| The College Board Advanced Placement Program |
These professional development workshops are offered
throughout the academic year in a variety of disciplines. |
| The Connected Classroom Conference |
A program for teachers to integrate technology
into their instruction, using incredible resources online. |
| Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education |
The Council offers a number
of workshops for educators throughout the year regarding religion, spiritual
and moral life. |
| Dar al Islam Teachers Institutes |
This residential program provides secondary school teachers with
the opportunity to study Islam. |
| David Mallery Seminars |
Many seminars offered for faculty and administrators.
Telephone: (215) 242-0731 |
| Education Week's Web Site |
News for teachers and administrators. |
| Fulbright-Hays Group Seminars Abroad |
The U.S. Department of Education has announced
their ten 2003 summer programs offered to K-12 and post-secondary educators. |
| Fulbright Memorial Fund (FMF) Teacher Program |
This competitive
program provides a unique opportunity for United States primary and secondary
school teachers and administrators to participate in a fully funded three-week
study visit to Japan, where they will study the Japanese culture and education
system. The program is sponsored by the government of Japan |
| Fulbright
Teacher & Administrator Exchange Program |
One year exchange program
for teachers who have 3 years teaching experience and are U.S. citizens. |
| Harvard
Graduate School of Education |
Harvard offers various professional development programs, mostly
during the summer months. |
| Hawaii Association of Independent
Schools |
M.Ed. in Private School Leadership. Two 6-week
summer programs at the University of Hawaii and 2 field study projects in
the intervening year. |
| Independent
School Management Summer Institute |
ISM has 31 summer workshops designed specifically
for private-independent school administrators |
| The Island School |
This immersion school in the Bahamas offers a summer teacher development conference to educate educators
about its program. |
| Klingenstein Center for Independent School Education |
Includes information about the Klingenstein Center's Master's Degree program
in Educational Administration with a focus on Private School Leadership,
fellowships, and summer programs, as well as hyperlinks useful to independent
schools, a job bank, and a project linking independent and charter schools. |
| Lester
B. Pearson College |
Victoria,
BC.
Teaching for Transformation learning retreat for teachers
7/20-25/03 |
| Milton Academy |
Milton,
Massachusetts. Annual Cultural Diversity Institute, 7/7-12/03. Call 617/898-2319
for more information. |
| National
Association for Gifted Children |
Indianapolis,
IN. Annual Convention 11/12-16/03. Learn how to meet the needs of gifted
and talented students. |
| NAIS |
NAIS hosts their People of Color conference every
December, as well as a Summer Diversity Institute, annual conference,
and CASE/NAIS independent schools conference. |
| National Center for Independent School Renewal |
Established in 1998, NCISR serves as a catalyst
for innovation among independent schools |
| National Endowment for the Humanities |
Summer Institutes.
Purpose:
the NEH supports teachers who wish to strengthen and expand their understanding
of history, literature, foreign languages and cultures, and other areas
of humanities. With NEH support, teachers may join a Summer Institute
and spend from 3-6 weeks in formal study on a humanities topic and its
applications to the classroom. Participants receive a stipend plus books,
lodging and other expenses. Info: 202-606-8282
Summer Seminars for School Teachers.
Purpose:
Participants’ Grants provide support for full-time schoolteachers to participate
in summer seminars directed by accomplished teachers and active scholars,
focusing on significant texts in the humanities. A list of seminar offerings
may be obtained from the program. Directors’ Grants provide support for
accomplished teachers and scholars to direct summer seminars at colleges,
universities, museums, libraries, and similar institutions. Teachers
selected to participate in the program and direct the seminars will receive
a stipend of $2,450, $2,825 or $3,200 depending upon the length of the
seminar. The stipend is intended to cover travel costs to and from the
seminar location, books, and other research expenses as well as living
expenses for the tenure of the seminar. Info: 202-786-0463.
Summer Stipends.
Purpose:
Grants provide support for college and university teachers; individuals
employed by schools, museums, libraries, etc. to undertake full-time independent
study and research in the humanities for two consecutive summer months.
Info: 202-786-0466.
Council for Basic Education National Fellowships for Independent
Study in the Humanities.
Purpose:
The Endowment has awarded a grant to the Council for Basic Education to
support a program of summer fellowships for elementary and secondary schoolteachers
with at least five years of teaching experience. School principals and
librarians may also be eligible to apply. Fellowships of up to $3,200,
including a stipend for a mentor and a book allowance support six weeks
of independent study in one of the disciplines of the humanities. Info:
202-347-417
Elementary and Secondary Schools Humanities Focus Grants.
Purpose:
These grants enable small groups of teachers, faculty members, and other
educators who work together to develop their understanding of important
topics in the humanities and, if they choose, to translate that understanding
into plans of action for their institutions. Participants of these grants
engage with scholars in joint study and organize workshops on intellectual
issues and related curricular questions. |
| National Employment Minority Network
Recruiting Teachers of Color
|
Established in 1994, Nemnet
is a national resource organization committed to assisting schools and
organizations in the identification and recruitment of minority students
and professionals. |
| Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory |
The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
holds an annual Education Now conference with sessions on a number of
topics. |
| Pacific Basin Consortium |
This Asian-Pacific works with members to promote
global or multicultural curriculum. |
| Peoples Institute Northwest |
They periodically offer workshops on Undoing
Racism. (206) 938-1023 |
| Punahou
School |
K-12
Asia-Pacific Educational Exchange Center
Honolulu,
HI
The Impact of Technology on Student Learning
2003 Fall Teacher Institute, 10/6-17/03 |
| Relearning
by Design |
Helps educators build schools around students'
needs as learners. Provides consultations, in-service workshops, professional
development seminars, national conferences, and publications and videos
on student assessment and curriculum design. |
| Smith
College |
Northampton,
MA
Summer Institute for Educators, July 9-11, 2003
Emphasis is on making classrooms more equitable learning environments
|
| St. Johnsbury Academy |
St.
Johnsbury, VT
Advanced Placement Summer Institute for Secondary Teachers
|
| St. Michaels University
School |
Victoria,
British Columbia. Summer Institute for Educators, workshops on Technology
and Education, 7/5-14/03. |
| Taft Educational Center |
The Center offers summer workshops in a variety
of subjects, located in Watertown, Connecticut. |
| Teachers as Scholars |
These content-based seminars are sponsored jointly
by Seattle Arts and Lectures and the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington. |
| Teaching + Technology Coaching
Initiative |
An intensive program to develop strong teachers
into coaches for their peers, based on Seattle’s “Teach the Teachers” program and partnered with the Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology. |
| Woodrow Wilson Summer Institutes |
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
offers summer institutes in a variety of disciplines. |
| Yale Center for International and Area
Studies |
Programs in International Educational Resources provides programs and services designed to increase understanding of global
issues. |
