Educators! Before
you start packing up your classrooms for the summer, check out these great professional
development opportunities from the CEC. Both trainings (Challenges to
Democracy & 2012 Local Government Seminar) include: FREE lesson plans,
mileage reimbursement, meals, access to scholarly seminars on AND hotel
accommodations for those traveling more than 120 miles round-trip.
Lee Hamilton said regarding American democracy, “Our
democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by
monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending;
sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.” The Program in
the Humanities & Human Values at UNC-Chapel Hill & the NC Civic
Education Consortium are offering teachers the opportunity to analyze our
democracy via a unique, three day exploration of the theme “Challenges to
Democracy.” Through assorted lectures led by renowned professors and
historians, participants will investigate the ways in which democracy has
struggled and changed throughout various time periods. From scrutinizing
a 1700s democracy that claimed “All men are created equal” while enslaving
thousands of people, to discussing our democracy’s growing diversity, twenty
participants will have a unique opportunity to examine our nation’s democratic
principles through the lens of history and current events. Throughout the
scholarly exploration of these topics, participants will also learn pedagogical
strategies for teaching these issues in the middle and high school classroom.
To view the agenda and to register for this
terrific opportunity, click here.
2.
2012
Local Government Seminar: What Does Local Government Do and How Do I Get My
Students to Care?
Dates: August 9 &10,
2012
Hosted by
the City of Durham and the NC City & County Management Association
Every
day, local government touches the lives of North Carolinians and provides the
services essential for functional communities, growing businesses, and healthy
families. It is local government that supplies water to our faucets,
collects our trash, moves traffic through our downtowns, and cuts the grass in
our parks and ball fields. It is also local government that delivers care
and counseling to those facing difficult times and responds with qualified
personnel to life’s emergencies.
Participants
in this seminar will learn first-hand the role of local government in North
Carolina and then explore pedagogical strategies for teaching young people
about how local government in North Carolina works. Highlights of the
Seminar will include: meeting with elected and appointed local government
officials, attending a Durham Bulls baseball game, and MUCH MORE!!
To
register for this unique opportunity, click here.
Be sure to check out these other exciting opportunities from
some of our partners at the University of North Carolina
1. The New NC Essential Standards:
Incorporating the European Union
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2012
Training Dates: June 14th (Chapel Hill) & June 15th
(Charlotte Area)
Registration Fee: $40
Join your colleagues for a 1-day workshop (8:30am
- 5:00pm) designed to help North Carolina K-12 teachers better understand our
interconnected world by learning more about the European Union. This workshop
will include presentations on the European Union and transatlantic relations,
along with sessions on how to incorporate the EU into the new NC Essential
Standards. Teachers will also learn about resources that use technology to
enhance content and better integrate the EU into the school’s curriculum. One
CEU will be awarded for completion of the program.
