2017 Winter Seminar Application (Baltimore)

1. Introductory Information

Dear Winter Seminar Applicant,

We're pleased to announce our forthcoming Winter Seminar, in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Maryland, to be held at the museum at 15 Lloyd Street, Baltimore, MD, February 18-20, 2017.

Immerse yourself in 20th century European Jewish history, digital storytelling, Holocaust education, and conversations about how to make your classroom a global classroom. Learning from veteran Centropa educators, you will hear about cross-cultural projects between US and European schools, creative pedagogies using the latest technology, and student-directed projects that meet state and Common Core standards.

The Centropa seminar will begin at 1 pm on Saturday, February 18, and end at 2:30 pm on Monday, February 20.

There is no registration fee - we know how teacher professional development budgets have been slashed in recent years and we like to keep the costs down as low as possible for those interested in participating. At the same time, funding for this program is limited by grants from specific donors and while we wish we could cover all expenses for each participant we simply cannot. This also means that we will need to give preference to teachers from certain areas, where we have applied for funding. We are able to cover expenses of those accepted to the seminar as follows:

* For Baltimore public school teachers (who we expect will drive in each day), we will cover all seminar expenses except for dinner one night. Day parking will be free.
* Public school teachers from Montgomery County, MD: Newark, NJ: Charleston, SC; West Palm Beach, FL; North Carolina; and Minneapolis/St Paul, please let us know below if you or your school or school district will be able to cover some or all of your travel expenses (flights, train, or bus), and we will cover all ground expenses (hotel, meals, snacks), except for one night's dinner. If you cannot fund any of your travel, we will do our best to find grants. Parking will be free for those driving in.

* Public or private school teachers from other areas in the country: we welcome your participation and ask that you cover the entire cost of the seminar expenses. The cost of seminar ground expenses (hotel, meals, administrative costs) per person is $585, plus the one meal you will eat on the free evening.

We ask all participants coming in from out of town to cover transportation to and from the airport, or train or bus stations, and for those who live in the area we ask that you cover your gas expenses. For those who drive to Baltimore from out of town, hotel parking is $15/night.

Once accepted, we will ask you to make your travel arrangements immediately, and those receiving reimbursements must save all original receipts and boarding passes in order to be reimbursed.

Please do not hesitate to contact Lauren Granite (granite@centropa.org, 301-787-0052) with any questions.

We look forward to reading your application.

Best,

Edward Serotta, Director, Centropa
Lauren Granite, US Education Director, Centropa

Question Title

* 1. Name, affiliation and contact data.
Please provide us with the address of your school or organization and give us a cell phone number in case we have to contact you during the seminar.

Name:

School/Organization:

County/District:

Address:

City/Town:

State:

ZIP:

Work email:

Personal Email:

Phone Number:

Question Title

* 2. Please check the box that defines your role as an educator. You may check more than one box.

Administrator, public, parochial or charter school

Administrator, Jewish Day School

Classroom teacher, public, parochial or charter high school

Classroom teacher, public, parochial or charter middle school

Classroom teacher, Jewish day school, high school

Classroom teacher, Jewish day school, middle school

Staff person at Holocaust Education organization or museum

Administrator, State or County Education Department

Other

Name of Your Institution(s)

Question Title

* 3. For this question, we'd like you to paint us a picture of your school or organization, including the students and/or teachers you teach. Please answer those question(s) relevant to you. Note: the next question asks about your specific responsibilities (e.g., what grades and courses you teach), so no need to include them here.

How many students are in your school?

What is the cultural makeup/background of your students?

If you are a curriculum developer/teacher trainer and work in Holocaust education, how many schools, students and teachers would you estimate that you reach each year?

Is your school a Title I School? What percentage of your students receive free or reduced cost lunches

Other: what else can you share with us about your school, organization and students that will help us understand your work?

Question Title

* 4. Please tell us what subject you teach, if you are a classroom teacher, or if you are an administrator and/or work for a museum or other educational organization. Use the comment box to elaborate.

Social studies/history/geography

English language arts/literature

Civics/human rights

Holocaust

Technology

Art/Photography/Film-making

Foreign Language (please specify in the comment box)

ESL

School Administrator

Museum or Holocaust Center educator

State, County, or District Education Department Administrator

Other (please specify)

Question Title

* 5. Please tell us what grades/ages you teach, and if you teach different subjects to different grades you can clarify that in the comment box. Please be brief, such as: ELA - 12th grade, History - 10th grade.

Middle school (6th-8th grades)

High School (9th-12th grades)

College/University

Teachers/educators

Other

Other (please specify)

Question Title

* 6. Of the lessons, projects, or programs you have designed, which one are you most proud of and why? Briefly describe the lesson, and be sure to include your goals, how you achieved them, and any specific learning activities that will help us understand the kind of educator you are.

Question Title

* 7. Have you attended other Holocaust seminars or conferences? If so, please tell us which ones.

Yes.

No.

These are the Holocaust seminars I have attended:

Question Title

* 1. Name, affiliation and contact data.Please provide us with the address of your school or organization and give us a cell phone number in case we have to contact you during the seminar.

Question Title

* 2. Please check the box that defines your role as an educator. You may check more than one box.

Question Title

Question Title

* 4. Please tell us what subject you teach, if you are a classroom teacher, or if you are an administrator and/or work for a museum or other educational organization. Use the comment box to elaborate.

Question Title

* 5. Please tell us what grades/ages you teach, and if you teach different subjects to different grades you can clarify that in the comment box. Please be brief, such as: ELA - 12th grade, History - 10th grade.

Question Title

* 6. Of the lessons, projects, or programs you have designed, which one are you most proud of and why? Briefly describe the lesson, and be sure to include your goals, how you achieved them, and any specific learning activities that will help us understand the kind of educator you are.

Question Title

* 7. Have you attended other Holocaust seminars or conferences? If so, please tell us which ones.

* 1. Name, affiliation and contact data.
Please provide us with the address of your school or organization and give us a cell phone number in case we have to contact you during the seminar.