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Professional Development. Outside the Box. ® JMurchison 2011. Why do we travel? . Vacation Visit family Business trip Travel with students What’s missing?. …Professional Development. Have you considered traveling as a way to earn PD credit?. Why?.
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Professional Development Outside the Box ®JMurchison 2011
Why do we travel? • Vacation • Visit family • Business trip • Travel with students • What’s missing?
…Professional Development • Have you considered traveling as a way to earn PD credit?
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.
Now What? • Application • Specific grade levels • Deadlines • References • Cost • Packing • Projects/Lesson Plans
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
Opportunities • Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies • Teaching American History Fellowships • KeizaiKoho Center • Toyota International Teacher Program • Heifer International • NASA • IREX • Yale PIER Program • British Universities Summer Program • American Council for International Education
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
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
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
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
NEH: Duke Ellington and the Development of American Popular Culture
NEH: Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution
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
NEH: Jazz, Motown, and the Transformation of American Culture, 1959-1975
Consider a professional development opportunity that’s outside the box… …it will change your life forever.
Links to the Professional Development opportunities in this PowerPoint can be found at: http://jmurchison.pbworks.com/w/page/5632279/FrontPage