Sunday, July 13, 2008 through Thursday, July 31, 2008

All expenses paid, plus stipend. It is an amazing experience. Check out the program of studies and application at www.civiced.org. It is not geared specifically for We the People teachers, it is designed mostly around advanced studies into Constitutionalism and the nature of Citizenship.

Center for Civic Education and NEH's Institute on Political and Constitutional Theory

Applications and agendas can be downloaded online »

This three-week Institute for twenty-four teachers, organized by The Churchill Centre in Washington, D.C., will meet for two weeks in Cambridge, England, at the Churchill Archives Centre, and for one week in London at Goodenough College, between July 13 and August 2, 2008. 

Participants will examine the Anglo-American relationship through the life, reflections, and experiences of Winston Churchill.  The Institute encompasses lectures, discussions, and participants' personal responses to readings and films; projects using primary documents from the Churchill Archives Centre; and visits to Churchill sites in Britain.  Professor Jim Muller of UAA is directing this institute with, other faculty members including some of the most distinguished British experts on Churchill’s life and times.

Details, applications and guidelines are available online »

Information about other Summer Seminars and Institutes also available here »

July 13-19 | July 20-26 in Washington, D.C.

The 2008 Constitutional Academy is an excellent opportunity for rising juniors and seniors in high school to study the ideas from the leading minds of the Founding generation. Students will have an opportunity to:

• visit local historical sites, such as Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and George Washington's Mount Vernon
• receive instruction from Dr. Tiffany Jones Miller, Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Dallas,
• and Dr. David Marion, Professor of Political Science at Hampden-Sydney College
• view Founding Documents at the National Archives
• participate in a Mock Trial Workshop
• AND earn three college credits!

Bill of Rights Institute at (800) 838-7870

Fifty-two teachers -- one from each state, the District of Columbia, and one US territory -- will be selected to travel to Philadelphia, Gettysburg and DC over three weeks in July 2008 to study the three documents and eras. 

Lucas Morel, associate professor of politics at Washington and Lee University, will lead the Presidential Academy.  He will be joined by Gordon Lloyd, Pepperdine University; David Hackett Fischer, Brandeis University; Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College; James McPherson, Princeton University; Christopher Burkett, Ashland University; and Juan Williams, National Public Radio. 

Offered at no charge, all hotel, meal and tour expenses are paid by the Academy and each teacher will receive a $1,500 stipend.  Teachers may choose to receive four hours of graduate credit from Ashland University's Master of American History and Government Program.

Application can be downloaded online »

K-12 teachers (public & private), administrators, and other school personnel

The Tsongas Industrial History Center invites educators from across the U.S. to apply to "Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution," a week-long summer Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop held in historic Lowell, MA, and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Part of the "We the People" program, this workshop is free of charge.  All participants receive a $500 stipend for food and lodging, plus a travel subsidy.
 
The "Inventing America" workshop combines scholarly presentations with on-site investigations of the canals, mills, worker housing, and exhibits of Lowell National Historical Park.  In addition to Lowell's landmark resources, we will use drama, hands-on simulations, historical fiction, and field studies at Old Sturbridge Village, Walden Pond, and Concord, MA museums to bring history to life.

April 3-17, 2009

Under the Eurasia/South Asia Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) the U.S. Department of State and IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board) announce a competition for middle and high school teachers from the United States to participate in a two-week professional exchange program in one of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Ukraine.

The program is fully funded and provides: visa support, round-trip domestic airfare, lodging and meals to attend the TEA U.S. Conference, round-trip airfare from the U.S. to the assigned country in Eurasia or South Asia, emergency medical evacuation plan, recommended vaccinations, and lodging and a daily stipend in host country. 

• Secondary-level (middle or high school), teaching professionals with five or more years of classroom experience in disciplines including English as a Foreign Language, English Language or Literature, and social sciences (including social studies, civics, and history),
• U.S. citizens, and
• Able to travel in April 3-17, 2009.  

Applications can be downloaded online »
For more information, you may contact Anne MiIlazzo at (202) 628-8188 ext 197 or tea@irex.org.

For U.S. teachers, this opportunity involves a year, semester or six-week direct exchange of teaching positions with a counterpart in another country teaching the same subject(s) at the same level. Fulbright program staff in the U.S. and abroad match U.S. and overseas candidates in the spring of each year. Fulbright staff then propose matched-exchanges that each candidate and each school involved in the application process must approve before final selection to the program takes place. For more information about the grant process, see the Selection and Grant Details section of their Web site. For a country listing of teacher exchanges and more information about country choices, see the Teacher Exchanges & Summer Seminars section of their Web site.

In addition, U.S. teachers of Latin, Greek, the Classics, Social Studies and other related subjects may be eligible to participate in one of two summer seminars in Italy or Greece. For more specific requirements and information about these two programs, please see the Teacher Exchanges & Summer Seminars section of our Web site.

Since 1946, the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program has helped nearly 23,000 teachers and administrators contribute to mutual understanding between the United States and countries around the world.  If you are a full-time U.S. teacher or administrator, you may be eligible to apply to the regular program.

For complete information about opportunities, see www.fulbrightexchanges.org