The project descriptions listed below represent special events for teachers, administrators, and counselors. The programs are sponsored by colleges and departments across the University of Maryland Campus. Each program has unique characteristics and specific criteria regarding participation, credit, and cost. It is recommended that you contact the individual department for more detailed program descriptions and guidelines for participation.

Project Description

Crossing Borders/Breaking Boundaries is an integrated program supporting performance, scholarship, and education in the Fine Arts. Developed especially for Maryland middle and high school educators of dance, music, theater, and the visual arts, the institute will:

This eight-day residential program, now in its second year, offers a core curriculum of lectures, hands-on performance classes, and collaborative lesson-planning workshops. Additional activities include a museum field trip, self-guided library research, technology training, and a day in which participants share their newly developed lesson plans. After the institute, all lesson plans will be archived electronically for the benefit of the participants and teachers around the world. Participants who complete the program will be eligible to receive 5 MSDE Continuing Professional Development credits.

Teachers wishing to attend must complete an application, but the program is free of charge to all admitted applicants, and includes tuition, room, and board, as well as five Continuing Professional Development credits from the Maryland State Department of Education Teachers are urged to apply in interdisciplinary teams of 2 to 4, formed from the different arts disciplines at their schools, as well as from other disciplines, such as social studies, English, mathematics, science, and Latin.

Campus Contact: Karen Nelson, Assistant Director, Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies

301-405-6832

Project Description:

The Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance Institute, a summer program now in its fifth year, takes up to 30 high school teachers from across the country to London for three weeks to work at the Globe. The Department of Theatre recently expanded the program’s benefit by developing a website for alumni of the institute to follow up on their experiences and share "best practices" for teaching Shakespeare in the classroom.

Campus Contact

Franklin J. Hildy, Professor

Department of Theatre

301-405-6676

Project Description:

Common Threads: The Arts for Learning, an intensive one-week institute now in its second year strives to deepen teachers’ understanding of the arts as unique processes for learning, knowing, and expressing. The institute, which targets middle-and high school arts educators, explores the series of common threads that runs through all art forms, shows deep structural relationships, and enriches learning of the arts in Maryland schools. By enhancing the teaching process, the institute aims to deepen the impact of arts experiences for students and to expand and refine educators’ classroom practice to meet the challenge of the Maryland Essential Learner Outcomes (ELO’s).

The institute, held at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, is a collaborative venture with the Maryland State Department of Education, Olney Theatre, and the university’s School of Music, Department of Dance, College of Education, and the Performing Arts Library. All 2002 participants received a stipend to develop workshops for a county-sponsored professional development day to introduce their colleagues to the lessons learned at the institute. Each county annually holds 3-4 professional development days, as required by law, offering teachers workshops and lectures in all disciplines. In Prince George’s County, dance teachers who attended the institute have worked with the Smith Center staff to hold five professional development days at the Department of Dance in the Smith Center.

Campus Contact

Ruth Waalkes, Director, Cultural Participation

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

301-405-0312

Project Description

The Maryland Artist-Teacher Institute (MATI): Making Connections, Designing and Implementing Arts-Integrated Curriculum, a professional development program established in 1994 for teachers and school administrators, explores and demystifies the arts as a force in a child’s development and enables teachers to become more knowledgeable, creative, and skillful in using the arts to engage children in active learning. During two weeklong intensive residential programs at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, teachers and administrators from a participating school work as a team to develop a plan for integrating the arts into the school’s curriculum in the coming year. Participants attend performances, lectures, discussions, and hands-on workshops exploring the various roles of different art forms in teaching and learning. Not only are the arts–dance, music, theatre, visual arts, and creative writing–discussed as separate content areas; ways in which the arts can be integrated with other academic subjects are also explored. In addition, the interrelation of different arts disciplines is examined, along with how they impact children’s motivation, learning, comprehension, development of critical thinking, and mastery of problem-solving skills.

Campus Contact

Ruth Waalkes, Director, Cultural Participation

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

301-405-0312

Off-Campus Contact

Ray Zeigler, Maryland State Department of Education

410-767-0260

Project Description:

The Art and Learning Center offers classes in the fine, creative and performing arts during four terms (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer) each year. Class subjects include; drawing, watercolor, photography,ceramics, yoga and ballroom dance. The Center offers special events such as craft fairs, workshops and seminars. Each summer the Art Center conducts an educational summer camp focused on the arts for children ages 7-12. A Counselor in Training Program is available for teens ages 13-16. All programs at the Art Center are available to students, staff/faculty, members of the university community and the general public.

