If you are an interested educator who is visiting our site for the first time and are making plans to launch TIC in your New Jersey school in October please contact me, Brian Cowden, via e-mail (brianmag@optonline.net) or on my cell phone at 201-230-3383. I am trying to identify our newly interested teachers and schools so that I can plan to offer TIC workshops for new teachers (or current TIC teachers who want a refresher). This year our plan is to offer 3 workshops in various parts of the state so that all who are interested will find a workshop near their school. Also, if you are struggling with finances to get started with the necessary equipment, please contact me as I sometimes have the ability to steer teachers or schools to certain funding opportunities. Trout Unlimited and the NJ state Fish & Wildlife Division are working with numerous partners to locate funding for some schools who are having difficulty in that area. Certain opportunities do exist for funding from time to time so please check with me to see if I can help. I also have a list of grant opportunities for science teachers that might offset the start-up costs as well. If you have already been in contact with me, stay tuned for more information via this site and e-mail. We are targeting 100 schools in New Jersey participating in TIC for the ‘07-’08 school year, up from our current 25 this year! Thank you for your interest in this wonderful program!
Brian Cowden - NJ Trout Unlimited’s Trout in the Classroom Coordinator