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Education, counseling and leadership that supports the United Nations manifesto for environmentally sound personal growth and social justice
Institute of Global Education
Special NGO consultant to United Nations Economic and Social Council
DEPARTMENT OF INTEGRATED ECOLOGY
....Project NatureConnect Scholarship Program
....in support of appropriate degree programs....
....Dr. Michael J. Cohen, Director
....Program Chair, Akamai University
....Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology
....360-378-6313
Student Co-op Course and Co-op Enrollment Contract
To be eligible to enroll in the Cooperative, you must have completed the Degree Program Application or Certificate Application with appropriate payments that your arrange.
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsapplication.html
http://www.ecopsych.com/ecocertapplic.html
plus the first five sections of the Orientation Course
The Graduate Webstring Student Cooperative (GWSG) administrates much of the program by teaching its participants how to help administrate it. For this reason, it operates as a required course, a 3-part, 3 credit, (135 hours) Field Study program, ECO 751A, entitled Cooperative Administration of NSTP, Online, Training and Degree Programs. This course requires students to learn how to successfully implement their Co-op Admissions contract (below) in the GWSG group as a continuation of the interactive webstring process they have learned and applied in the Orientation Course ECO 500.
The ECO 751A Course begins with the Contract of Understanndings, below. It helps IGE applicants recognize and fulfill their attractions to the purpose of the IGE Graduate Student Cooperative for the benefit of all concerned.
The contract sets forth the conditions for participating in the Graduate Webstring Student Cooperative (GWSC) and asks you to signify (by initialing) that you understand and intend to honor and manifest these conditions.
OPERATION AND PROGRAMS
The GWSC, through the natural attractions of its participants and faculty, self-administers the steps, courses and evaluations needed for a student to complete the Certificate Program and/or Degree Program.
There are four basic programs:
1) The Certification Program-- contains all the courses necessary to certify participants to teach the NSTP at each of 3 levels and to optionally matriculate
into the graduate programs;
2) Degree Program-- thesis (MS);
3) Degree Program--dissertation(Ph.D.)
4) Post Doctoral FellowshipSTUDENT COOPERATIVE ENROLLMENT CONTRACT
Please email this contract to <igecoop@ecopsych.com> along with first semester or Certification Level payment after you start Chapter/Section Six of the Orientation Course and course participants and faculty members there agree that you are participating adequately. This is required because the Cooperative functions under the same consensual support process that is used in the Orientation Course and other courses. The Co-op is a practicum course in itself, ECO 751A. Students participate in it for the duration of their program and as long after as is attractive to them in the roles of guides, facilitators and mentors.
UNDERSTANDINGS AND CONTRACT
INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL EDUCATION
Special NGO consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
Graduate Student CooperativeMichael J.Cohen, Ed.D. Director
Program Chair, Akamai University
Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated EcologyInstitute of Applied Ecopsychology
Dr. Michael J. Cohen, Director
360-378-6313
Email nature@interisland.netEducation, counseling and leadership that supports the United Nations
manifesto for environmentally sound personal growth and social justiceAlso see Project NatureConnect Scholarship Program
in support of appropriate degree programs
STUDENT COOPERATIVE ENROLLMENT CONTRACT
(email to igecoop@ecopsych.com after you start Chapter/Section Six of the Orientation Course-see below for explanation).UNDERSTANDINGS:
Please initial that you understand.
To be eligible to enroll in the Cooperative and ECO 751, you must have completed the Certificate Application (http://www.ecopsych.com/ecocertapplic.html) or the Degree Program Application (http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsapplication.html)
and have successfully completed Section/Chapter 1-5 of the Orientation Course.
_________ (initial)At that point, if your fellow course participants and faculty members agree that you are participating adequately, you may submit this contract to Dr. Michael J. Cohen at <nature@interisland.net>. He, along with your Orientation Course classmates will determine if you have met its Application and Tuition Fee payments and Orientation Course requirements and then forward your contract to the Faculty and Participants of the GWSG.
_________ (initial)Your name will be admitted for participation to the list of
1)GWSC Students, <pnc-gwsg@yahoogroups.com>
2)Professional participants, <natureconnect-professional@egroups.com >
and
3) a small Study/Support Group of about 6 participants.Until you are in the Coop, your mail to these addresses will bounce.
