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FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT for teachers connects the Museum to language arts, social studies, music, science, and visual arts curriculums. Workshops help educators prepare students for museum visits and programs, and offer creative approaches in teaching core subjects. All professional development workshops begin at 8:30 and end at 3:45. Free parking is provided. Space is limited.*
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Asia Program (Grades 6-12) Digital Teaching Modules
Since their publication in late 2018, over 5,000 educators in Tennessee and throughout the nation have used these master-teacher developed, high quality, instructional modules to help students learn about Asia and the world. Seven master teachers field tested and authored these fourteen teaching modulesthat are available free of charge at:
UTC Asia Program 2018 NCTA Teaching Modules
Developed by seven NCTA Faculty Fellows the instructional modules encompass a variety of significant themes, but all share the following commonalities:
The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), funded by the Freeman Foundation, is a multi-year initiative to encourage and facilitate teaching and learning about East Asia in elementary and secondary schools nationwide. NCTA is a premier provider of professional development on East Asia. The Tennessee Geographic Alliance (TGA) also provided support for module development.
All interested educators are encouraged to use these modules, but Tennessee teachers interested in further professional development that involve the modules and related activities in return for modest stipends should email Lucien-Ellington@utc.edu and Jeff Melnik edast@utc.edu
Since their publication in late 2018, over 5,000 educators in Tennessee and throughout the nation have used these master-teacher developed, high quality, instructional modules to help students learn about Asia and the world. Seven master teachers field tested and authored these fourteen teaching modulesthat are available free of charge at:
UTC Asia Program 2018 NCTA Teaching Modules
Developed by seven NCTA Faculty Fellows the instructional modules encompass a variety of significant themes, but all share the following commonalities:
- An emphasis upon rich and intellectually engaging East Asia history and social science content
- Are designed so that teachers and students may use all or parts of each module
- Include exemplary digital resources and practical pedagogical strategies
- Fellows first taught early versions of their modules and subsequently made modifications
- Faculty Fellows working with UTC Asia Program staff further refined and augmented all modules
- Modules are focused but flexible; revisions resulted in more instructional options
- Modules have been regularly checked and links updated, deleted, or replaced.
The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), funded by the Freeman Foundation, is a multi-year initiative to encourage and facilitate teaching and learning about East Asia in elementary and secondary schools nationwide. NCTA is a premier provider of professional development on East Asia. The Tennessee Geographic Alliance (TGA) also provided support for module development.
All interested educators are encouraged to use these modules, but Tennessee teachers interested in further professional development that involve the modules and related activities in return for modest stipends should email Lucien-Ellington@utc.edu and Jeff Melnik edast@utc.edu
Assessment Committee Application for TDOE Spring, Summer and Fall 2020
Assessment committees are essential to developing and implementing Tennessee’s statewide summative assessment program. Tennessee has one of the longest-running summative assessment programs in the country and unlike most states, develops and owns all our own test questions. Your active involvement, along with thousands of Tennessee educators, ensures the assessment process is informed by content experts who know our students; what they can do now and what they can accomplish in the future.
There are several committees gathering in 2020. You may apply for one, many or all of them. Join us in empowering educators and learners with valuable feedback through summative assessments designed in alignment with classroom teaching. Now is your chance to share your voice!
You may access the assessment committee application here.
There are several committees gathering in 2020. You may apply for one, many or all of them. Join us in empowering educators and learners with valuable feedback through summative assessments designed in alignment with classroom teaching. Now is your chance to share your voice!
You may access the assessment committee application here.
From July 6-24, 2020, Duke University will host a NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers,
"The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives."
This institute is designed by a collaborative team of scholars, veterans, and educators from Duke University, the SNCC Legacy Project (collaborators on the SNCC Digital Gateway), and Teaching for Change. Participants will learn the bottom-up history of the Civil Rights Movement and receive resources and strategies to bring it home to their students, so that they can see themselves in this history. Teachers will have the unique opportunity to learn from people who were key organizers in the Civil Rights Movement, and from leading scholars of that era. Teachers will receive a stipend of $2,700 in order to defray expenses.
For more information and to access the website, please visit https://sites.duke.edu/dukecrmsummerinstitute/.
Any questions can be sent to allison.raven@duke.edu.
"The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives."
This institute is designed by a collaborative team of scholars, veterans, and educators from Duke University, the SNCC Legacy Project (collaborators on the SNCC Digital Gateway), and Teaching for Change. Participants will learn the bottom-up history of the Civil Rights Movement and receive resources and strategies to bring it home to their students, so that they can see themselves in this history. Teachers will have the unique opportunity to learn from people who were key organizers in the Civil Rights Movement, and from leading scholars of that era. Teachers will receive a stipend of $2,700 in order to defray expenses.
For more information and to access the website, please visit https://sites.duke.edu/dukecrmsummerinstitute/.
Any questions can be sent to allison.raven@duke.edu.
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is offering a one-week NEH Summer Institute June 21-26, 2020:
Becoming U.S.: The Immigrant Experience through Primary Sources
Becoming U.S.: The Immigrant Experience through Primary Sources
2021 TCSS Annual Conference in Gatlinburg at the Park Vista
FUTURE NCSS CONFERENCES
2020
(100th NCSS Annual Conference)
Washington, DC
December 4–6, 2020
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Headquarters Hotels—Washington Marriott Marquis and
Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
2021
Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 19–21, 2021
Minneapolis Convention Center
Headquarters Hotel—Hilton Minneapolis
2020
(100th NCSS Annual Conference)
Washington, DC
December 4–6, 2020
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Headquarters Hotels—Washington Marriott Marquis and
Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
2021
Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 19–21, 2021
Minneapolis Convention Center
Headquarters Hotel—Hilton Minneapolis