professional development outside the box ®jmurchison 2011
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Professional Development
Outside the Box
®JMurchison 2011
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Why do we travel?
• Vacation
• Visit family
• Business trip
• Travel with students
• What’s missing?
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…Professional Development
• Have you considered traveling as a way to earn PD credit?
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Why?• PD sessions provide teachers the chance
to grow professionally.
• Any traveling we do expands our students' perspectives of the world when we incorporate our adventures into our lessons.
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Now What?• Application• Specific grade levels• Deadlines• References• Cost• Packing• Projects/Lesson Plans
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Opportunities• Fulbright-Hays• NEH
– Workshops– Seminars/Institutes
• National Parks Service
• NOAA• PolarTREC
• Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute
• Iditarod• National
Consortium for Teaching about Asia
• Crow Canyon• Goethe-Institute TOP• Library of Congress
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Opportunities• Summer Fellowship i
n Korean Studies• Teaching American
History Fellowships• Keizai Koho Center• Toyota International
Teacher Program• Heifer International
• NASA• IREX• Yale PIER Program• British Universities S
ummer Program• American Council fo
r International Education
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Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Visit…
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Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad…• Flagship international exchange program• Designed to increase mutual understanding between the
U.S. and other countries• Administered by the U.S. Department of Education • 4-6 week trips for 16 teachers in each of six or seven
sessions• 4 trips maximum• Congress appropriates money with small contribution by
teacher
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Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad
Application Components…• Curriculum Vitae• Discuss your interest in and experience with interacting
with other cultures• Discuss why you require greater knowledge of the host
countries• Discuss your plan to implement the required curriculum
project
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NEH: Workshops
• National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent grant-making agency for the Federal Government.
• Offers Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for K-12 teachers, librarians, homeschool parents
• One-week programs provide direct experiences in interpretation of significant historical and cultural sites
• Stipends are $1200 to help cover living expenses, books, and travel
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NEH Application• Professional background• Interest in the workshop topic• Special skills, experiences, or perspectives that will
contribute to the workshop• Enhances your teaching by…• Online application coversheet along with all the necessary
information
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NEH: Duke Ellington and the Development of American Popular Culture
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NEH: The Richest Hills: Mining in the Far West, 1865-1920
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NEH: Summer Seminars and Institutes
• National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent grant-making agency for the Federal Government.
• Enables K-12 teachers to explore a topic or set of readings with an expert scholar
• Programs range from 2-6 weeks• Stipends range from $2100 to $4500 to help cover living
expenses, books, and travel • Apply for two but can only participate in ONE
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NEH: Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad
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NEH: Jazz, Motown, and the Transformation of American Culture, 1959-1975
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Toyota International Teacher Program
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Consider a professional development opportunity that’s outside the box…
…it will change your life forever.
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Links to the Professional Development opportunities in this PowerPoint can be found at:
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