Teacher Training
The Southeast Asia Program Outreach office offers a number of teacher training workshops and conferences throughout the school year and into the summer. Topics are either thematic or broadly conceived. We approach our offerings with the understanding that they should be standards based and have an application to specific elementary, middle, or high school curricula. Teachers receive a combination of content area expertise and practical ideas for how to use that expertise in the classroom. Teachers are provided with lesson plans, handouts, resources and other materials for use in their future planning.
Burma, Border Zones, and the Karen People
The Cornell Southeast Asia Program invites you to join us on October 19 and 20, 2007 from 9am-4pm for a workshop on “Burma, Border Zones, and the Karen People.” As refugees from Burma, including the Karen and other peoples, relocate to the United States, teachers and members of local communities need to understand the part of the world the refugees come from. We need to understand the historical and political context that led them to leave their homelands, as well as the richness of their diverse languages and cultures. The first day of the workshop is designed especially for teachers, with sessions that provide basic background information on Burma, an overview of life in the camps, and an introduction to the linguistic and ESL issues that teachers may encounter. Time is also allocated for discussing lesson plans and brainstorming ways to incorporate this material in various classroom settings. Saturday will feature panels and speakers who will go into greater depth and discuss their research into topics that will help us understand the contemporary situation in the border zones. Speakers will also share their experiences working with the Karen and other groups in Burma, in Thailand, and with refugees as they begin to adjust to life in the U.S.
The workshop is free of charge and will be held at the Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Avenue, Ithaca, NY. Breakfast and lunch are provided both days for those who pre-register. Parking passes and detailed directions will be provided.
This professional development workshop is sponsored by the Cornell Southeast Asia Program and TST-BOCES. Funds for this workshop have been provided by a National Resource Center grant (Title VI) from the U.S. Department of Education.
Teachers should register via http:/mylearningplan.com. Please see the attached flyer for details.
For additional information contact:
Thamora Fishel
Cornell Southeast Asia Program Outreach Coordinator
Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia
640 Stewart Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-275-9452
E-mail: tf14@cornell.edu
Independent Teacher Training Workshops
SEAP Outreach continues to offer independent teacher training workshops and conferences. We offer topics related to specific curricula needs while maintaining our mission to provide expertise on Southeast Asian history, culture and societies.
BEYOND ISLAM 101: ENHANCING YOUR CURRICULUM SEPTEMBER 14-15, 2007
On September 14 and 15, 2007, middle and high school social studies teachers are invited to join members of the Cornell Educational Resources on International Studies outreach group and scholars of Islam for an intermediate discussion of how to teach about Islam in the social studies classroom. Held in conjunction with the academic conference "Imagining Muslims, Imagining Others: South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe", teachers will attend portions of the conference, find out how to access up-to-date information, curriculum pieces, and other resources, and will participate in a critical discussion on how to effectively teach about Islam in the American classroom. Teachers are asked to bring outlines, lesson plans, and/or materials they currently use to teach about Islam.