Global Refugees: Human Rights, Responsibilities, and Responses from the Choices Leadership Institute

Choices Leadership Institute

Global Refugees: Human Rights, Responsibilities, and Responses

Brown University, Providence, RI

July 11-15, 2016

**Deadline is approaching: March 1, 2016**

Leadership Institute Benefits:

• Professional growth through content-rich presentations and discussions on the dimensions of and responses to the global refugee crisis, using the Syrian crisis as a case study;
• Immersion in the Choices approach to teaching contested international issues; 
• Resources and ongoing support from the Choices Program to conduct professional development activities in your school, district, and/or region as outlined in your self-designed Action Plan;
• Recognition as a Brown University Choices Teaching Fellow, and participation in this professional network of outstanding educators; and
• A 32-hour certificate of completion.

For more information and application materials, please visit our Institute page.

Check out this Opportunity with History Colorado in April!

Calling All Teachers of Colorado History! Teaching with Primary Sources at Metropolitan State University of Denver (Library of Congress) and the Colorado Encyclopedia (Colorado Humanities) are offering 20 teachers the opportunity to extend their Colorado Council for Social Studies Conference experience.  Selected teachers will: Attend a workshop on Friday afternoon (following the conference lunch and the keynote speaker) and all day Saturday at MSU Denver on April 8 and 9 on the Auraria Campus. Receive reimbursement for the conference registration and a $100 stipend for developing an Annotated Resource Set related to Colorado History. Explore and learn about the new Colorado Encyclopedia – a digital collection of “all things Colorado” – resources for teachers and students related to Colorado History. Join, explore, and use the tools of the TPS Teachers Network, a nationwide social media network designed specifically to support teaching with Library of Congress primary sources. Develop an “Annotated Resource Set” (ARS) of Colorado-themed resources that will be submitted to the Education Editorial Committee for inclusion in the Education Section of the Colorado Encyclopedia. Participants will also receive TPS certification for 12 hours that can be used toward license renewal. Teachers interested in this opportunity should contact Cynthia Stout at ckstout@comcast.net

Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institutes

Summer Teacher Institute

The Library of Congress is now accepting applications for its week-long summer institutes for K-12 educators. Held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., this professional development opportunity provides educators with tools and resources to effectively integrate primary sources into K-12 classroom teaching, with an emphasis on student engagement, critical thinking, and construction of knowledge. Applications are due February 29 and require a letter of recommendation. Click here to find out more.

Fully Funded Summer Institute

June 28 - 30, Portland State University

$300 stipend available (for attendance and travel) for first 25 registered participants.

The Institute for Curriculum Services, in collaboration with the Library of Congress and Portland State University, invites middle and high school social studies teachers to attend a dynamic 3-day workshop, Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Peace Process.

With an emphasis on inquiry based learning using Teaching with Primary Sources strategies and content-specific lectures from university scholars, this institute will enhance your professional practice and deepen your historical content knowledge.

For more information and to request applications materials please contact Jacqueline Regev, jregev@icsresources.org.

UCCS programs named partners in national network to grow STEM teaching force

NEW YORK — 100Kin10, a national network coordinating and accelerating efforts to bring 100,000 new excellent science, technology, engineering, and math teachers into elementary and secondary schools by 2021, announced two University of Colorado Colorado Springs programs as new partners Feb. 17.

The programs are UCCSTeach and the Colorado Geographic Alliance’s “Moving GIS into the Classroom.” The UCCS programs are among 49 new partner organizations announced as part of a national network of more than 280 of the country’s top businesses, nonprofits, foundations, and academic institutions working toward the goal of more STEM teachers. The two programs complement each other. UCCS Teach focuses on preparing new teachers and Colorado Geographic Alliance works to improve existing science and math education.

Get the full article here.

Putting Social Studies in its Place Using GIS to Enhance the Classroom

Check out this upcoming workshop on Social Studies.

TPS Workshop February 27th in Greeley

Essentials Exploration - Saturday, February 27, 2016: 8:30-4:00 - also requires pre-workshop viewing of online module.  Location: Greeley UNC Campus

This introductory workshop is a prerequisite for all other TPS offerings.

Take advantage of this opportunity to meet the requirement to be eligible to attend future UNC-TPS Special Topics workshops.

This free hands-on Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) workshop introduces you to the next Library of Congress' wealth of inline resources for teachers and immerses you in strategies for engaging students with primary sources.  Investigate informal texts, explore ways to enhance visual literacy, and practice strategies to promote critical thinking and hypothesis testing.  Learn from primary source-based activities aligned to standards, incorporating the millions, of digitized primary sources available on the Library of Congress website, applicable to all grade levels and teaching disciplines.  Optional fee-based graduate credit available through UNC.

For more information on registration contact primary.sources@unco.edu or call 970-351-1555.