North Carolina Humanities Council announces teachers institutes

The North Carolina Humanities Council is a nonprofit foundation and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. One of its major programs is the 25-year-old Teachers Institute — an interdisciplinary, content-rich, intellectually challenging, and free professional development program for North Carolina public school educators K–12.

Any currently teaching K–12 public school educator with 3 or more years of experience is eligible to apply to participate in one or more Teachers Institute programs. This includes media specialists, curriculum facilitators, reading coordinators, guidance counselors, computer/ technology specialists, school social workers, etc., as well as classroom teachers.

The Teachers Institute pays for participants’ food, lodging, and all reading materials. Certificates for CEU credit, teacher stipends, and optional graduate credit are also offered.

In 2008, NCHC offers 4 weekend seminars and one week-long summer seminar.

• March 7-8: NC Indians: “Keeping the Circle” (in Greensboro) — Space is still available! Contact Lynn Wright-Kernodle at 336-334-4769 or lynnwk@nchumanities.org for more information.
• June 27-28: A Merry Life and a Short One: Myth, History, and the Golden Age of Pirates (in Greensboro – includes a performance of “Bloody Blackbeard” at Triad Stage)
• July 13-19: Somerset Place: Slavery and Its Legacy (at Somerset Place on the Albemarle Sound)
  September 26-27: Contemporary Tar Heel Writers (in Greensboro)
• October 24-25: Reading Textiles: Narrative and Art (in Charlotte)

For more information or to apply, visit the Humanities Council website.