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2009 OAH Community College
Our Rhode Island workshop offers community college historians an excellent opportunity for funded professional development, networking, and an enjoyable break at Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus, Warwick, in the Providence area. Stipends of $200 will be offered to 50 participants, along with two sponsored luncheons. The workshop is named in memory of Dr. Nadine Ishitani Hata, the pathbreaking leader in establishing community college historians as recognized members of our profession and valued contributors to the OAH. This is the third year of workshops in a series aimed at providing professional enhancement opportunities and materials for community college professors teaching the U.S. History Survey. The first workshop was held in the spring of 2007 at El Camino College in Torrance California to positive reviews. The second workshop was held at Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington, May 29-31, 2008) and the third at Mountain View in Dallas, Texas (June 19-21, 2008). The workshops provide faculty with 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. These OAH professional enhancement seminars will ultimately impact the quality of U.S. history education received by students attending community colleges. The workshop series is funded by an OAH development campaign through the Second Century Initiative and the Ford Foundation, and was created by a task force of community college historians along with OAH staff. 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. Our workshop will be held over a three-day period: Days 1 and 3 (Thursday, June 18 and Saturday, June 20) at Community College of Rhode Island will include plenary-style panels and small group breakout sessions focused on seven core subjects related to teaching the U.S. History Survey and three regional issues, as well as hands-on curriculum development, while Day 2 (Friday, June 19) will feature offsite sessions utilizing local history sites and resources. Information on reasonably priced area hotel lodging will be provided for those interested in staying over near the college. By the conclusion of the workshop you will have gained an increased knowledge of historical content, pedagogical strategies, and local resources. Additionally, you will receive handouts and access to 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. Session highlights and materials will be available on the OAH website for future reference and use by all historians. We invite participation from community college faculty, both full and part-time/adjunct, who have demonstrated a commitment to teaching at community colleges through teaching at the level for three years or more. We encourage you to register as early as possible, as only 50 stipends are available. Review of applications will begin March 16, 2009. We look forward to your participation! If you cannot attend, we hope that you will pass our information on to other colleagues and contact us to be on our mailing list for information on resources to be created from our workshop series. Thursday, June 18 2100 Post Road |
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09:55 AM, 06/18/09 |
More students take the U.S. history survey course at community colleges than at any other institution of higher education. To assist community college professors, the Organization of American Historians has developed a new series of regional workshops to provide professional enhancement opportunities and materials for community college professors teaching the survey course. Spanning three days, the regional workshops will include plenary-style panels and small group break-out sessions focused on seven core subjects related to teaching the U.S. History Survey course, and three regional issues, as well as hands-on curriculum development. One day will feature off site sessions utilizing local history sites and resources.