Sub_Unit:Campus Programs

Univ_Contact:Alicia Simon

Univ_Phone:(301) 314-8492

Project Description:

Teachers as Scholars (TAS) represents both a new vision of professional development and a vital collaboration between college and university faculty and public school teachers. Through this program,K-12 teachers participate in small seminars led by leading professors in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences and are, thus, connected to the world of scholarship - the reason many of them became teachers in the first place. In turn, university faculty become far more fully involved in the ongoing efforts of the schools, not only by teaching seminars, but also by visiting schools to discuss standards and improve curriculum. The day-long seminars are held on the University

of Maryland campus away from the day-to-day responsibilities of school.

Univ_Contact: Gabriele Strauch

Univ_Phone:301-405-5646

Project Description:

CAST specializes in creating quality professional development programs for teachers of the humanities by facilitating collaboration between schools and the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland. The goal of CAST, as the College’s outreach unit, is to promote humanities teaching in K-12 schools, emphasizing innovative classroom techniques and the use of technology to engage students more intensely in the humanities. Among its programs, CAST designs professional development sessions for school systems throughout Maryland.

Sub_Unit:Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies

Univ_Contact:Nancy Traubitz

Univ_Phone:(301)405-6833

Project Description:

Latin Day is a public outreach program that brings over 1300 secondary school Latin students and their teachers from throughout Maryland and the Washington DC metropolitan area to our campus each year for a 90-minute program on some aspect of ancient Greek and Roman culture. Established in the late 1970s, it has been recognized for its academic excellence and innovativeness through various grants and awards. It includes various competitions (both during and prior to the program itself) and is coordinated with lesson

plan study materials for students at all levels of Latin study.

Sub_Unit:Classics

Univ_Contact: Judith P. Hallett

Univ_Phone:301-405-2024

Project Description:

The goal of the Latin Teacher Pedagogy Program is to familiarize Latin teachers and students with some of the major issues on teaching Latin at all levels, but especially the K-12 levels. In so doing, it also familiarizes them with different ways of acquainting a larger audience of parents, teachers in other subjects, school administrators and the education decision makers in the community.

Sub_Unit:Classics

Univ_Contact:Judith P. Hallett

Univ_Phone:301-405-2024

Project Description

East Asia: Themes and Strategies for Effective Teaching, a semester-long seminar on the history of East Asia for secondary teachers in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., area, provides a broad overview of the history and cultures of the East Asian countries of China, Japan, and Korea. The purpose is to familiarize history teachers with the major concepts and trends in East Asian history through ten three-hour sessions held on campus. The seminar emerged from collaboration between Montgomery County history teacher Sharon Cohen and University of Maryland professor James Gao. Community Connections/Partners: University of Maryland Department of History University of Pittsburgh, Asian Studies Program National Consortium for Teaching About Asia ,Middle- and high-school teachers and students in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., area.

Campus Contact

James Gao, Assistant Professor

Department of History

301-405-4319

Off-Campus Contact

Sharon Cohen

301-571-6940

Project Description:

Established in 1998, Romantic Circles High School (RCHS) is an online educational network built by and for a national community of teachers and students. Dedicated to the humanities, particularly the study of nineteenth-century British literature and culture, this project is equally dedicated to collaborative experiments in digital studies and online pedagogy. RCHS is a part of the Romantic Circles Website, published by the University of Maryland (http://www.rc.umd.edu. Currently high schools from four states are participating: San Diego, CA; Chicago, IL; Orlando, FL; and Riverdale and Greenbelt, Md.

Sub_Unit:English/Teaching With Technology Program.

Univ_Contact:Neil Fraistat

Univ_Phone: 301-405-3817

Project Description:

The Maryland Academic Alliance was founded in 1989-90 for teachers in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties to develop professional ties with foreign language faculty at the University of Maryland. The purposes of the alliance are to improve the quality of intellectual and professional life; improve educational programs at the local level; help members keep up-to-date on recent developments in their field; study texts and concepts which are of central importance to the members’discipline; focus on issues of local, regional and national importance relating to the teaching of foreign languages. In addition, the alliance seeks to establish an ongoing relationship between faculty and teachers to raise the intellectual level of discourse and professional commitment.