Additions to the addresses of these groups, if any, will be sent to you and you will placed on their mailing lists. From that point on, all your questions and problems in the course, certificate, and degree programs should be addressed to one or more of these lists.
_________ (initial)If you're in doubt about which is the appropriate list to write, send your question(s) to the GWSG List as everybody in the program is on it.
_________ (initial)
CONTRACT:
The following contract has been designed to help IGE applicants fulfill
their attractions to help achieve the purpose of the IGE Graduate Student
Cooperative for the benefit of all concerned.
Date: ____________________Dear Student Cooperative Coordinators,
I am interested in obtaining Learning with Nature Certification
and/or a graduate level degree in Applied Ecopsychology or Integrated Ecology as part of the Graduate Student Cooperative and its Graduate Webstring Support Group (GWSG). I agree to the terms of the following contract as the first step in becoming a member in good standing of the Graduate Student Cooperative and ECO 751A.1. Initial IGE Graduate Student Cooperative Contract
Through this contract, I commit to myself and the Graduate Student Cooperative that I will strive to become fully participatory in its purpose and functions.
Your Name:
Address:
City:
Zip/Postal Code:
Country:
Email:
Telephone:
Date:
Applying for the
( ) Post Master's Doctoral degree program
( ) Doctoral degree with Master's waived via equivalency determinations.
( ) Master's Degree.
( ) Master's degree with Bachelor's waived via equivalency determinations.
( ) Certification Level ( )1 ( )2 ( )3Unless other arrangements have been made, my first semester degree program tuition payment of $1500.00 or Level 1 Certification tuition payment of $740 accompanies a hard copy of this Contract sent to
Karla Gulke,
IGE Cooperative,
20887 West Bulsen Road,
Mt. Vernon, WA 98274
_________ (initial)I will also email a copy of this form to igecoop@ecopsych.com
so they may attach it to my payment.
_________ (initial)I have completed to Section/Chapter Six and will complete the Orientation Course ECO500: Psychological Elements of Global Citizenship
http://www.rockisland.com/~process/5grglobal.html
_________ (initial)2. I will become increasingly familiar with the following
information about the GWSG, will cooperate with it, and will help
others understand it to the best of my ability.The GWSG procedures,
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsprocede.html
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsprocedures.html
_______________ (initial)
The Certification Program leads to three levels of Certification. The lists of courses needed to complete each certification level, as well as MS or Ph.D. degree requirements, is found at http://www.ecopsych.com/ecocertificate2.html .
I understand that in order to automatically become a matriculated Degree Candidate, the completion of these courses (culminating in ECO 800) is required. I will therefore enter these courses upon completing their prerequsites (keeping in mind that in general the courses in each level should be completed before moving on to the next level. However, take advantage of courses based on time, convenience and unique opportunity, too. Usually you are eligible for any course except ECO 601 and 602 after completing EC0 500, ECO 501 and ECO 508.
Full index of the materials used by GWSG students is located at
http://www.ecopsych.com/appbasiclttr.html
http://www.ecopsych.com/ecodgrindex.html (presently being updated)
_________ (initial)You recognize that if you have special needs that make sense in the program or courses, and fellow participants and faculty members agree that they are valid, you may petition for these needs to be met. If QUESTIONS arise, or when you want to TAKE A COURSE that requires group participation or find fellow students to study a course with me, you will make either direct inquiries to students and faculty via my guide group mailing list or the GWSG list and/or post my inquiry for inclusion in the newsletter that will be sent to all students when appropriate.
_________ (initial)In general, your questions will be directed, in this order, to the people
in:A). courses you am involved with at the time,
B) my support group,
C) the whole student body <pnc-gwsg@yahoogroups.com> or the
professional group <natureconnect-professional@egroups.com> once you are placed on these lists. The coop faculty are members of these groups and will be of help when necessary.D) If you need additional assistance you will contact Allison at
allison@reststop.net or Mike at nature@interisland.net
E) I understand that as part of the cooperative I am expected, in consent, to mentor other students and help answer administrative questions from my experience with the program and from my familiarity with the material above.
