Post by admin on Jul 15, 2007 9:31:17 GMT -5
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Teachers get history lessons
By: Bill Greenwood, Staff Writer
07/13/2007
Grant to send teachers to American History seminars
MONROE — Some teachers from Monroe and other school districts are going to become students again.
The Monroe school district has received a $959,930 grant from the U.S. Department of Education that will allow 50 teachers from Monroe and nine other districts to attend teacher-training seminars in American history for the next three years, said Laurie McConnell, supervisor of grants, testing and special programs for the Monroe school district. The teachers then will use that knowledge to create new lesson plans and classroom activities.
"(The grant) is to improve professional development for teaching American history," she said. "There are a lot of teachers, particularly in the elementary level, who have had very little exposure to American history. This provides them with some substantive content that makes a difference for students."
Monroe will disburse the Teaching American History grant to nine other districts, including Sayreville, Jamesburg, Freehold Borough, Upper Freehold Township, Henry Hudson Regional, Atlantic Highlands, Highlands and Plumsted school districts, Ms. McConnell said.
The other districts are participating because the grant must serve at least 20,000 students, Monroe Superintendent Ralph Ferrie said July 18. There were 5,161 students in Monroe this year.
Under the grant, teachers will attend 10 days of training in American history per year for three years. The training will be spread out between fall, winter and spring conferences and a five-day summer institute, Ms. McConnell said.
The conferences will feature American history experts from Temple University, Princeton University, Fairfield University and the American Institute for History Education, among others, Ms. McConnell said.
"This is really to make American history education come alive for the teachers and the students they teach," she said.
Teachers get history lessons
By: Bill Greenwood, Staff Writer
07/13/2007
Grant to send teachers to American History seminars
MONROE — Some teachers from Monroe and other school districts are going to become students again.
The Monroe school district has received a $959,930 grant from the U.S. Department of Education that will allow 50 teachers from Monroe and nine other districts to attend teacher-training seminars in American history for the next three years, said Laurie McConnell, supervisor of grants, testing and special programs for the Monroe school district. The teachers then will use that knowledge to create new lesson plans and classroom activities.
"(The grant) is to improve professional development for teaching American history," she said. "There are a lot of teachers, particularly in the elementary level, who have had very little exposure to American history. This provides them with some substantive content that makes a difference for students."
Monroe will disburse the Teaching American History grant to nine other districts, including Sayreville, Jamesburg, Freehold Borough, Upper Freehold Township, Henry Hudson Regional, Atlantic Highlands, Highlands and Plumsted school districts, Ms. McConnell said.
The other districts are participating because the grant must serve at least 20,000 students, Monroe Superintendent Ralph Ferrie said July 18. There were 5,161 students in Monroe this year.
Under the grant, teachers will attend 10 days of training in American history per year for three years. The training will be spread out between fall, winter and spring conferences and a five-day summer institute, Ms. McConnell said.
The conferences will feature American history experts from Temple University, Princeton University, Fairfield University and the American Institute for History Education, among others, Ms. McConnell said.
"This is really to make American history education come alive for the teachers and the students they teach," she said.
Now, today, I know something was fishy, it was the smelly liberal hippie fish. ;D