Political and Constitutional Theory for Citizens: The National Academy for Civics and Government
Event Date:
07/10/2010 to 07/31/2010
Description:
The Center for Civic Education, through a grant provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is pleased to announce a three-week NEH Summer Institute for educators from public and private high schools, middle schools, and upper elementary schools. The institute will provide twenty-five American and up to five international educators the opportunity to engage in serious study and seminar-style discussion of basic issues of political theory and the values and principles of American constitutional democracy.
Generous supplemental funding by the Klingenstein Foundation supports additional institute participants and the transportation of all participants to the institute.
Eligibility:
The institute is principally designed for full‑time high school, middle school, and upper elementary school teachers, including home-schooling parents, but other K-12 school personnel, such as librarians and administrators, are also eligible to apply. Current full-time graduate students who intend to pursue careers in K-12 teaching are also eligible. Applications from teachers in public, private, and religiously affiliated schools receive equal consideration. Substitute teachers or part-time personnel are not eligible.
Teachers at schools in the United States or its territorial possessions or Americans teaching in foreign schools where at least 50 percent of the students are American nationals are eligible for this program. Applicants must be United States citizens, residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been residing in the United States or its territories for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Foreign nationals teaching abroad at non-U.S. chartered institutions are not eligible to apply.
Applicants must complete the NEH application cover sheet and provide all the information requested in the institute application instructions to be considered eligible. Individuals may not apply if they are current colleagues or family members of the institute director. Only under the most compelling and exceptional circumstances may an individual participate in the institute if Will Harris has previously guided his or her research or if he or she has participated in a similar institute directed by Professor Harris.
Location:
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive
Los Angeles,CA 90045
United States
Contact:
Erin Smith
smith@civiced.org
Attending:
By Application or Invitation Only
Downloads:
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