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What is Teachers as Scholars?
Teachers as Scholars is an innovative program of
professional development that brings together college
faculty and secondary school teachers. Through this
humanities-based program, secondary school teachers in history/social studies, English/language arts/
communication arts and world languages/cultures
departments participate with humanities professors in
seminars that connect them to the world of scholarship—a major reason that they became teachers in
the first place. Unlike most in-service programs that
emphasize pedagogy or professional issues, the Teachers as Scholars seminars focus specifically on the latest
disciplinary content available in various humanities
fields of learning. Teachers are brought together from
urban, suburban and rural districts to interact with
one another as scholars, studying the subject matter
they love to teach and searching for new insights and
approaches found in the most recent research.
Eligibility and professional
development credit
Middle and secondary school teachers from public
and private schools are invited to participate in the
Teachers as Scholars seminars. Approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for Act 48 Professional Development, participants can receive ten (10
hours) credits per seminar. Seminars and workshop are
free of charge, including lunches.
Location of the seminars
In collaboration with your school district administration, we have scheduled summer seminars to maximize the availability for teachers outside the academic
year (with an hour break for a provided lunch). All
seminars take place in Ernest L. Boyer Hall and are
limited to 16 participants. You will therefore be able
to include these seminars in your annual professional
development plan of in-service for Act 48 credit in
conjunction with your district office.
school of THe humanities
Teachers as Scholars
SUMMER
SEMINARS
JUNE 13-16, 2016
messiah.edu/cph
APPLICATION
I. “Growing the Family Tree: Genealogy,
Family History, and Personal Identity”
Professor Joseph P. Huffman
Department of History
Monday, June 13 and Wednesday, June 15
“To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source,
a tree without a root” (Chinese Proverb). Who are you, and
where do you come from? The depth with which young
adults are able to answer this question will go a long way
toward shaping their sense of personal identity and location
in the world, and so the search for ancestors is among the
most human of impulses. There is no better moment to
pursue such an impulse than in this remarkable information
age, whose digital revolution is resurrecting and making
available the many and varied records of our ancestors’ lives.
In this seminar, therefore, we shall consider both the methods
of conducting genealogical research as well as creative
methods of using the reconstruction of our family trees and
histories to enhance student learning in the secondary school
classroom. Recommended for teachers in social studies,
history, language arts and American literature, and American
studies.
II. “Have They Killed a Mockingbird? Teaching
Harper Lee after ‘Go Set a Watchman’”
Professor Crystal Downing
Department of English
Monday, June 13 and Wednesday, June 15
The publication of Harper Lee’s recently-discovered first
novel, “Go Set a Watchman,” has traumatized many. The
Professor Crystal Downing
complicity of Atticus Finch with racism in the earlier work
has led some to stop teaching “To Kill a Mockingbird,” others
to legally change their names from Atticus. Should teachers
give up on Harper Lee? This course will grapple with that
question, assessing not only the relationship between the two
novels, but also the 1962 film adaptation that turned Atticus
Finch into a civil rights hero. Emphasizing a close reading
of signs on both page and screen, this course provides an
introduction to semiotics, “the science of signs,” in order
to address the sign of race in contemporary secondary
classrooms. Recommended for middle or secondary school
teachers in language arts, American literature and American
studies.
III. “Digital Migrations in Contemporary Ethnic
American Literatures”
Professor Kerry Hasler-Brooks
Department of English
Tuesday, June 14 and Thursday, June 16
In this seminar, we will explore together the emerging body
of digital migration narratives from major contemporary
writers of Ethnic American literatures, including Junot Díaz
and Edwidge Danticat. Looking closely as teachers, scholars
and readers at these contemporary narratives, we will
confront and reconsider our approaches to Ethnic American
literary traditions; the racial, temporal, spacial and generic
borders of the American canon; and digital pedagogies in
the teaching of race, ethnicity and texts. Recommended for
teachers in history-social studies, English, American studies,
and all other fields of communication and culture.
Professor Joseph P. Huffman
IV. “When in Rome: Cultural Competency in the
World Language Classroom Revisited”
Features
Professor Heather Dravk
Department of Modern Languages
Tuesday, June 14 and Thursday, June 16
• Four seminars over one week
• Two classrooms (used throughout the event)
• Lunch is provided
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Saint Ambrose’s
words from the 4th century are at the root of what we
now refer to as “cultural competency.” As world language
instructors, we know the potential that learning another
language has for developing global citizens, but how do we
incorporate cultural competency in our classrooms when
we are already so focused on mastering the next set of
vocabulary, verb conjugation or grammatical structures? Does
reading culture-centered paragraphs, in or out of the target
language, suffice? This session will consider how we can
incorporate cultural competency in our lessons. Participants
will leave with additional tools to both practice the necessary
language skills and develop cultural competency in their
language classrooms. Recommended for middle or secondary
school world language teachers.
Schedule (June 13-16)
Monday, June 13 Seminar I:Growing the Family Tree: Genealogy,
Family History, and Personal Identity
Dr. Joseph P. Huffman, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Seminar II: Have They Killed a Mockingbird?
Teaching Harper Lee after “Go Set a
Watchman”
Dr. Crystal Downing, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, June 14
Seminar III:Digital Migrations in Contemporary
Ethnic American Literatures
Dr. Kerry Hasler-Brooks, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Seminar IV:When in Rome: Cultural Competency
in the World Language Classroom
Revisited
Heather Dravk, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Wednesday, June 15
Professor Kerry Hasler-Brooks
Professor Heather Dravk
Thursday, June 16
Teachers as Scholars is
an innovative program of
professional development
that brings together college
faculty and secondary
school teachers.
Seminar I: Growing the Family Tree: Genealogy, Family History, and Personal Identity
Dr. Joseph P. Huffman, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Seminar II: Have They Killed a Mockingbird?
Teaching Harper Lee after “Go Set a
Watchman”
Dr. Crystal Downing, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Seminar III:Digital Migrations in Contemporary
Ethnic American Literatures
Dr. Kerry Hasler-Brooks, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Seminar IV:When in Rome: Cultural Competency
in the World Language Classroom
Revisited
Heather Dravk, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.