TEACHER OF THE YEAR | SUMMER SEMINARS | HUMANITIES IN THE HALLWAYS

NJCH TEACHER INSTITUTE

The NJCH Teacher Institute provides professional development programs for New Jersey K-12 educators and recognizes outstanding work by teachers of humanities disciplines.

Teacher Seminars

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities professional development seminars for New Jersey K-12 teachers bring educators together for an intellectually stimulating exploration of new scholarship in history and literature that enriches their lives and their curriculum.

Summer Seminars at Monmouth University

Announcing 2008 Teacher Institute Seminars!

Each year NJCH offers a series of six-day residential programs that provide in-depth exploration of topics in the humanities. 2008 Seminars are: American Heroes: From the Founders to 9/11; The 20th Century and the African American Experience; Religious Diversity in America; Coming of Age Literature; and Literature and Democracy.

Seminars are tuition-free; housing, meals, and books are also included. Participants in all seminars can earn professional development credits and stipends. Participants have the opportunity to submit a research paper for graduate credit.

Click link to review the 2008 Seminar offerings.

Humanities in the Hallways Professional Development Programs

Humanities in the Hallways
is designed to broaden the
community of educators
participating in humanities
forums around the state
through programs that give
teachers exposure to rich
new content and the latest
scholarship.

Through this new program, schools and school districts can arrange for distinguished scholars and experts from New Jersey's many colleges and universities to come to their school and lead content-based humanities programs. Suitable for teachers across the curriculum, a wide variety of topics is available based on our Teacher Institute seminars which are aligned with the New Jersey Professional Development Standards and the State Core Curriculum.

Click link for Humanities in the Hallways topics and for guidelines and application.

The 2007 Humanities Teacher of the Year.

Ridgewood High School American Studies teacher Patricia Hans is the New Jersey Council for the Humanities 2007 Teacher of the Year. Dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to the humanities, Ms. Hans helps her students develop an ever increasing understanding of the connection between literature and history. “One cannot understand a work of literature written in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries or comprehend historical events and experiences if one remains in the present,” Hans explains. Patricia Hans' approach to teaching enlivens her students and encourages them to take an active part in the history they are studying.

Each year the NJCH Teacher of the Year awards program recognizes outstanding work in humanities education. Elementary and secondary school teachers are equally considered. Prizes go to honored teachers and their schools. Nominate a teacher at your school!

Click link for nomination guidelines and forms for 2008 Teacher of the Year.