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University of Oregon Course Credits for ER&D Summer and Winter Institutes

Registration Information

Only participants of the ER&D national training institutes are eligible for Oregon credits.

Personnel for ER&D Credits
Course Instructor/Instructor of Records—Bonnie Grossen, University of Oregon
On-site registration and course credit inquiries/Instructor of Records—Rosalind LaRocque, AFT staff

Note: Direct all queries to Rosalind LaRocque (202/393-4272). Do not contact the university directly!

Course Credits
The University of Oregon issues quarter credits. Together, the Summer and Winter Institutes provide a total of five quarter credits from Oregon. These credits only become semester credits if a student transfers those credits to another university or district with a semester system. Quarter credits from the University of Oregon that are transferred to an institution that uses semester credits are converted as follows:

Summer Institute course, 3 quarter credits=2 semester credits
Winter Institute course, 2 quarter credits=1 semester credit

Those who need 3 semester credits, either for transfer as a full 3-credit-hour semester course to a local university or for a step on a pay scale, should take both a Summer and Winter Institute sequence. Graduate level (course #508) and undergraduate level (course #408) credits are available.

Note: Students receiving graduate level credit must have an undergraduate degree.

Cost for credits
Summer Institute 2010: $195 ($65 x 3).
Winter Institute 2010: $132 ($66 x 2).
Grade Options: Pass/Not Pass

Receiving and Obtaining Grades
All students receive a PIN number in the mail with the transcript of their first course and are expected to obtain their own unofficial grade reports at DUCKWEB (http://duckweb.uoregon.edu/), where a free unofficial transcript may be printed at any time. KEEP YOUR PIN NUMBER. (You will only be sent a PIN number once!) These policies are designed to keep costs down.

Transcripts
Students needing official transcripts of current term grades that have been posted may, for a fee, place an order at the following Web site: http://registar.uoregon.edu/students/records/transcripts.html.
For more information regarding transcripts and grades, check the University of Oregon distance education Web site: http://de/uoregon.edu/general/

Transfer Process
In most cases, to transfer your credits you will need two things:
1. An official copy of your transcript obtained from the unversity registrar (refer to transcripts).
2. A course syllabus (obtained from your ER&D course instructor) describing the content of each ER&D course you take for credit.

Course Requirements
Class discussions and activities are extremely important; attendance and active participation in all classes will be included in the grade. Students will also complete six Reflection on Research Concept forms. Students also will make a 20-minute presentation at the Winter Institute on some aspect of the research and its application in the classroom. Those who apply for Oregon credits will have to submit a 10-page paper on the application of the content.

Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the responsibility of participants and trainers. That responsibility implies the students will attend all classes and complete all tasks as indicated in the Participant's Responsibilities Form.

Course Hours
Participants meeting course completion requirements for the Summer Institute will have earned approximately 70 hours. This translates into 54 in-class hours, 10 hrs (two hours per night) during the instructional week on assignments and three hours on a pre-readings assignment. Between Summer and Winter Institute, six Reflections on Research Application Concept forms must be completed for a total of 12 hours (each application, observation and reporting on the form should be completed in two hours). At the Winter Institute, participants earn a total of 24 in-class hours and an additional two hours in preparation for their practice presentation. At the completion of an ER&D course, participants will have earned a total of 107 credit hours.

Those applying for credit must apply a strategy in their work setting and conduct a month-long study (21 hours) of the effects of the strategy. They report their observations in a defined task outline.

Course Descriptions:

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