Professional Development
Great opportunities available through the Fulbright Scholar program. Deadlines for various fellowships are approaching.
Great opportunities for teachers can also be found at Primary Source.
STUDY LANGUAGE IN EGYPT AND CHINA
Intensive Summer Language Institutes (ISLI) provides fellowships for U.S. classroom teachers to spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and advanced-level Arabic in Alexandria, Egypt, and Chinese in Changchun, China. Current K-12 teachers, community college instructors of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese, and students enrolled in education programs who intend to teach these languages can apply. Participants earn ten hours of graduate credit through Bryn Mawr College, and are provided with peer tutors and roundtrip airfare. All travel and study-related costs are fully covered. For more information, please visit www.americancouncils.org/isli or email isli@americancouncils.org.
Program Application Deadline: March 2, 2012
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The Educational Seminars Program provides short-term professional development opportunities to teachers and administrators from around the world, for 2-3 week reciprocal exchange programs and one-way professional development programs. Participating countries include Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, and Uruguay for reciprocal exchanges and Greece, India, and Italy for one-way programs. All Educational
Seminars provide airfare, training, travel health care, and living costs. For more information, please visit www.americancouncils.org/es or email edseminars@americancouncils.org.
Upcoming Program Application Deadlines: January 6 and March 30, 2012
Bill Gerling of Missouri DESE also has compiled a great list of opportunities that are approaching. Thanks to Bill for sending out this list of opportunities.
The National Humanities Center has several online professional development seminars scheduled for the upcoming spring semester on various topics in American History from top scholars. You can see the complete list at www.nationalhumanitiescenter.org.
Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers – Federal Trials and Great Debates Secondary school teachers of U.S. history and government are invited to apply for a summer institute, Federal Trials and Great Debates in United States History, to be held June 24-29, 2012, in Washington, DC. The institute is co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center and the American Bar Association Division for Public Education. The institute will provide teachers with the training and resources to engage students in the history of landmark federal cases. This year’s institute will study the Civil War habeas case Ex parte Merryman, the Chew Heong challenge to Chinese exclusion laws, and the Chicago Seven Conspiracy trial. Faculty will include Michael Kazin of Georgetown University and Mae Ngai of Columbia University. Teachers will visit the Supreme Court and the U.S. Courthouse for the District of Columbia, and will participate in workshops at the National Archives and the National Portrait Gallery. Participation will be limited to 20 teachers. Travel, lodging, and meal expenses will be reimbursed. Further information and application materials are available on line at:
Applications must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2012.
For more information, contact Bruce Ragsdale, director Federal Judicial History Office, Federal Judicial Center 202/502-4181
