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SEMINARS | HUMANITIES IN THE HALLWAYS
NJCH
TEACHER INSTITUTE
The NJCH Teacher Institute provides professional development programs for New Jersey K-12 educators and recognizes outstanding work by teachers of humanities disciplines.
Teacher Seminars
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities professional development seminars for New Jersey K-12 teachers bring educators together for an intellectually stimulating exploration of new scholarship in history and literature that enriches their lives and their curriculum.
Summer Seminars
The 2010 Teacher Institute Schedule is now available!
Each year NJCH offers a series of six-day residential programs that provide in-depth exploration of topics in the humanities. 2010 Seminars are: Race in American History and Culture: New Perspectives;
Poverty, Affluence, and the American Dream;
America and the Politics of World Religions;
Narratives of Immigration: Latino/a Lives;and Adolescent and Young Adult Literature.
Seminars are tuition-free; housing, meals, and books are also included. Participants in all seminars can earn professional development credits and stipends. Participants have the opportunity to submit a research paper for graduate credit.
Click link to review the 2010 Seminar offerings.
Humanities in the Hallways Professional Development Programs
Humanities in the Hallways
is designed to broaden the
community of educators
participating in humanities
forums around the state
through programs that give
teachers exposure to rich
new content and the latest
scholarship.
Through this new program, schools and school districts can arrange for distinguished scholars and experts from New Jersey's many colleges and universities to come to their school and lead content-based humanities programs. Suitable for teachers across the curriculum, a wide variety of topics is available based on our Teacher Institute seminars which are aligned with the New Jersey Professional Development Standards and the State Core Curriculum.
Click link for Humanities in the Hallways topics and for guidelines and application.
The Humanities Teacher of the Year

Montclair High School teacher Gregory Woodruff is
the
New Jersey Council for the Humanities 2009 Teacher of the Year.
Each year the NJCH Teacher of the Year awards program recognizes outstanding work in humanities education. Elementary and secondary school teachers are equally considered. Prizes go to honored teachers and their schools.
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