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Professional Development

Discover unique ways to enhance your professional development by incorporating travel experiences into your teaching. From vacationing and visiting family to participating in workshops and cultural exchange programs, traveling can enrich your perspective and broaden your students' understanding of the world. Learn about various programs like Fulbright-Hays, NEH workshops, and international fellowships that not only provide valuable PD credits but also inspire innovative lesson plans. Join the conversation on how travel can transform your teaching career.

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Professional Development

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  1. Professional Development Outside the Box ®JMurchison 2011

  2. Why do we travel? • Vacation • Visit family • Business trip • Travel with students • What’s missing?

  3. …Professional Development • Have you considered traveling as a way to earn PD credit?

  4. 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. 

  5. Now What? • Application • Specific grade levels • Deadlines • References • Cost • Packing • Projects/Lesson Plans

  6. Opportunities • Fulbright-Hays • NEH • Workshops • Seminars/Institutes • National Parks Service • NOAA • PolarTREC • Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute • Iditarod • National Consortium for Teaching about Asia • Crow Canyon • Goethe-Institute TOP • Library of Congress

  7. Opportunities • Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies • Teaching American History Fellowships • KeizaiKoho Center • Toyota International Teacher Program • Heifer International • NASA • IREX • Yale PIER Program • British Universities Summer Program • American Council for International Education

  8. Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Visit…

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. NEH: Duke Ellington and the Development of American Popular Culture

  14. NEH: The Richest Hills: Mining in the Far West, 1865-1920

  15. NEH: Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution

  16. NEH: Summer 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

  17. NEH: Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad

  18. NEH: Jazz, Motown, and the Transformation of American Culture, 1959-1975

  19. NEH: Mozart’s Worlds: Bridging West and East

  20. Teacher-Ranger-Teacher

  21. NOAA: Teacher at Sea

  22. EarthWatch Institute

  23. Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute

  24. Polar TREC

  25. National Consortium for Teaching about Asia

  26. UTC – East Asia Program

  27. Goethe-Institut

  28. Teaching American History Fellowships

  29. Korea Studies Program

  30. Toyota International Teacher Program

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

  32. Links to the Professional Development opportunities in this PowerPoint can be found at: http://jmurchison.pbworks.com/w/page/5632279/FrontPage

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