1. Leveraging the Global Resources of Higher Education
MAKING THE MOST OF
TEACHER TRAINING
PROGRAMS
Natalie Arsenault
Outreach Director
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
The University of Texas at Austin

2. Types of Teacher Training

3. On-campus workshops

4. Recent workshops
• —U Washington
• Middle Eastern–European Intersections—UCLA
• Historical Perspectives on Latin American Popular Culture—
UW-Milwaukee
• The Teaching of Africa—Yale
• Recognizing Rights and Responsibilities in the 21st Century—
UT-Austin

5. Study abroad programs

6. Types of programs
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
University-organized, grant-funded
Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/index.html
Organized by Fulbright Commissions, grant-
funded
NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes
University-organized, grant-funded
Short term programs
University-organized, self-funded

7. Potential funding sources
On-campus workshops
• Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP): 6
universities that support teachers to attend workshops in other
regions
• Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC): 10–12 universities
that will support teachers to attend workshops in other regions
[forthcoming, 2010–2011]
Study abroad programs
www.fundforteachers.org:
national program but only
accept applicants from specific
school districts

8. In-service professional development

9. Role of administrators
• Identify needs
• Disseminate information
• Assist with funding or facilitate
attendance in other ways
• Offer opportunities for educators to share
their training with their colleagues

10. Benefits to educator-attendees
• Expansion of regional content
knowledge
• Exposure to current trends
• Access to leading scholars & university
resources
• Resources (and, perhaps, funding) for
curriculum development
• Implementation of new information in
the classroom

11. Integration of content
• Gather resources: from speakers, handouts, outreach
coordinator
• Work with colleagues to determine areas of integration: new
unit or supplementary materials for existing curriculum?
• Research curriculum developed by NRCs and other teachers

12. Sharing resources
• Work with your colleagues to cover shared areas of
interest and develop new curriculum
• Research and post resources online
• Present at school, district, regional, and national meetings

13. Questions?
Natalie Arsenault, Outreach Director
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
n.arsenault@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 232-2404
Web site: www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/llilas/outreach/
Hemispheres: www.utexas.edu/orgs/hemispheres/