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Subject: NPS Training/Meeting Calendar - Wednesday, August 9, 2000
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Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:12:04 -0400
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING/MEETING CALENDAR - AUGUST 9, 2000
This calendar appears every other Monday as an addendum to the Morning
Report.
Entries are listed no sooner than FOUR months before an event, except
in cases in which registration dates close much earlier. Brevity in
submissions is appreciated.
Asterisks (*) indicate new entries. They are also in light green for
those of you who receive the color version of the Morning Report.
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Date(s): Fall, 2000
Courses: ON-LINE MASTER OF SCIENCE, PARK AND RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Location: Slippery Rock University, PA
Details: Program designed for currently employed professionals
in park and resource management who are interested in
enrolling as degree-seeking students at the graduate
level. Thirty credit hour program; thesis required.
Available via the university's on-line distance
learning server. $225 per credit hour. For more info,
check the SRU website: www.sru.edu/DEPTS/CHHS/PREE
Closes: ---
Contact: Dr. Steven James, 724-738-2597 or at
steven.james@sru.edu
Submitter: Tom Cherry, FLETC
Date(s): August 14 - 17
Conference: ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS
INTERNATIONAL
Location: Boston, MA
Details: The full agenda and registration information for the
conference can be found at www.apcointl.org under
"Conference/Symposiums," then "Conference and
Expositions." Early registration (before July 17th) is
$330 for members, $400 for non-members; add $50 to
each after that date. A daily pass is $65.
Closes: ---
Contact: APCO
Submitter: Frank Weed
Date(s): August 14/August 15 - 17
Course: DISABILITY AWARENESS/RETROFITTING FOR ACCESSIBILITY
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Details: Two courses, with the first a prerequisite for the
second. Designed to educate facility managers,
maintenance professionals, site access coordinators
and planners on the barriers encountered by people
with disabilities.
Closes: Open until enrollment reaches 60
Contact: Nan Smith, 765-349-9240 (phone), 765-342-6658 (fax),
or nca@indiana.edu
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Date(s): August 17 - 20
Conference: PECOS ARCHEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE
Location: Mesa Verde NP, CO
Details: See below
Closes: ---
Contact: Web site: http://www.swanet.org/pecosconference.html
Submitter: Linda Towle, MEVE
Date(s): September 18 - 22
Course: ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION TRAINING
(XP-ARPTP-010)
Location: Boston, MA
Details: Basic archeological resource crime training.
Closes: August 23rd
Contact: Regional employee specialists; Learning Place BB; or
FLETC for additional information (on cc:Mail at WASO
FLETC-NPS, or 912-267-2246)
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Date(s): September 20 - 22
Course: ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
Location: Denver, CO
Details: Key environmental laws and their enforcement, both
civil and criminal.
Closes: August 12th
Contact: Regional employee specialists; Learning Place BB; or
FLETC for additional information (on cc:Mail at WASO
FLETC-NPS, or 912-267-2246)
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Date(s): September 25 - 30
Conference: "DAM SAFETY 2000," ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ASSOCIATION OF
STATE DAM SAFETY OFFICIALS (ASDO)
Location: Providence, RI
Details: Technical seminar, dam owners workshop, and general
session. The audience includes any NPS personnel
responsible for inspection, maintenance, monitoring or
removal of dams or oversight of associated emergency
operations plans. Also those responsible for lagoons,
levees, dikes, flood walls, berms, high-hydraulic head
road culverts, etc. Registration and travel is $528.
Closes: ---
Contact: 859-257-5140, or www.damsafety.org/confer_train.html,
or Charles Karpowitz at 202-565-1249/1244
Submitter: Steve Hastings
Date(s): September 25 - 29
Course: LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ADVANCED INTERVIEWING TRAINING
(LEAINTP-006)
Location: FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details: Training on advanced interviewing techniques.
Closes: August 25th
Contact: Regional employee specialists; Learning Place BB; or
FLETC for additional information (on cc:Mail at WASO
FLETC-NPS, or 912-267-2246)
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Date(s): October 4 - 7
Conference: "MUSEUMS: THE CORE OF DISCOVERY," ANNUAL MEETING,
MOUNTAIN-PLAINS MUSEUM ASSOCIATIN (MPMA)
Location: Bismarck, ND
Details: The conference will feature to workshops - one on use
of mannequins for historic clothing and textiles, the
other on exhibit programming - and 21 sessions on a
variety of topics of interest to park curators, museum
technicians, interpreters and other park personnel.
