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 –WorkshopsWorkshops –Seminars/InstitutesSeminars/Institutes National Parks ServiceNational Parks Service NOAA PolarTREC Colonial Williamsburg Teacher InstituteColonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute Iditarod National Consortium for Teaching about AsiaNational Consortium for Teaching about Asia Crow Canyon Goethe-Institute TOP Library of Congress

Opportunities Summer Fellowship in Korean StudiesSummer Fellowship in Korean Studies Teaching American History FellowshipsTeaching American History Fellowships Keizai Koho Center Toyota International Teacher ProgramToyota International Teacher Program Heifer International NASA IREX Yale PIER Program British Universities Summer ProgramBritish Universities Summer Program American Council for International EducationAmerican Council for International Education

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Visit…

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: The Richest Hills: Mining in the Far West,

NEH: Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution

NEH: Summer Seminars and InstitutesSummer 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: Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad

NEH: Jazz, Motown, and the Transformation of American Culture,

NEH: Mozart’s Worlds: Bridging West and East

Teacher-Ranger-Teacher

NOAA: Teacher at Sea

EarthWatch Institute

Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute

Polar TREC

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia

UTC – East Asia Program

Goethe-Institut

Teaching American History Fellowships

Korea Studies Program

Toyota International Teacher Program

Consider a professional development opportunity that’s outside the box… …it will change your life forever.

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