African American History | Teachers: The Presidential Academy
SUMMER 2022
BENEFITS
- Earn 6 graduate credits, for FREE
- Enrich your curriculum with authentic African American history
- Enhance your culturally relevant teaching practices
- Participate in PBE learning in Milwaukee, WI and St. Louis, MO, for FREE
- Eligible to earn a $1,000 stipend while participating in PBE learning trips with high school students as a Teacher Leader
The 2022 summer grant is limited to 40 teacher participants.
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Face-to-Face and Multi-Media Instruction
July 11-August 2, 2022 | Monday-Friday
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On-Campus Days |
Multi-Media Learning Days |
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Monday, July 11, 2022 |
Thursday, July 14, 2022 |
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| Tuesday, July 12, 2022 | Friday, July 15, 2022 | |
| Wednesday, July 13, 2022 | Friday, July 22, 2022 | |
| Tuesday, July 19, 2022 | ||
| Wednesday, July 20, 2022 | ||
| Thursday, July 21, 2022 | ||
| Monday, July 25, 2022 | ||
| Monday, August 1, 2022 | ||
| Tuesday, August 2, 2022 |
PBE LEARNING TRIPS
Milwaukee Day Trip
Monday, July 18, 2022
St. Louis Overnight Trip
ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must a licensed teacher, preferably in high school or middle school and preferably teaching in a social studies area.
APPLICATION DATES AND INFORMATION
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Complete the online Presidential Academy Teacher Application
- Send all post secondary higher education transcripts (unofficial will be accepted) by email to:
Email | UAH@uwp.edu
Applications for admission to the program will not be reviewed until all requirements are submitted.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The following criteria and point system will be used to evaluate applicants in each application phase.
| Criteria for the Selection of Teachers | Points (Max 100) |
| Applicant is a returning participant from previous year and successfully completed the program with a GPA of 2.0 or higher | 100 |
| OR | |
| Applicant is from target districts of KUSD or RUSD | 35 |
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Applicant does not have a master’s degree in American history or civics |
20 |
| Applicant has taught for less than 5 years in one of the content areas | 20 |
| Applicant is recommended by their principal or district C and I administrator | 15 |
| Applicant is currently teaching American history or civics | 10 |
VOLUNTARY TEACHER LEADER INFORMATION
UNCOVERING AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE TEACHER LEADER POSITION DESCRIPTION SUMMER 2022 POSITION SUMMARY
The Teacher Leader position is a voluntary paid position held during the Uncovering Alternative Histories place-based experiential (PBE) learning trips to Milwaukee, WI and St. Louis, MO during the summer of 2022 through the Presidential Academy program hosted by the College of Social Sciences and Professional Studies. The Teacher Leader will be responsible for students in their assigned small groups during PBE trips. Teachers must be participants of the Uncovering Alternative Histories Presidential Academy in order to be a teacher leader.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Teacher Leaders will:
• Arrive at UWP 30 minutes prior to departure time for PBE to assist with logistical management
• Be responsible for a small group of students during the PBE trips in Milwaukee, WI and St. Louis, MO
• Conduct a meeting with assigned students to introduce yourself, explain your role, and ensure that the students understand the expectations/consequences of breaking the code of conduct and the rules of the program prior to the first PBE trip
• Ensure assigned students are on the bus and ready for departure at assigned times throughout the day during PBE trips
• Manage student participants (not other teacher participants) exiting and entering buses, learning sites, rest stops, restaurants, and other locations during PBE trips
• Encourage questions and lead discussion among the small group during PBE trips
• Facilitate questions regarding the logistics of the PBE trips
• Assist with hotel check-in/check-out at the hotel in St. Louis, MO
• Ensure students are in their hotel rooms at the designated times each evening while in St. Louis, MO
• Ensure students wake for breakfast in the morning and are ready to begin the day while in St. Louis, MO
• Ensure assigned students have been picked up or boarded university sponsored transportation at the end of the day. If not picked up within 15 minutes of arrival to campus notify program leaders.
• Report any violation of rules during PBE trips to UWP program leaders
• Maintain professional standards in regard to the relationship with the students. The program leaders will discuss standard operating procedure concerning conduct between teacher leaders and participating students at the orientation meeting
• Not be lodged in the same hotel room as students, nor will they be responsible for their assigned students during the overnight periods.
PBE TRIP DETAILS
• Visits various educations sites in Miwaukee, WI.
• Visits various educations sites in St. Louis, MO.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
• Admitted participant of the Uncovering Alternative Histories Presidential Academy during summer 2022
• Successfully pass a criminal background check
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
WEEK ONE
In the opening week, we will identify the importance of alternate interpretations of history through lecture and group discussion and how those interpretations can change according to group perspectives. Topics will include: African American status throughout history; the role of modern education in African American knowledge and identity; the cultural impact of conflict over African American citizenship; and how educational practices have alienated the African American from modern civic participation.
WEEK TWO
Through lecture, group work, and guest speakers you will discover African American identity through challenges from the past and present. The group work will give you to tools to recognize the challenges and importance of unity and develop approaches for increasing civic engagement that overcome African American historical experiences of assimilation and acculturation. You will explore the role of systemic racism in the political process, as African Americans move to establish their own political agenda in the 20th and 21st century. We conclude on high note looking at the contribution to democracy through jazz.
On Friday, we embark on the first PBE learning trip to Milwaukee, WI visiting a museum and other historical sites.
WEEK THREE
We prepare for and participate in the second PBE learning trip to St. Louis, MO, where we will visit museums, national historic parks, and other historical sites.
WEEK FOUR
The program culminates with the Presidential Academy Showcase. You will present your lesson plan that you have developed demonstrating integration of your learning over the three weeks.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Lorene Bakkila | (262) 595-2334 |uah@uwp.edu