Closes: ---
Contact: Robert Brown, 406-728-3476, ftmslamuseum@montana.com
Submitter: Matthew Wilson, Curator, IMDE-CNR
Date(s): October 11 - 13
Course: DIRECTOR'S ORDER 2: PARK PLANNING
Location: Denver, CO
Details: Overview of NPS planning and the framework for
interrelationship of GMP's, strategic plans,
implementation plans and annual performance plans. The
majority of the course focuses on an 11-step process
for developing a GMP.
Closes: August 18th
Contact: Jan Harris, 303-969-2435 (phone), 303-969-2736 (fax),
or via cc:Mail
Submitter: Nat Kuykendall
Date(s): October 15 - 20
Course: INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESOURCE PROTECTION (IDRP-001)
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Details: Intensive, inter-disciplinary 50-hour course on
resolution of resource crime issues. Includes evening
sessions. Participants will work in teams and rotate
through day-long scenarios.
Closes: August 28th
Contact: Regional employee specialists; Learning Place BB; or
FLETC for additional information (on cc:Mail at WASO
FLETC-NPS, or 912-267-2246)
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Date(s): October 16 *
Course: WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT DISTANCE EDUCATION
Location: ---
Details: On-line course on wilderness in the American context,
offered by the School of Forestry, University of
Montana.
Closes: ---
Contact: Chris Ryan, 406-243-4630
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Date(s): October 23 - 26
Workshop: SOUTHWEST CLUSTER NATURAL RESOURCES WORKSHOP
Location: San Antonio, TX
Details: Topics include inventory and monitoring networks,
Southwest cooperative ecosystem study unit, and a
short course on writing proposals for resource
stewardship funding. One-day field trip to LBJ or San
Antonio Missions.
Closes: ---
Contact: Nancy Skinner via cc:Mail
Submitter: Lee Benson, SOAR
Date(s): October 24 - November 2
Course: THE DIVISION CHIEF
Location: Estes Park, CO
Details: The course will provide participants with knowledge
about significant issues emerging for NPS managers and
an understanding of tools and skills to support
managers in using a collaborative approach and
effective action to deliver on NPS vision and goals.
In depth review of budget, personnel policy, resources
management, strategic planning and other managerial
issues.
Closes: August 18th
Contact: Marta Cruz-Kelly, 520-638-7983 or via cc:Mail
Submitter: Joe Evans, ROMO
Date(s): November 3 - 6
Exercise: EMERGENCY EXERCISE I, INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR
CULTURAL PROPERTY PROTECTION
Location: Airport Marriott at Gateway Park, Denver, CO
Details: Half-day live emergency exercise demonstrating the
armed takeover of a public institution, complete with
simulated response by security, police, fire and
emergency medical personnel. Additional sessions on
prevention, planning, coordination and response to
emergency incidents.
Closes: ---
Contact: Rob Layne, 800-257-6717, rob@ifcpp.com, www.IFCPP.com
Submitter: Matthew Wilson, Curator, IMDE-CNR
Date(s): November 6 - 7 (institute), 7 - 11 (workshop)
Course: NATIONAL INTERPRETERS WORKSHOP/INTERPRETIVE MANAGEMENT
INSTITUTE
Location: Tucson, AZ
Details: This annual workshop offers training opportunities
which interpreters can use to personalize their
professional development and meet the needs of NPS
interpretation.
Closes: October 7th (early-bird rates available prior to
August 26th)
Contact: Dave Dahlen, 304-535-6405
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Date(s): November 13 - 17
Course: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION
Location: Brunswick, GA
Details: The course provides administrative clerks and
technicians at the GS-5 to GS-7 grades with
developmental and full performance competencies in
administrative functions.
Closes: August 28th
Contact: Peggy Woodward, 304-535-6402 (phone), 304-535-6408
(fax)
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Date(s): November 13 - 17 *
Course: INLAND SAR COORDINATION COURSE: USAF NATIONAL SAR
SCHOOL
Location: Tavares, FL
Details: Comprehensive, graduate-level look at inland search
theory and its application to planning land and air
searches for missing persons and aircraft.
Closes: September 1st
Contact: Chuck Anibal, 304-535-6401 (phone), 304-535-6182 (fax)
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Date(s): November 18 - 21 *
Conference: FIFTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION,
AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM
Location: Baltimore, MD
Details: Contact the web site for more info:
www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/conference00.htm.
Closes: ---
Contact: See above.
Submitter: Ginger Carter, WASO
Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the
cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
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