Education ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archie Comic Books · 1997 Video Series · Exhibit Kit Information · Scouting Activities · Instructor Discount Program · Computer Software · School Teacher Support Program · Volunteer Instructor Support Program · Educational Awards · Certificate Awards · What is Amateur Radio? · So, you want to be a Ham? The primary mission of the Educational Activities Department is to develop and administer programs to recruit and license non-hams, and to educate licensed hams to upgrade and become more active in Amateur Radio, making them better candidates for ARRL membership. Archie Comic Books Archie Comic Books are coming back! Thanks to your help, we have met our deadline and soon this wonderful recruitment tool will be available again. 1997 Video Series Now you can order any (or all!) of the nine volumes of videotapes available from the ARRL. Included are subjects that range from education to recruitment; contesting to SAREX; disaster preparedness/public service to operating modes; and more! Exhibit Kit Information Materials request for volunteer instructors, teachers and clubs: how to order from an array of educational, recruitment, exhibit and display materials offered by the ARRL. Scouting Activities ARRL Scout Handbook The ARRL Scout Handbook, which tells you how to integrate Amateur Radio into your Scouting program, is available online and as a Portable Document Format (PDF). Adobe Acrobat is required to view Adobe PDF files. Jamboree On The Air Information about the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is part of the ARRL Scout Handbook and is also available as a separate HTML document. Certificate Awards Graduation Certificate What better way to reward your new hams than to present them with a graduation certificate. Instructors often hand these out a club meetings to help welcome the new hams into our great hobby. Just print this certificate wording onto blank 8 × 11-inch parchment paper and use your best printing to personalize it. (grad.jpg, 122,584 bytes) First Contact Certificate Want to encourage your proteges to get on the air, once they've earned their licenses? Do you remember your first on-the-air contact? Here is a certificate to award to new hams after their very first QSO. Some Elmers frame the certificate to present to the new ham at a club meeting. Just print this certificate wording onto blank 8 × 11-inch parchment paper, and use your best printing to personalize it. (1contact.jpg, 218,280 bytes) Educational Activities Feedback Help us to learn what would be most helpful to you by filling out this online feedback form. Page last modified: 12:04 PM, 18 Dec 1997 ET Page author: [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Glenn Swanson, KB1GW, Educational Programs Coordinator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Consider for a moment the role of an Amateur Radio instructor or recruiter. Think about what they do for the hobby. I can think of several individuals who selflessly give of their own time to teach license classes, distribute information and so on. Fact is, I probably would not be a ham without such dedicated people who took me under their wings and, after a false start or two, allowed me to fly on my own. I am forever grateful to these volunteers -- heroes to me -- who supported Amateur Radio through teaching or recruitment. Here's the complete line up of ARRL Instructor of the Year awards: •The ARRL Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award -- presented to a nonpaid volunteer instructor. •The ARRL Professional Instructor of the Year Award -- presented to a paid, non-state licensed, instructor. •The ARRL Professional Educator of the Year Award -- presented to a professional teacher. •The ARRL Excellence in Recruiting Award -- presented to hams who exemplify outstanding recruiting enthusiasm and technique. How to Nominate Send an SASE to the ARRL Educational Activities Department, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111, and ask for an Instructor of the Year nominating form. (You can request a copy of the "Terms of Reference" for a given award by e-mail: [email protected].) Send your nominations to your ARRL Section Manager by February 28, 1998. Your Section Manager will forward the nominations to the ARRL Educational Activities Department and we’ll send details to the nominees about how to compete for the awards. Sponsor A Plaque! All winners receive beautifully engraved plaques. Two clubs stepped forward to cosponsor two awards in 1996: The Lake County (La Porte, Indiana) Amateur Radio Club, a long-time supporter of the Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year award, and the Lambda Amateur Radio Club (Int'l), cosponsors of the 1996 Professional Educator of the Year award. Plaque sponsorship is a perfect opportunity for your club members to help give recognition to instructors, recruiters and . . . your club! The process is simple. Your club contributes $80 (tax deductible) to the cost of the plaque, which is purchased by ARRL. The plaque is sent to the ARRL official who will present it to the winner, usually at a convention or hamfest. In turn, your club is honored by being named, along with nominees and winners, in QST and other ARRL publications. Of course, your club's name appears on the plaque as well. Contact the ARRL Educational Activities Department, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111, and sponsor a plaque for the 1997 winners! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page last modified: 2:32 PM, 19 Jan 1998 ET Page author: [email protected] http://www.arrl.com/ead/award/ lets go to the front page now