Summer professional development for Massachusetts teachers

Summertime, 

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           SUM, SUM, 

                Summertime!  

SUMMER professional development 

opportunities for teachers!

Taking a course and sharing with other teachers who are spending relaxed time collaborating and thinking about curriculum and teaching practices is a powerful bonding experience that affirms your roles as teachers and gives you energy for September.

   

Here is a list of some exciting opportunities in Massachusetts. 

They are low cost and some are even FREE!

Let us know if you have any others to add to our list.

• Primary Source (Watertown) offers summer institutes: There are face to face courses on Teaching for Global Understanding, Cultural Proficiency, Ancient China, US and the World as well as online courses on Ancient China, Modern China and Japan    http://primarysource.org/summerinstitutes

• EDCO is offering two sets of technology courses - some for a fee, and some for free through the collaborative technology program. The free ones are primarily for the districts who contributed a course - Acton/A-B, Bedford, Brookline, Newton and Sudbury. However, teachers from the other EDCO districts can sign up and go on a wait list - if there is room, they will take them. Anyone can sign up for the paid courses.

          The paid courses are found here: http://www.edcollab.org/?page_id=1681

          The collaborative program is here: http://www.edcollab.org/?page_id=1921

• American Studies Summer Institute at the JFK Museum (in collaboration with University of Massachusetts) FREE  http://www.umb.edu/academics/caps/summer_programs/institutes

• North Shore Museums Courses: To register for these courses, please email Patricia Nichols directly at pat2023@yahoo.com or call Pat at 978-337-5827.

EDHS 544 Lexington Museums Brought to Life: A Study in Integrating Literacy, History, Science and Math Curriculum into the K‐12 Classroom

SUMMER 2013 -  July 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 from 8AM-5PM

There is an abundance of historically significant sites in Massachusetts to educate and inform. This course will furnish teachers with an overall knowledge of the numerous museums, historical sites in Concord and Lexington. Teachers will have firsthand access to a variety of techniques to integrate the history and resources of each museum or site into their curriculum. Interdisciplinary lessons will afford each teacher the opportunity to connect this course work to the classroom and these practices are aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. On site visits to Concord Museum, Hartwell Tavern, Orchard House, Minuteman National Park, The Manse, Hartwell Tavern and Old North Bridge in Concord, also the Buckman Tavern, Lexington Green and Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington. At the sites, programs may include; hands‐on activities, living history performances, and/or walking tours. Museum staff will work with teachers to tailor programs to school curriculums. Programs embrace multiple perspectives and opinions. The museums’ collections connect artifacts with people, places, and ideas. Museum galleries rich with art and furnishings illustrate life in a particular time period and the different aspects of everyday life. By preserving today for future generations, everyone learns to be thoughtful and active stewards of our national and cultural

resources.  

EDHS 545 North Shore Museums Brought to Life

SUMMER 2013: July 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 from 9AM-5PM

There is an abundance of historically significant sites in Massachusetts to educate and inform. This course will furnish teachers with an overall knowledge of the numerous museums and historical sites on the North Shore. Teachers will have firsthand access to a variety of techniques to integrate the history and resources of each museum or site into their curriculum. Interdisciplinary lessons will afford each teacher the opportunity to connect this course work to the classroom and these practices are aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. On site visits include the Peabody Essex Museum and its Historical Homes, Salem Witch Museum, House of the Seven Gables, Salem National Historical Park, Salem Memorial, Saugus Iron Works, Addison Art Gallery, Rebecca Nurse Homestead and the Witches Memorial. At the sites, programs may include; hands‐on activities, living history performances, and/or walking tours. Museum staff will work with teachers to tailor programs to school curriculums. Programs embrace multiple perspectives and opinions. The museums’ collections connect artifacts with people, places, and ideas. Museum galleries rich with art and furnishings illustrate life in a particular time period and the different aspects of everyday life. By preserving today for future generations, everyone learns to be thoughtful and active stewards of our national and cultural resources.

EDHS 543 Lowell Museums Brought to Life:A Study in Integrating Literacy, History, Science and Math Curriculum into the K‐12 Classroom

SUMMER 2013: June 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 from 9AM-5PM

 There is an abundance of historically significant sites in Massachusetts to educate and inform. This course will furnish teachers with an overall knowledge of the numerous museums, historical sites in Lowell. Teachers will have firsthand access to a variety of techniques to integrate the history and resources of each museum or site into their curriculum. Interdisciplinary lessons will afford each teacher the opportunity to connect this course work to the classroom and these practices are aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. On site visits will include the Whistler House Museum, Tsongas Industrial History Center, American Museum of Textile History, Saint Anne’s Church, New England Quilt Museum, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell National Historical Park, Boott Mill Museum, and the Mogan Center in Lowell as well as the Museum of Fine Arts and Gardner Museum in Boston. At the sites, programs may include; hands‐on activities, living history performances, and/or walking tours. Museum staff will work with teachers to tailor programs to school curriculums. Programs embrace multiple perspectives and opinions. The museums’ collections connect artifacts with people, places, and ideas. Museum galleries rich with art and furnishings illustrate life in a particular time period and the different aspects of everyday life. By preserving today for future generations, everyone learns to be thoughtful and active stewards of our national and cultural resources.