US Seminar Application, BMW - 2014

1. Introductory Information

Dear Centropa Seminar Applicant,

We're pleased to announce Centropa's forthcoming winter seminar, which will be held in one of the coolest places we've yet found: the BMW Conference Center in Greer, SC, in the Greenville/Spartanburg area. For two days you will be immersed in 20th century European Jewish history, digital storytelling, and conversations about how to make your classroom a global classroom--all in a high tech environment with elegant break-out rooms, yet just a few minutes away from the center of Greenville, one of the prettiest downtowns in America.

We are not just going to study Centropa films: we're going to talk about making films with our students--like on Max Heller, who fled Vienna as a boy, made his way from janitor to successful businessman in Greenville, and then became the mayor who desegregated city offices. A real hero, just as was Kurt Landauer, the Jewish businessman in Munich who as president of Bayern Muenchen took his football (soccer) team to the championship--in 1932. A year later, Kurt ran for his life. In 1945, Kurt returned to Munich and took back his football team, thank you very much.

We begin at 11 am on Sunday, February 16, and end at 3:00 pm on Monday, February 17.

While we would like to cover everyone's expenses, we can't. If you can put some skin in the game by covering your expenses, we'd like to hear from you. We have just a few grants to cover some costs. For public school educators we can cover one night in a hotel, your air or train fare (or gas if you drive in), breakfast on Monday, two lunches and snacks - you'll need to cover all other expenses. We have fewer grants for Jewish school teachers so we ask you to cover your transportation, although we'll cover for your hotel for one night, breakfast on Monday, both lunches and snacks. Let us know about kosher food needs.

Once accepted, we'll ask you to make your travel arrangements immediately and if we are covering your travel costs as described above be sure to save all receipts and boarding passes so we can reimburse you.

Thank you for your interest in Centropa. 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
Lauren Granite, US Education Director

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* 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 *

Address 1: *

Address 2:

City/Town: *

State/Province:

ZIP/Postal Code: *

Country: *

Email Address: *

Phone Number: *

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* 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)

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* 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 teach in a Jewish school, what is the religious affiliation of your students?

If you lead Holocaust workshops/classes in a museum or similar setting, how many schools, students and teachers do you teach each year? Are they from public, parochial or Jewish schools?

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

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* 4. Please tell us about your professional experience and current educational work. If you are a classroom teacher include the grades and courses you teach. If you are an administrator and/or work for a museum or other educational organization, briefly describe your education programs and the role you play in running them.

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* 5. Please tell us about the lesson, project or program you designed that you are most proud of. What were your goals? How did you achieve them? Be sure to describe the learning activities, as well as the responses of those who participated.

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* 6. What kind of access to technology do you have in your classroom? (you can choose more than one)

Each student has his or her own laptop or tablet.

The school has several carts of tablets or laptops that I can sign up for.

There is a computer room available for me to reserve for my classes.

I have a computer in my classroom and can project anything from it onto the board, but students do not have access to computers during class.

Other (please describe below).

Additional information about how I use technology in my classes:

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* 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.

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

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* 5. Please tell us about the lesson, project or program you designed that you are most proud of. What were your goals? How did you achieve them? Be sure to describe the learning activities, as well as the responses of those who participated.

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* 6. What kind of access to technology do you have in your classroom? (you can choose more than one)

* 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.