General Interest | Asian Studies | Latin | Music | Dance

GENERAL INTEREST

Crossing Borders/Breaking Boundaries
www.crbs.umd.edu/crossingborders/index-all.shtml

The Crossing Borders/Breaking Boundaries summer institute is a nine-day residential program for middle and high school teachers designed to encourage multidisciplinary professional development.

Contact
Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies
crbs@umd.edu
301-405-6830

Seminars for Teachers
http://www.arhu.umd.edu/outreach/sft

The Seminars for Teachers program is a unique approach to professional development that provides a vital collaboration between university faculty and K-12 teachers. Through this program, teachers reconnect to the world of scholarship by attending small seminars led by distinguished and dynamic professors in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Teachers come together on campus for one or two school days to expand their knowledge, share ideas, and engage in interactive dialogue with university faculty and fellow teachers from both private and public schools in the greater DC Metro area.

The program is part of a nationwide initiative of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and is offered with support from the College of Arts and Humanities and the Office of the Provost at the University of Maryland.

Contacts
Cheryl MacLean
Coordinator
cmaclean@umd.edu
301-405-7505

Adele Seeff
Director, Outreach Programs
aseeff@umd.edu
301-405-6830

ASIAN STUDIES

East Asia: Themes and Strategies for Effective Teaching

This semester-long seminar on the history of East Asia for secondary school teachers in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., area provides a broad overview of the history and cultures of China, Japan, and Korea.

Campus Contact
Gretchen I. Jones, Assistant Professor
Japanese
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
301-405-3745
gjones@umd.edu

Off-campus Contact
Sharon Cohen
301-571-6940
sharon_c_cohen@fc.mcps.k12.md.us

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)

The purpose of the NCTA seminars is to encourage and facilitate teaching about Asia in secondary school courses in World History, Geography, Social Studies, and World Literature, and thereby expand knowledge about East Asia across the curriculum.

Campus Contacts
James Gao, History
Gretchen Jones, Japanese
301-405-3745
gjones@umd.edu

LATIN

Latin Teacher Pedagogy Program

The Latin Teacher Pedagogy Program seeks to familiarize Latin teachers and students with some of the major issues in teaching Latin at all levels, but especially K-12. The program also provides the support and instruction needed by high school Latin teachers so that they can meet the certification standards being set by the No Child Left Behind legislation.

Campus Contact
Hugh Lee, Chair
Department of Classics
301-405-2023
hlee@deans.umd.edu

MUSIC

Music Education Division School University Partnership

This partnership creates a network of music educators in local schools who serve as mentor teachers for students who are at various levels of experience in their programs. Educators and student teachers meet on campus and participate in workshops, special events, and concerts at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

DANCE

Choreographers' Showcase

In partnership with the Maryland National Capital Parks and Planning Commission and Prince George’s County, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center co-sponsors the annual Choreographers' Showcase, featuring work by seven choreographers from the region.
Contact
dancedept@umd.edu
301-405-3180

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