Sub_Unit:Language Center

Univ_Contact:Charlotte Groff Aldridge

Univ_Phone:(301) 405-4927

Project Description:

The annual MOGS Convention invites area middle and high school students of German and their teachers to spend a day at UM exploring the many exciting aspects of studying German. Professors and Graduate Assistants from the Department of Germanic Studies offer a wide variety of workshops for both teachers and students. Topics span a wide range of subjects including, an introduction to multicultural German literature, a lively trivia contest testing the students' knowledge of the German-speaking world, and a film seminar featuring such movie classics as Nosferatu, and The Blue Angel. Workshops geared specifically toward the teachers aim to provide new insights into methodology and up-to-date material and sources for the language classroom. The goal of MOGS is to encourage the study of German and to build a relationship of collaboration between the university and area schools. Funding is provided by the Department of Germanic Studies, the College of Arts and Humanities, and the

Project Description:

Initiated in 1985, Chemathon is a one-day competition aimed at increasing student interest in chemistry. Chemathon is held at the University of Maryland for high school chemistry students (grades9-12) and teachers from Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Chemathon is funded by the University of Maryland’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Sub_Unit:Chemistry and Biochemistry

Univ_Contact: Howard DeVoe

Univ_Phone: (301) 405-1833

Project Description:

Ag Day is a student-run event sponsored by the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. It is a day of learning, culture and entertainment to teach attendees about all aspects of agriculture and natural resources. Displays and activities include showing of livestock, planning landscapes, making ice cream, analyzing diets, viewing agricultural web sites, learning about genetic engineering or how plants can restore contaminated soils, and seeing research on animal behavior.

University Contact: Leon Slaughter

Univ_Phone:301-405-2078

Project Description:

Established in 1984, the Counselors Conference is designed for secondary school (grades 9-12) guidance counselors in Maryland and Washington, D.C. The Conference updates counselors on new programs and policies at the University of Maryland and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas. The Counselors Conference is offered biannually during the fall semester. The next Counselor Conference will be held in 2002.

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Sub_Unit:Undergraduate Admissions

Univ_Contact:Shannon Gundy

Univ_Phone:301-314-8757

Project Description:

In collaboration with the Prince George's County Board of Education, the Department of Education Policy and Leadership offers current and prospective school principals an opportunity for professional development through off-campus programs and mentoring.

Sub_Unit:Education Policy and Leadership

Univ_Contact:Hanne Mawhinney

Univ_Phone:(301) 405-4546

Project Description:

Educational Technology Outreach was created to help facilitate the introduction of effective uses of technology to education at all levels.Teachers learn how to meet content statndards while integrating technology. We collaborate with other Colleges within the University of Maryland system, pre-K-12 schools throughout the state, and researchers and policy makers nationally and internationally.

Univ_Contact:Davina Pruitt-Mentle

Univ_Phone:301-405-8202

Project Description:

Field-Based Programs in School Administration began in 1979 to serve Maryland school systems, providing doctoral and master’s degree programs which integrate theory and practice for teachers who are geographically distant from the university. The programs are designed to upgrade the skills and knowledge of persons currently functioning in the school systems and to provide certification programs for individuals seeking leadership roles in Maryland schools. Staffing and support is provided by the Department of Education Policy, Planning, and Administration.

Sub_Unit:Education Policy and Leadership

Univ_Contact:Carol Parham

Univ_Phone:(301) 405-3580

Project Description:

Mid-Atlantic Japan-in-the-Schools (MARJiS), an international intercultural initiative, develops school curriculum Japanese history, culture, and society, provides in-service education for teachers, and conducts research and evaluation studies to sustain publishes an instructional newsletter, maintains a resource center of Japan-related print, audiovisual, and artifact materials for classroomuse. MARJiS staff members travel to schools throughout the region to work with teachers and administrators. Support is provided by the US/Japan Foundation and the Japanese Commerce Association.

Sub_Unit:Education Policy and Leadership

Univ_Contact:Barbara Finkelstein

Univ_Phone:(301)405-7350

Project Description:

The Engineering Research Center Tour for Teachers began in 1986 at the request of Prince George’s County Schools to better acquaint science and math teachers in the county’s high schools (grades 9 - 12) with advanced research at the university level. Typically, a group of about 50 teachers is provided with a series of presentations and laboratory tours at the University of Maryland.

