Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and San Francisco Bay Area

June 2010

The workshop series offers community college historians an excellent opportunity for funded professional development, networking, and an enjoyable break at either the Community College of Philadelphia or the Community College of San Francisco. Stipends of $200 will be offered to fifty participants, along with two sponsored luncheons.

This third year of workshops are aimed at providing professional enhancement opportunities and materials for community college professors teaching the U.S. history survey. The workshops provide faculty an opportunity to reflect actively on new scholarship, pedagogy, and regional resources, and to establish new collaborative networks with fellow historians at two- and four-year colleges and universities, and at public history institutions.

Workshop presenters will be master teachers, community college professors, prominent research historians and local public history experts. Teaching sessions will also offer roundtable opportunities for you to contribute your own ideas and experiences, especially regarding online courses, using maps and primary materials, oral history projects, and working with underprepared students.

By the conclusion of the workshop you will have gained an increased knowledge of historical content, pedagogical strategies, and local resources. And you will have materials that will allow you to bring what you have learned back to your institutions. You will also be connected to new friends and colleagues in an ongoing history network.