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Professional Development Opportunities
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The Monticello-Stratford Seminar is offered annually. For three weeks, participants study "Leadership in the American Revoloution" through lectures, field trips, and hands on experiences:"Designed exclusively for teachers, the three-week, six-credit seminar has an interdisciplinary flavor and a distinctive historical approach. It focuses on Virginia's political leadership and cultural life in the era of the American Revolution. You will gain an understanding of the unique events and dynamics that prevailed in mid-to-late 18th-century Virginia and will be given the tools to incorporate this newfound knowledge directly into your classrooms in order to enrich your students' educational experiences." Teachers will stay on the grounds ofStratford Plantation and on the Lawn at the University of Virginia. The seminar is worth six graduate credits and selection is based upon application.

The National Archives and Records Administration offers an annual summer institute entitled Primarily Teaching which offers educators the opportunity to work with primary source documents and to develop new and innovative lesson plans. These workshops are held throughout the summer at various locations including:
  • The National Archives in Washington, DC
  • The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, KS
  • The National Archives Regional Facility, Denver, CO
  • The National Archives Regional Facility, Philadelphia, PA
  • The Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, TX
  • The Gerald Ford Library, Ann Arbor, MI
  • The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, TX
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History offers numerous summer seminars for teachers. Their purpose is to: "strengthen participants' commitment to high quality history teaching. Public, parochial, independent school teachers, and National Park Service rangers are eligible. These weeklong seminars provide intellectual stimulation and a collaborative context for developing practical resources and strategies to take back to the classroom." Seminars are free to participants and often include a stipend.