_________ (initial)
3. If I need to make arrangements for financial assistance for my degree program, I agree to help find funding sources. I will also cooperate in reducing administrative expenditures by actiing as a mentor for others and being as helpful as possible in other ways
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsscholarship.html_________ (initial)
4. I will introduce myself to my study/support group as soon as you are notified of the group members' email addresses, and I will participate in the operation of my group to the best of my ability. I will ask questions there first and seek answers elsewhere when necessary. I will become proficient in knowing the answers to administrative and academic questions so I may cooperatively help others with them, as well.
_________ (initial)
5. I agree that all Co-op contracts I make, when completed, will go in my student file and be a permanent part of the record of my graduate degree program studies. I will keep a hard-copy record of these contracts as well because my support group and I are solely responsible for documenting my participationin the program.
_________ (initial)
6. I acknowledge that to be a member in good standing of the IGE Student Co-op, I must continue to be attracted to make consensual contract commitments, reshape them as needed in agreement with faculty, committee and support group members, and meet the terms of the contracts I make or, with consent, renegotiate them. As my interests grow, I will convey this to my study group and the faculty, and petition for changes in my contracts as needed to the mutual attractions of myself and the Co-op.
I will strive to sustain trust and coordination of the program by painstakingly having my words accurately convey my attractions, actions and intentions and by seeking consent from my groups, classmates and support teams.
I will keep a hard copy record of all transactions with the Coop and IGE to affirm my progress and completion of the program.
_________ (initial)
7. In conjunction with 5 and 6 above, to assist me in my
relationships with the Cooperative, I agree to use the COOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATION EMAIL TEMPLATES, below,to properly insure my contacts throughout the program.A. CONTRACT FORM FOR STARTING ALL COURSES AND FIELD STUDY SIGNUPS OR SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS http://www.ecopsych.com/iupscontractfrom.html
The above form should go to all members of your study group for approval as well as to the office for your files <nature@interisland.net>B. CONTRACT FORM FOR TUITION PAYMENTS OR OTHER FINANCIAL
ARRANGEMENTS. http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsformpay.html_________ (initial)
8. I am aware and agree that if I do not meet the terms of this or other Co-op contracts that I will not be a member in good standing and I will forfeit all Co-op member rights and privileges described above until the contract is re-negotiated and fulfilled as mutually determined by those who have this responsibility.
______ (initial)
9. This contract has made me aware that I will receive a grade, transcript and/or degree program credit for what I learn and do in SECTION A of the course EC0 751 entitled Cooperative Administration of an NSTP Online Training and Degree Program. I recognize that all other NSTP courses, costs and programs depend upon the success of GWSG through ECO 751A, in mentoring and supporting all the courses and programs. For this reason, I realize my course grade in ECO 751A will influence my grades in other courses.
10. VERY IMPORTANT. KEEP A COPY OF THIS CONTRACT .
In review: Upon your acceptance in the Student Cooperative you will be automatically registered in ECO 751A and on several mailing lists.A GWSG mailing list going to all the active and inactive students in the Coop.
A mailing list going to the Professional Group. These are people who are using NSTP in the field.
A list of people in your Personal Coop Support group in the Coop.
If you are starting some other course, you will be placed on the mailing list for that course, too. Each of these lists are separate. Try not to get them mixed up. Don't bring course members into the Coop or your support group and vice versa.
The updated list of courses and procedures, as reflected in this Contract, is located at
http://www.ecopsych.com/ecocertificate2.html
http://www.ecopsych.com/iupsprocede.html
11. As part of this contract, please write a two paragraph statement introducing yourself and your background, interests, and personal goals in this program (below). Save this statement so you may optionally update and share it with your future program partners. It may be the same statement you use on your application form.
___________________Student Signature
___________________ Date
Thank you for considering and following these cooperative guidelines.
REMINDER: Do not email this contract to igecoop@ecopsych.com
until sometime after you successfully start Section/Chapter Six of the Orientation Course .Project NatureConnect
Institute of Global Education
Special NGO consultant to United Nations Economic and Social Council.
P.O. Box 1605 Friday Harbor WA 98250
(360) 378-6313
nature@interisland.net
www.ecopsych.com
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