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Educator Resources
The US/DE National Resource Centers and the EU European Union Center of Excellence programs emphasize teacher training, and CWES and EUCE further this objective by organizing a wide array of events and providing resources for K-12 educators. Workshops and events for social studies teachers, art teachers, language teachers and their students are offered throughout the year, with special educator events being linked to all our major academic conferences. Washington state clock hours are usually available for attending JSIS-sponsored educator events. The Centers make available teaching curricula and develop original teaching resources to tie into our educator programs.
Teachers in Brussels EU Visit Program
Jackson School Outreach Centers Website
The EU Summer Workshop is held annually, usually in August, and is an excellent opportunity for high school, community college, and in-service educators to learn about the events and challenges in Europe Today.
The 2009 EU Summer Workshop will be held as part of a two-day workshop series, entitled The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Europe's Evolution Since 1989. More information is available on the workshop website: http://jsis.washington.edu/cwes/wende/teachers.shtml
Teachers in Brussels EU Visit Program
June 20-26, 2009
The EU Center of Excellence of Seattle is pleased to be able to offer, thanks to the support of the European Commission, grants to up to three high school teachers from the Pacific Northwest to participate in a new visit program to learn about exciting new changes in today's Europe. Grants include airfare to and from Brussels, five nights hotel, and some meals. Grantees will also be eligible to receive an additional $250 per diem for creating a curricular activity on the EU based on their experiences in Brussels.
The EU Visitors Program in Brussels will organize a 5-day visit in Brussels for US High School teachers and university undergraduates affiliated with an EU Center of Excellence. The itinerary will include site visits to the EU Commission, Relex (External Relations) US unit, a Brussels-based think tank, European Parliament, European Council, US mission to EU, NATO Headquarters, and a day trip to Bruges and College of Europe.
Why Brussels?
An eclectic mix of Flemish and French with the energy of a major international city, Brussels, Belgium, represents modern Europe. The world capital of chocolate is also, since 1957, the capital of the European Union and home to most of the EU institutions.
The EU, one of the most important trade partners to the US, currently has 27 member states and is a supranational entity that shares power between an non-nationally-affiliated commissioners, elected officials from member states, and directly elected European Parliamentarians. A visit to Brussels brings to life the accomplishments and challenges that Europe has faced in uniting 27 member countries through treaties, economic policies, and a common currency and where it is going in the 21st century.
Priority will be given to full-time high school teacherswho have participated in an EUCE of Seattle workshop and educators who demonstrate the capacity and incentive to teach the importance of the EU in world affairs.
The deadline to apply is April 15, 2009. The application can be downloaded in PDF format.
Applications should be sent to:
EU Center of Excellence
ATTN: Teachers in Brussels
Box 353650
Seattle, WA 98195
or emailed to euc@u.washington.edu.
Curriculum Development Grants
The EU Center of Excellence of Seattle will offer curriculum development grants of up to $250 to full-time educators from any subject area, including but not limited to social studies, world languages, language arts, math, and science, who submit a curricular activity or lesson plan on the EU to the EUCE. The lessons can be a full unit, a one-day lesson, or sets of activities involving the EU that could be incorporated into a lesson on another topic. Pending funding, the EUCE of Seattle anticipates offering six such grants beginning in summer 2009 in conjunction with our professional development activities. Please note that this is a competitive award and submissions are not guaranteed an award. Submissions will be reviewed by a committee and evaluated based on the criteria outlined below.
Priority will be given to:
- activities and plans that indicate the relevance and importance of the EU in world affairs
- activities and plans that meet state and national standards
- activities and plans that have been tested in a classroom
- activities and plans that are well-developed, well-written and that will be easy for another educator to incorporate into his or her curriculum plans
- full-time educators who have participated in an EUCE of Seattle workshop
- documents submitted by August 1, 2009
- US citizens or permanent residents
- K-12 Teachers, teachers in training, school librarians, curriculum coordinators, or other district staff responsible for curriculum
Curricular activities and plans will:
- become property of the EUCE of Seattle, and may be edited by our staff
- remain your intellectual work for which you will be credited
- be made available to the public through various distribution methods
For examples of curricula, see:
- http://jsis.washington.edu/euc/teachers_curr.shtml
- http://www.unc.edu/euce/education.htm
To submit a proposal, fill out an application (downloadable in PDF format) and send it to the European Union Center of Excellence via email as an attachment with "Educator Curriculum Proposal" in the subject line or via regular mail to: European Union Center of Excellence, ATTN: Karen Boschker, Box 353650, Seattle, WA 98195.
Listed below are some web resources on Europe that may be of interest to teachers:
Visit our links page for resources on the EU and individual EU member countries.
OutreachWorld: http://www.outreachworld.org/
A comprehensive one-stop resource for teaching international and area studies and foreign languages in the precollegiate classroom.
European Association of Teachers: http://www.aede.eu/
The European Association of Teachers is an organisation promoting understanding of EU issues amongst educators in all member states. It has a network of more than 25,000 teachers, heads, inspectors and officials, from nursery to university level.
Center for Spanish Studies: http://depts.washington.edu/spnrectr/
The Center for Spanish Studies is a joint initiative of the University of Washington , the Education Office of the Embassy of Spain and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Frenchculture.org: http://www.frenchculture.org/
French culture and education in the USA
Goethe Institut Transatlantic Outreach Program: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/top/enindex.htm
Instructional resources, teacher training, and study tours on modern Germany a nd Europe .
Teach Europe : http://www.teacheurope.org/
The Teach Europe program offers yearly workshop seminars intending to provide participants with fair and updated information about the European Union, its multicultural nature, its economy, role and impact on today's world, and its relations with the United States.
Europa: http://europa.eu/abc/index_en.htm
The EU at a glance.
Euro Challenge: http://www.euro-challenge.org/
A national competition for high schoolers, in which teams of students create and give presentations on the European economy and the single European currency, as well as on economic problems of individual states in the Euro zone.
European Union Visitors Program: http://www.eurunion.org/delegati/ppd/euvp.htm
The European Union Visitors Program (EUVP) invites young, promising leaders from countries outside the European Union to visit Europe to gain a first-hand appreciation of the EU's goals, policies and peoples and to increase mutual understanding between professionals from non-EU countries and their EU counterparts.
European Union Teaching Resources: http://www.eurunion.org/infores/teaching/teaching.htm
Teaching resources from the Delegation of the European Union Commission to the USA, broken down by target age group.
LegSim: http://www.legsim.org/
A virtual EU legislature simulation designed for university, community college, and high school AP/Government courses.
The Global Schoolhouse: http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm
The Global Schoolhouse is a virtual meeting place where educators, students, parents and community members can collaborate, interact, develop, publish and discover learning resources.
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