Encounters & Exchanges in U.S. History, Year Two Professional Development Options

Encounters & Exchanges in American History: Year Two Professional Development Options Survey

During Year One, Encounters & Exchanges in U.S. History offered a variety of professional development activities. Your answers to the questions below will help determine the offerings for Year Two.

Please indicate the grade level at which you currently teach :

1. What are the most important factors impacting your choice of project professional development activities? Select all that apply.

	Increasing my American history content knowledge via workshop offerings
	Improving my teaching (pedagogy) skills via workshop offerings
	Timing of the workshops
	Honorarium
	Graduate credit
	Graduate credit toward a specific degree program
	Other/Comments (please describe in the space below)

2. What types of project activities are most interesting to you? Select all that apply.

	Content-based institutes/seminars
	Historical Thinking-based institutes/seminars (analysis of primary sources, understanding of bias, forming questions through inquiry)
	Content and pedagogy based institutes and seminars
	History book discussion study groups
	Mini-Grants for unit development
	Field trips to historic sites, museums and archives
	Information technology in history workshops (e.g., Technology in the American History Classroom or Capturing History)
	Information management/historical research workshops (e.g., Big 6)
	Teacher sharing conferences (e.g., teachers presenting lesson plans created as a result of project Year One work)
	Other/Comments (please describe in the space below)

3. When will you attend project activities? Select all that apply.

	After-school seminars once a month
	After-school seminars twice a month
	During the school day (with substitute coverage)
	During the summer (5 day institute)
	During the summer ( 7 - 10 day institute)
	On Saturdays every other month
	On Saturdays once a month
	On Saturdays twice a month
	Other/Comments (please describe in the space below)

4. How have you used or plan to use the Encounters & Exchanges in U.S. History website

	For information regarding workshop offerings
	For dates and times of activities
	For contact information
	For Internet resources
	For the blog of activities and updates
	For lesson plans, primary sources and handouts from grant activities
	I have never accessed the Encounters & Exchanges website
	I do not plan to access the Encounters & Exchanges website
	Other/Comments (please describe in the space below)

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Last updated,3/9/07