Teaching Fellows Program
Annually we will identify a cadre of “Teaching Fellows” that serve a one-year commitment to more deeply connect the content of grant activities with a strong pedagogical approach to teaching American history. These teachers will represent the best of the profession from each county, and our goal is to create and support a strong collegial culture that provides professional, personal, and scholarly growth.
During their tenure, the Teaching Fellows will attend seminars, receive annual memberships to historical organizations like the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians, engage in “brown bag” roundtables with university scholars in which the professor will present a one-hour lecture and then conduct to share approaches to research, questions that guided their work, and teaching strategies and best practices in their classrooms.
Additionally, Teaching Fellows will work closely with the Director of the Teaching Fellows Program create a portfolio that includes a learning log detailing their growth as a student of history. The portfolio will contain learning activities they have developed, student work samples, and reflections on their growth as a teacher of historical thinking. The portfolio will serve as a means for documenting and assessing teacher growth. The Teaching Fellows will be expected to present their work to their colleagues at each Teacher Institute and will be encouraged to also present at national history and history education conferences.