KIDS Consortium
Service-Learning 4-day SUMMER Institute for Educators
Portland, Maine: July 19-22
Special tiered rates for educators from one school/district:
$750 for first registrant, $700 for second and $650 for others
Our Institutes guide K-12 educators to create a classroom environment
where students take responsibility for their learning while
demonstrating essential knowledge, skills and disposition. Graduate
Credits available.
Learn more: http://www.kidsconsortium.org/institute_for_educators.php
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Center for the Study of Early American History
A Cordial to My Spirits: Rendering the Early American Family – July 11-22, 2011
Summer Teacher Institute in Thomaston, Maine Opens Enrollment
The Center for the Study of Early American History at The General Henry Knox Museum announces its sixth annual Summer Teacher Institute (STI), a two week program scheduled for July the 11-15 and 18-22, 2011 at Montpelier in Thomaston, Maine. Open to all teachers of history and social studies, this program integrates classroom lectures, hands-on projects, and public events and field trips, all focusing on an exploration of history.
Funding from the Sunshine Lady Foundation allows this program to be offered free of charge for those interested in CEU’s or contact hours, and some free housing is available for students not able to commute.
The title for the 2011 STI, “A Cordial to My Spirits,” comes directly from a letter Henry Knox wrote to his daughter Lucy in 1794 that the museum recently acquired. Letters, our greatest source for understanding the extraordinary cast and ordinary characters of history are a tangible expression of communication that can engage all students. Concurrent with the exhibit at the Museum showcasing Knox family letters, participants will explore the meaning of communication during the 18th century with Dr. Konstantin Dierks of Indiana University, author of In My Power: Letter Writing and Communications in Early America. Mr. Anthony Napoli will return this summer to navigate the vast resource of documents at the Gilder Lehrman Institute giving form to notable characters such as Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams, and Franklin.
Other forms of communication will also be on the agenda for the teachers with a field trip to Museums of Art at Bowdoin and Colby Colleges, and seminars with Dr. Laura Prieto of Simmons College on courtship in early America and Dr. Myles Clowers of San Diego City College about understanding history through fiction. Dr. Marla Miller of University of Massachusetts Amherst will discuss her scholarship on women’s industry in the 18th century and her most recent work Betsy Ross and the Making of America. Peter Cook of Lesley University will lead a field trip at Tate House Museum offering the teachers a workshop in communicating history through household artifacts, followed by Candace Kanes’s presentation of Maine History Online at the Maine Historical Society. Our biggest adventure of the summer will be off the mainland to Islesboro, where renowned food historian Sandy Oliver will host an open hearth cooking lesson.
As in previous years, over the two weeks teachers will be working on their individual research projects and designing lessons for their classrooms in the fall. Applications are available on the website: www.knoxmuseum.org/cseah.html.
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The Clarice Smith National Teacher Institutes
Smithsonian American Art Museum
July 18–July 22, 2011
OR
August 1–August 5, 2011
Be inspired this summer at the Smithsonian American Art Museum as you join colleagues from across the country for an exciting exploration of the connections among art, technology, and your curricula. Attend the week-long institute in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. Stay connected with your newfound colleagues and Museum staff throughout the year.
Middle/junior and high school core subject teachers may apply as individuals or as part of a team. Priority will be given to social studies and English/language arts teachers.
Applications are due Friday, April 8, 2011.
Registration Fee: $200 per participant
For more information and the application please visit: http://americanart.si.edu/education/dev/cs/
Graduate credits, scholarships, and low-cost housing accommodations are available. For more information, please contact us at AmericanArtClariceSmithInitiative@si.edu.
The Clarice Smith American Art Education Initiative is supported by a generous gift from The Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.
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2011 Residential Institute Fellowship for K-12 Educators
Residential Summer Institute for K-12 Educators Journeys of Nonviolence: Gandhi and Chavez Cal Poly Pomona
July 25-August 8, 2011 Application Deadline: March 21,
2011 Download the Program Flyer
Ahimsa Center’s 2011 Summer Institute for K-12 teachers, the fourth in a series on Education about Nonviolence, will focus on two major proponents of nonviolent action for social change: Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) and Cesar Chavez, (1927-1993). Both of them dedicated their lives to combat racism, oppression, injustice, violence, and poverty. In their shared worldview, moral and spiritual growth of human civilization was as important as its material advancement. Both were highly influential in shaping the politics of the day, without ever holding a public office. They led by example, with nonviolence as the core principle guiding their actions. However, their journeys were quite different in terms of the scope, scale, and impact of their movements. This institute is devoted to an in-depth study of their journeys on the path of nonviolence in the pursuit of a more just, peaceful, and sustainable social order.
For a sampling of participant experience from previous institutes, click here.
This institute will provide an extraordinary opportunity for educational leadership by integrating in school curricula the lessons based on critical understanding of Gandhi and Chavez, especially their respective journeys of nonviolence in seeking freedom and social justice.
The Institute is open to all K-12 educators throughout the United States. Forty participants will be selected to receive residential fellowships.
For fellowship details and requirements, selection criteria and application procedure, visit
For queries or additional information, please contact: Dr. Tara Sethia, Professor of History and Director of Ahimsa Center. tsethia@csupomona.edu
Posted on March 9, 2011
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