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Current Seminar Schedule
Previous Seminar Schedules
Program Brochure
2008-09 Online Registration Form
Contact Us
teacherprograms@newberry.org
Rachel Rooney
Director
Tel: (312) 255-3569
Fax: (312) 255-3696
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Program Information
TAS Overview
Chicago Teachers as Scholars (TAS) offers a series of intellectually stimulating, content-based seminars led by scholars from area universities and colleges. Participants can expect engaging discussions on a broad range of topics with the seminar leaders and other participants. Seminar topics focus predominantly on the humanities, as related to the Newberry's collection, although science, math, and current events are also incorporated into the seminar schedule.
During the 2007-08 program year, nearly 200 teachers from 59 schools attended TAS seminars. The sixteen seminars offered such diverse topics as the history of geometry, early American cartography, the role of race in the modern-day education system, the portrayal of Moors in Shakespeare's plays, and recently discovered slave narratives.
Seminar Format
Seminars take place over a two-day period during the week and are held either at The Newberry Library or on the UIC campus. Seminars begin at 9:00 am and run until 3:00 pm each day. Participants receive 10 CPDUs credit hours towards their State of Illinois certification renewal.
Program Costs
All program costs affiliated with participation in TAS, including program materials, meals, and seminar readings, are covered by grants and private donations. Principals are asked to cover the cost of substitute teacher coverage for the first day of the first participant from each school; TAS covers all remaining substitute teacher fees.
Acknowledgments
The Newberry Library, UIC, and CPS are grateful to the Polk Bros. Foundation and the Brinson Foundation for major grants that enable TAS to help enhance public education by offering high-quality professional development. This year, the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago, provided partial funding for two Latin American civilization-based seminars. Additionally, Peoples Gas has generously underwritten the seminar Climate Change and Water Crisis.
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