
Details: Basic ARPA training.
Closes: March 10th
Contact: Regional employee development specialists or "Learning
Place" bulletin board for applications; FLETC for
further info.
Phone/fax: 912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail: WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Dates: April 17 - 28
Course: FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR TRAINING (FITP-007)
Location: FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details: Training for firearms instruction.
Closes: March 10th
Contact: Regional employee development specialists or "Learning
Place" bulletin board for applications; FLETC for
further info.
Phone/fax: 912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail: WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Dates: April 19 - June 21
Course: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR TRAINING (CITP-021)
Location: FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details: Training in criminal investigation.
Closes: March 10th
Contact: Regional employee development specialists or "Learning
Place" bulletin board for applications; FLETC for
further info.
Phone/fax: 912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail: WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Dates: April 25 - 27
Course: DO-2: PARK PLANNING
Location: Denver, CO
Details: Course covers the planning framework in DO-2 and is
designed particularly for those preparing GMP's. No
tuition.
Closes: ---
Contact: Jan Harris or Nat Kuykendall
Phone/fax: Harris: 303-969-2435, Kuykendall: 303-969-2208; ---
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name
Submitter: Nat Kuykendall
Dates: April 24 - 28 *
Course: LEVEL I STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING
Location: Badlands NP, Interior, SD
Details: The park is seeking participants for this course.
Limited dorm space is available.
Closes: April 10th
Contact: Mark Gorman, BADL
Phone/fax: 605-433-5232; 605-433-5239
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name
Submitter: Same
Dates: April 25 - 28 *
Course: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH FOR NPS SUPERVISORS (OSHA
600)
Location: Lowell, MA
Details: This national program focuses on the supervisor as the
on-site person responsible for occupational health and
safety issues in the workplace and is designed to train
supervisors to recognize hazardous conditions and unsafe
behaviors.
Closes: March 18th
Contact: Regional employee development specialists or "Learning
Place" bulletin board for applications; FLETC for
further info.
Phone/fax: 912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail: WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Dates: April 29 - 30
Seminar: "NO TURNING BACK: 1863 IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR,"
BI-ANNUAL SEMINAR OF GETTYSBURG NMP
Location: Gettysburg NMP, PA
Details: The seminar focuses on a variety of events that occurred
during 1863. The keynote speaker is Terry Winschel,
chief historian at Vicksburg NMP.
Closes: April 1st
Contact: Gettysburg NMP
Phone/fax: 717-334-1124 x 447; 717-334-1997
E-mail: Evangelina Rubalcava at NP-GETT
Submitter: Katie Lawhon, GETT
Dates: May 3 - 5
Conference: ARCHITECTURAL RECORDS: PRESERVING AND MANAGING THE
DOCUMENTATION OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Location: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Details: The goal of this conference is to improve practices for
preserving, managing, and providing access to the
documentation of our built heritage. Registration fee of
$75 for NPS employees.
Closes: March 14th for early registration; April 10th for late
registration
Contact: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Phone/fax: 215-545-0613; 215-735-9313
E-mail: CCAHA@ccaha.org or www.ccaha.org
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Conor, CSD/WASO
Dates: May 7 - 12
Course: MANAGERIAL GRID: PHASE I AND INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION
Location: Omaha, NE
Details: Phase I is a prerequisite for attending the IP sessions.
Sponsored by ANPR. Cost: $800, which includes a
one-year membership in ANPR; $650 for current members.
Send applications (purchase order, SF-181, personal
check or money order, etc.) to ANPR, c/o Bill Wade, 5625
N. Wilmot Road, Tucson, AZ.
Closes: April 3rd
Contact: Bill Wade
Phone/fax: 520-615-9417; 520-615-9474
E-mail: Bill Wade at NP-SAGU or JWBillWade@aol.com
Submitter: Same
Dates: May 8 - 9
Seminar: "RALLYING ON THE HIGH GROUND: STRENGTHENING
INTERPRETATION OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA"
Location: Ford's Theatre NHS, Washington, DC
Details: NPS symposium in partnership with the NPF and Eastern
National linking the battlefield experience with
historical, social, economic, legal, cultural, political
and other issues and events that led to the Civil War.
Speakers include Jesse Jackson, Jr., John Keegan, James
McPherson, Ira Berlin, Drew Gilpin Faust, David Blight,
James Horton and Eric Foner.
Closes: March 15th
Contact: Jim Johnson, GETT
Phone/fax: 717-334-1124 x 453; 717-334-1891
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name
Submitter: Katie Lawhon, GETT
Dates: May 8 - 19
Course: DEFENSIVE TACTICS INSTRUCTOR TRAINING (TRAIN THE
TRAINER) (DTITP-003)
Location: FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details: Advanced, instructor-level program for Level I
protection rangers on psychomotor skills development,
defensive tactics, impact weapons, OC spray, and arrest
techniques.
Closes: March 17th
Contact: Regional employee development specialists or "Learning
Place" bulletin board for applications; FLETC for
further info.
Phone/fax: 912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail: WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Dates: May 15 - 19 *
Course: INLAND SEARCH AND RESCUE COORDINATION
Location: Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
Details: Planning, organizing and operating land and air
searches.
Closes: March 31st
Contact: Chuck Anibal
Phone/fax: 304-535-6401; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Dates: May 22 - 26
Course: LAW ENFORCEMENT ADVANCED INTERVIEWING (LEAINTP-004)
Location: FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details: Obtaining information effectively through a
multi-disciplinary approach which combines linguistics,
psychology, criminology, and sociology with the
principles of influence, negotiation and bargaining.
Closes: April 12th
Contact: Regional employee development specialists or "Learning
Place" bulletin board for applications; FLETC for
further info.
Phone/fax: 912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail: WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Dates: May 22 - 26 *
Conference: "CULTURAL RESOURCES 2000 - MANAGING FOR THE FUTURE"
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Details: An important event in cultural resources management.
Over 350 cultural resources specialists are expected to
attend.
Closes: ---
Contact: All information can be found at
http://www.cr.nps.gov/cr2000
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: John Robbins, WASO
Dates: May 23 - 26
Course: LAW ENFORCEMENT FIELD INSTRUCTOR TRAINING (LEFITP-003)
Location: FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details: Teaching techniques for personnel who teach on a
part-time basis.
Closes: April 13th
Contact: Regional employee development specialists or "Learning
Place" bulletin board for applications; FLETC for
further info.
Phone/fax: 912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail: WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Dates: May 31 - June 1 *
Course: SLAVERY AND ANTI-SLAVERY
Location: Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details: The seminar will focus on the origins and development of
the movements to end slavery.
Closes: April 10th
Contact: Tony Knapp
Phone/fax: 304-535-6178; ---
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Dates: June 6 - September 1 *
Course: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR TRAINING
Location: FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details: Basic CI training.
Closes: May 12th
Contact: Regional employee development specialists or "Learning
Place" bulletin board for applications; FLETC for
further info.
Phone/fax: 912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail: WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the
cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
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