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ABSTRACTS FOR PANEL 3: TEACHER ENGAGEMENT (PRE- AND IN-SERVICE)

“Sustained Engagement with K-12 Teachers: Exploring the year-long fellowship model”
Emma Harver, Program/Outreach Coordinator, Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, Duke University / UNC-Chapel Hill

How can outreach professionals best engage with teachers on an ongoing basis? Sustained, innovative engagement with educators effectively increases content knowledge and supports the incorporation of new material in the classroom. The Global Islam and the Arts Teacher (GIAT) Fellows Program is an intensive, year-long professional development program for K-12 educators. In conjunction with the 2016-2017 Carolina Performing Arts season, the GIAT Fellows Program features an exploration of Muslim cultures through music, dance, and dramatic performances, integrated with readings, scholarship, discussion, and pedagogy. The program aims to deepen teachers’ understanding of global Islam through a cultural arts perspective while dispelling misconceptions and encouraging culturally responsible teaching in the K-12 classroom. The program also aims to establish a strong cohort of 15 Fellows, who will continue to collaborate with one another and serve as teacher leaders in their various schools and districts upon completion of the program. The GIAT Fellows Program is an interdisciplinary and collaborative project of several units across campus, including the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, Carolina K-12, UNC African Studies Center, Carolina Performing Arts, Carolina Asia Center, and UNC World View.

“Successful Strategies for NRC Engagement with Pre-service Teachers”
Keira Philipp-Schnurer, Supervisor of Community Education Programs, Latin American & Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico

This presentation addresses the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) at the University of New Mexico (UNM) success in developing outreach initiatives to meet the unique needs and interests of pre-service K-12 educators enrolled in teacher education programs and alternative licensure programs. Through collaborative partnerships with faculty members from the UNM College of Education and nearby Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), the LAII has designed creative programming that enhances the foundational knowledge of pre-service teachers by bringing area studies regional content into K-12 classrooms. This discussion outlines the evolution of our initiatives from the initial needs assessment through actual implementation.

“Connecting Regional Content and Pedagogy Through University Collaboration”
Anna Mudd, Curriculum and Digital Project Coordinator, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

For the past four years, Harvard regional studies centers have collaborated to offer 4-day global studies summer institutes for K-12 and community college educators. Starting in 2013, this work expanded to include collaboration with the Harvard educational think-tank Project Zero, on both the summer institute as well as a year-long Globalizing the Classroom fellowship for teachers, intended to extend and deepen engagement with the institute’s theme. The collaboration offers a model for connecting regional studies content developed in Title VI centers with specific pedagogical frameworks and tools for classroom application. Particular strategies are used within the four-day summer session, and throughout a series of online fellowship webinars during the school year.

“Developing Area Studies Certificate Programs for Educators”
Breeanna Elliott, Outreach Specialist, African Studies Center, Boston University

In our presentation, we will focus on the recent development of our Teaching Africa Teacher Certification Program, which offers a certification for educators who complete a curriculum created by our African Studies Center. We will offer an overview of our particular programming, which

includes academic, pedagogic, and mentorship components, and then provide steps for other centers and programs to follow in designing and implementing their own certificate offerings.