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| TEACHER OF THE YEAR | SUMMER SEMINARS | HUMANITIES IN THE HALLWAYS
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 Announcing 2009 Teacher Institute Seminars! 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. Humanities in the Hallways Professional Development Programs 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 Humanities Teacher of the Year
Cherokee High School Social Studies and Psychology teacher Scott Sax is
the New Jersey Council for the Humanities 2008 Teacher of the Year. With
an interdisciplinary approach that prioritizes critical analysis, Sax
encourages students to challenge their assumptions and contextualize their
thinking. “The study of humanities is the study of everything human beings
do,” Sax explains. “You can’t understand philosophy until you understand
the context, the history, of how it was developed.” With this goal, Scott
Sax, called a ‘Renaissance Man’ by colleagues, encourages students to
connect the past to the present, giving them a more nuanced understanding
of the world they inhabit. 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.
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Each year NJCH offers a series of six-day residential programs that provide in-depth exploration of topics in the humanities. 2009 Seminars are: The 20th Century and the African American Experience; Washington and Lincoln: Presidents and Slavery; Coming of Age Literature; and Literature and Democracy. 
Humanities in the Hallways 
