[WSCSS] New Opportunities for Teachers

Tue Nov 24 15:05:23 EST 2009

FREE (AND EXCELLENT QUALITY) TEACHING RESOURCES:

1. The Mideast Policy Council's website for teachers.  (Don't miss this.)
2. Curriculum units spanning a variety of regions.  University of
Texas/Austin's
Hemisphere's programs.
3. Some new - and free - "Choices" curriculum units on U.S. policy in
Afghanistan and Iran.
4. Our CMES lesson plans.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIIES (IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD):
5. Middle Eastern Studies Summer Institute at the University of Arizona -
July
2010.
6. International travel grants/hosting opportunities for U.S.
teachers/principals - a program put on by the U.S. State Department.
7. Elementary, Secondary, or Pre-Service Teachers: An upcoming opportunity
(hopefully) will be a heavily-subsidized UA CMES Fulbright-Hays summer trip
to
southern Morocco!  Application now available.
8. Middle school/high school teachers: Fully-funded summer program to Costa
Rica.  (OK, it's not the Middle East, but interesting anyway!)
9. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Teacher Fellowship program for expert
teachers on the Holocaust.  July 11-16, 2010.  Application due in Feb.
10. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institutes and Internships.
(One session is related to the Middle East, but there are other
opportunities
too.)
11. Indiana University's International Studies Summer Institute.  July 7-15,
2010.

1. The Middle East Policy Council has an excellent website for K-12
teachers. 
Resources (including photos and other multi-media resources) are organized
by
theme, content area, etc.  For example, there are lessons on
stereotype-busting, individual countries, etc. The maps are excellent too.
Go
to: www.teachmideast.org.

2. Secondary/Post-Secondary Teachers: The Hemispheres International Area
Studies
Outreach Consortium has a number of curricular units crossing geographical
regions.  For example, there is a unit on "Restoring Women to World Studies"
and another on "Human-Environmental Interactions."  To access them (and
others), go to:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/orgs/hemispheres/curriculum/curriculum.php

3. The excellent "Choices" program has always offered low-cost curricular
units
for secondary teachers; now they are offering some current events units for
free.  To access them, you must register, but everything is free.  Some new
lessons: "U.S. Policy in Afghanistan" and "The U.S. and Iran: Confronting
Policy Alternatives."  Go to: http://www.choices.edu/resources/current.php

4. The University of Arizona's Center for Middle Eastern Studies has lesson
plans for all grade levels on its website.  To view them, go to:
http://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/lessonplans.php

5. The University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies will be
holding
our second annual summer institute for teachers.  It will last for 8 days
and
will probably take place in mid-July.  We will provide housing for
out-of-town
teachers, the opportunity for teachers to choose among a variety of
sessions,
and a parallel program for high school students (rising juniors and
seniors). 
I will give you more information soon, but I wanted you to keep this on your
radar!

6. International travel grants for U.S. teachers/principals OR hosting a
foreign
teacher/pricipal are available through a U.S. State Department-sponsored
program.
"Under the Educational Seminars Program, the U.S. Department of State and
American Councils for International Education announce a competition for
educators from the United States to participate in a professional exchange
program with one of the following countries:
Teacher Exchanges: Greece, India, Italy, Thailand, Uraguay
Principal Exchanges: Argentina, Brazil, Jordan, Mexico, Thailand
Each program is fully funded and provides: travel and accommodations to
Washington, D.C. for a pre-program orientation; international travel and
accommodations; and program tuition if applicable."
*The application deadline is Jan. 4, 2010.
For more information and to download the application, go to:
www.americancouncils.org/es or contact Tim Hair at 202-833-7522 or
thair at americancouncils.org

7. Elementary and secondary teachers - and pre-service teachers: The
application
is now available!  CMES has applied for funding to do another (the 8th one)
of
our "Teach Country" trips. This one would be to Morocco for 4 weeks in
summer
2010. The trip would focus on southern Morocco, where we would even visit
some
areas that Americans cannot normally visit!  The trip would study with
nomadic
and settled cultures (oral and written literature, adaptation to the
environment, etc.) and cultural and economic relations in this borderland
between the Middle East and Africa.  The cost is $1,200, but that includes
everything but your personal souvenirs.  (Included in the amount you pay:
airfare, honoraria for all presenters, transportation within the country,
all
accomodations in good quality hotels, all meals, and $200 apiece toward the
purchase of classroom materials.)
If you want to go on this trip, go online for the application:
cmes.arizona.edu/outreach. Or you can email me for an application.
If you can't go to Morocco but just want to learn more about the topic(s),
we
will be holding 3 teachers' workshops in spring 2010, which will be open to
all
teachers.  (Ask me to send you a DVD if you want to "attend" but are
out-of-Arizona teachers.)

8. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and the Institute of International
Education
are sponsoring a teacher program to Costa Rica from June 18 - July 3, 2010.
"The Toyota International Teacher Program (TITP) provides fully-funded,
professional development opportunities for U.S. educators to travel overseas
to
explore social and environmental issues in Costa Rica and the Galapagos
Islands.
 The program aims to advance environmental stewardship and global
connectedness
in U.S. schools and communities through innovative, interdisciplinary, and
solutions-based teaching methods.  The TITP values diversity and encourages
educators of all subjects and school types to apply for this unique
professional development opportunity."
To be eligible you must:
- hold U.S. citizenship
- be employed full time as a secondary school classroom teacher (grades 6 -
12)
or teacher-librarian
- teach in one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia
- have a least three years of consecutive, full-time teaching experience
The application is now available online:
http://iieteachers.org/Applicant/UserLogin.aspx?Applicationcyclecode=CR2010
*The online application and letters of recommendation are due no later than
January 6, 2010 at 12 PM EST.
If you have any questions about your eligibility or the application process,
call 1-877-832-2457.

9. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has a Museum Teacher Fellowship, which
is
excellent.  (I did this in 2000, and it was amazing.)  It is for experienced
Holocaust educators, so to be eligible, you must be a secondary teacher
(7-12)
with at least 5 years experience in teaching about the Holocaust.  The
program
runs from July 11-16, but the application is due on Feb. 12 (and it's a long
one).  Go to: www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/prodev/teacherfellowship

10. The National Endowment for the Humanities has many summer seminars and
instutites for K-12 teachers that take place both in the U.S. and abroad.
There is even one this year on "The Arabic Novel in Translation."  For more
information on each opportunity and for applications, go to:
http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html

11. Indiana University's International Studies Summer Institute is always
amazing - and very low-cost.  I loved it so much that I went TWICE!  To find
out more about this year's program (held from July 7-15 in Bloomington, IN),
go
to: http://www.indiana.edu/~global/issi 

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