Teaching for a Better World: A Summer Institute for Teachers
Teach your students how to become successful changemakers for a healthy, peaceful and sustainable world. Spend a week in beautiful coastal Maine learning to bring issues of social justice, environmental preservation, and animal protection into your classrooms in ways that revolutionize your teaching and add greater meaning and relevancy to your curricula. Develop new ideas and practice new skills with other educators eager to inspire a generation to be informed and committed to using their knowledge to contribute to a better world.
Summer Institute Dates:
June 28-July 2, 2010
Continuing Education Credits:
You may earn a certificate of completion for 100 contact hours and 10 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through the University of Maine for participation in the course. Teachers in other states may be able to utilize these for continuing education requirements in their state. Applications for other state CEUs are in progress - please inquire.
Application:
Please download and complete the application for the Summer Institute:
Summer Institute Application Form (PDF).
Summer Institute Application Form (Word).
Please remit your first payment online when you submit your application.
Tuition:
We offer two prices:
- $500 for those who do not require continuing education units (CEUs)
- $775 for those who wish to receive CEUs through the University of Maine.
Tuition rates do not include room, board, or meals. A non-refundable deposit of $275 is required at registration. Prior to arrival, remaining tuition fees are due: $500 (with CEUs) $225 (no CEUs).
Full tuition or a non-refundable deposit is due at registration to hold your spot. Remaining balances are due by June 18.
REGISTER FOR IHE'S SUMMER INSTITUTE:
With CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
Full tuition (with CEUs): $775
Deposit (with CEUs): $275
Balance (with CEUs): $500
Without CEUs
Full tuition (without CEUs): $500
Deposit (without CEUs): $275
Balance (without CEUs): $225
Required Readings:
As part of the Teaching for a Better World Summer Institute, participants will need to have read the following titles before arriving:
- Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life by Zoe Weil (Beyond Words, 2009)
- Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (Harper, 2001 or 2009 ed.)
- Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart (North Point Press, 2002)
- Crossing the BLVD: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America by Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan (Norton, 2003)
- Creating a World That Works for All by Sharif Abdullah (Berrett-Koehler, 1999)
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