Sub_Unit:Engineering Research Center

Univ_Contact:David Barbe

Univ_Phone:(301) 405-3902

URL:http://www.erc.umd.edu

Project Description:

The Maryland Scholastic Press Association, headquartered at the College of Journalism, hosts an annual convention for junior and senior high school teachers and students, and sponsors writing contests and rating services for publications. In addition, the Maryland Scholastic Press Association lends books to advisors, provides a hotline to assist teachers and students with problems, presents specialized publication workshops throughout the year and provides a quarterly newsletter for student publications advisors.

Univ_Contact:Christopher Callahan

Univ_Phone:(301) 405-2391

Project Description:

Cosponsored by MSPA and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism,the program includes classes in desktop publishing/page design,newspaper writing, poetry writing, photojournalism, sports writing,television production and the editor's -in-chief program for both yearbook and newspaper staffers.

Univ_Contact:MSPA

Univ_Phone:(301) 405-8321

Project Description:

The Multicultural Project in Prince George’s County is sponsored by the Department of Afro-American Studies Program and the Office of Equity Assurance for the Prince George's County School System. It is designed to help teachers examine multi-cultural issues. Two graduate courses (Black Culture and History in the United States and Classic Reading and Current Trends in Afro-American Studies) are offered to present the latest scholarship in the field and provide innovative teaching techniques for social studies and language arts instructors for

grades K-12.

Sub_Unit:Afro-American Studies Program

Project Description

Computer Based Education Materials for Geography and Social Studies Education was initiated for secondary school teachers in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties and in Washington, D.C. This project is designed to make social studies teachers aware of the use of computing and video technologies for improving geographic education.

Contact: Dr. Derek Thompson

Geography Department

301 405-4003

The Mathematics and Physics Departments offer a limited number of courses in the late afternoon.

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Project Description

Since 1972, as part of an outreach program, the University of Maryland's Physics Department has provided physics demonstration programs to public and private schools (grades K-12) in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. Since 1982, Physics is Phun is conducted as a lecture/demonstration series on campus as well as on-site in the schools. In addition, demonstration programs at area teacher conferences and at in-service training programs for teachers are provided. Program length is adjusted for the particular group, ranging from about twenty minutes for early elementary groups to one hour or more for sophisticated and motivated high school students, college students, or adults. Physics is Phun is funded by the Department of Physics and by voluntary school contributions.

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A 1-day physics competition for students from local high schools. Maryland professors and physics teachers judge performance in the events.

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The University of Maryland High School Programming Contest brings talented students from high schools throughout the DC metropolitan area to the campus. Contestants participate in a three hour competition which will test their programming skills and problem solving abilities. Each high school is allowed to send one team of four contestants; contestants must be students currently attending that high school. Contests are generally held the second Saturday every March.

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Held each fall, Part I of the Competition is open to all students enrolled in high schools in Maryland and the District of Columbia. High scores on Part I will qualify to participate in Part II of the Competition. In addition to a sound knowledge of high school mathematics up to, but not including, calculus, both parts require a fair amount of mathematical insight and ingenuity.

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The posters include mathematics content and the first set is intended for the elementary school classroom.

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This project offers a number of quite sophisticated online "fun" activities which are explorations in tessellations. Some of the activities although simple on first impression are based on advanced material.

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Project Description:

This project was developed especially for K-12 educators who have an interest in learning more about Latin America. This nine-day innovative institute addresses the need to combine technology, cultural awareness, and Spanish language competency in the 21st-century classroom. The Institute will: expose you to key issues in Latin American Studies; engage you in the exploration of the Spanish language; show you new and exciting ways to harness technology; support you in transforming your curriculum and creating new teaching materials; prepare you to work collaboratively with teachers in your own and other disciplines; expand your school’s international expertise; and promote your own future by earning graduate credits. Successful participants will receive three graduate school credits for a total cost of only$200! All full-time K-12 instructors currently teaching in Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, Delaware, or Pennsylvania are eligible to apply in teams of two. Participants are expected to make a commitment to the Institute for the entire nine days.

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You can get further information, apply on line, or download the forms at: http://www.summer.umd.edu/forms.html.

Tel: 301-314-3572 or 1-877-989-SPOC

For questions about the Institute, please contact:

Christina Guidorizzi. Latin American Studies Center. Tel: (301) 405-8961

Latin American Studies Center

0128-B Holzapfel Hall

College Park, MD 20742