Teacher Development Overview
We are interested in supporting programs that broaden the professional competence of humanities teachers. Our grants are the primary means of supporting these programs, from week-long institutes to special conferences.
Current Programs
2008 Fall Conference: "Changing Political Power: Democracies, Monarchies, Dynasties"
The Missouri Council for History Education and the Kansas Council for History Education are sponsoring a joint conference September 26-27 at the Courtyard by Marriott - Adams Pointe Convention Center in Blue Springs (KC metro area). (Read an account of the 2007 conference by 2007-2008 Missouri Teacher of the Year, Eric Langhorst.)
The program features two outstanding speakers. Sim Wineburg, Professor of Education and Professor of History at Standord University, is the author of Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts. His extended session, "Reading Like A Historian," will appeal to teachers who struggle with improving student reading of history and other non-fiction material. H.W. Brands has written twenty books, including The First American, a biography of Benjamin Franklin that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in biography.
Twenty break-out sessions will be selected from proposals submitted by history educators from Kansas and Missouri. A reception will be held for conference participants at the Truman Library and Museum with a special presentation on President Harry Truman.
The full conference program is available on our web site in PDF format.
Previous Opportunities for Teachers
As time permits, we will post a listing of conferences and institutes previously offered in Missouri under grants from the Missouri Humanities Council. For further information about grant funding, please contact Michael Bouman, Executive Director.