Each summer, the NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for K-12 educators and higher education faculty to study a variety of humanities topics. Stipends of $1300-$3450 for residential programs and $650-$1725 for virtual programs help cover expenses for these one- to four-week programs. Applications for all programs close on March 1, 2022.
These programs are extremely competitive, so if this is something that interests you, don't leave the application to the last minute (especially as the application requires a letter of recommendation.)
Teachers who participate in these all rave about the opportunity and talk about how energizing and restorative the experience is, spending time, surrounded by other passionate teachers, learning something new. Often graduate credits are available for a fee.
Program Formats
Professional development programs include the following format options:
- Residential: All participants attend for the duration of the project at the host site.
- Virtual: All participants attend for the duration of the project using an online platform. This can include synchronous and asynchronous sessions.
- Combined Format: All participants attend a portion of the project online and a portion of the project at the host site. Online and residential sessions occur at different times, but participants attend the same format simultaneously.
Here are just a few that I found in a quick perusal that relate in some way to teaching Montana/regional history or Indian Education for All.
- Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and the Japanese American Incarceration
- The Trail of Tears: Context and Perspectives
- Ancient Stories, New Neighbors: Decolonizing Indigenous Homelands and 17th-Century New England
- Re-Enchanting Nature: Humanities Perspectives (based right here in Helena)
But the program has all sorts of topics, from Digital Ancient Rome and Disability and Identity in History, Literature, and Media to The Legacy of Early African-Americans and the Gullah-Geechee People and many others.
Check out the NEH website and start putting together your application. Learn more about the program and how to apply here. You won't be sorry.
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