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Summer Teaching Institute (June 25-27, 2019 and June 23-25, 2020)

Ended Jun 25, 2020
6 credits

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Full course description

The 2019 Summer Teaching Institute is a 3 Day in-person intensive that will kick off an extended two-year project.

Topics will include educational leadership, making meaning with art, discovering and honing your teaching style, reflective practices, and deep dive into the processes of teaching and learning, or action research.

Institute will include hands-on strategies to engage learners of all ages and audiences in interdisciplinary, multi-modal approaches to improve:

  • Curriculum
  • Program development and assessment
  • Critical and creative thinking skills
  • Civic engagement
  •  Visual literacy
  • Relationship building and networking amongst peers
Interested parties must commit to the full project that consists of 3 in-person days - Summer 2019; 15 hrs distance learning - Fall 2019; 15 hrs distance learning - Spring 2020; and 3 in-person days - Summer 2020.

Credit Available: 6 total credits possible, either PTSB certification or UW Continuing Education. (UW credits are an additional $50/credit hour. All paperwork/payment for additional credits will be completed on-site.)  
  • 2 credits Summer 2019
  • 1 credit Fall 2019
  • 1 credit Spring 2020
  • 2 credits Summer 2020
Stipends: Awarded to each participant to help offset the cost of supplies, transportation, or housing.
$150 paid at completion of Summer 2019 and $150 paid at completion of the full program in 2020.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Contact Katie Christensen, Curator of Education & Statewide Engagement, katie.christensen@uwyo.edu or 307.766.3496.