Newberry Teachers' Consortium

The Newberry Teachers' Consortium offer a series of intellectually stimulating, content-based seminars led by scholars from area universities and colleges. The seminars aim to reconnect teachers with the world of scholarship and reinspire them to model the love of learning for their students.

 Newberry Library, Illinois State Normal University, Course of Study (1893), I 83.4343

Links

Current Seminar Schedule

NTC Membership Form (Download)

Online Registration Form

Contact Us

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Fax: (312) 255-3696

Brodie Austin
Coordinator
Tel: (312) 255-3672

Resources

NTC Program Wiki

Previous Seminar Schedules

Advisory Council and Consortium Members

Teacher Program News and Events

Seminar registration for the 2010-11 program year will open on September 7, 2010. NTC staff will not accept seminar registration requests until that date.

Program Information

NTC Overview

The Newberry Teachers' Consortium began at Northwestern University in 1983 as a professional development program for Advanced Placement teachers. After moving to the Newberry Library in 1998, NTC expanded its seminar offerings and broadened its audience to include all secondary teachers.

In 2009-10, over 800 teachers participated in 51 seminars on diverse topics like the history of Latinos in the United States, financial panics in the nineteenth century, geopolitics in the post-9/11 world, and gothic tropes in Toni Morrison's Beloved. These teachers came from 60 schools representing over 30 school districts in the Chicago area.

Subject Groups

NTC offers seminars in nine subject areas:

  • American History
  • American Studies
  • European History
  • Foreign Language
  • Geography
  • Library Science
  • Literature and Drama
  • Political Science/Economics/Government
  • World History and Geography

Seminar Format

Seminars are three-hours long and take place on weekdays here at the Newberry Library. Seminars are always scheduled from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Participants earn 3 CPDU credits for attending a NTC seminar.

Participating in NTC

NTC is a membership-based program that requires the purchase of an annual membership. School districts, schools, departments, or individuals are welcome to purchase any level of membership to fit their professional development needs. District, school, and departments that are NTC members use a central contact person to coordinate seminar requests, track seminar participation, and monitor membership status.

Seminar registration is limited to 20 participants per semianr. Registrations are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Each member may only send two teachers to any given seminar.

Memberships

  • Individual Membership $125 per seminar
  • Department Membership $600 for 6 seminar slots
  • School Membership $1,020 for 12 seminar slots
  • District Membership $1,400 for 20 seminar slots

Download the current NTC Membership Form