Summer Institutes in Place-Based Education

Summer Institutes in Place-Based Education Place-Based Education Summer Institutes in Sitka, Juneau, Seattle Educators, administrators, community leaders and others are invited to one of three Summer Institutes in Place-Based Education to be held June 26-28 in Sitka, Alaska – July 19-21 in Juneau, Alaska – and August 9-11 in Seattle Washington. The Summer Institutes are sponsored by the School Community Leadership Consortium at Antioch University Seattle and co-sponsored by the Southeast Alaska and Alaska Native Educators Associations. The Institutes will feature the groundbreaking work in place-based education developed through the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative. Participants will see numerous examples of curriculum units and student work based in community, culture and place, and all those in attendance will receive an introduction in how to use digital storytelling and cultural atlases as a platform for place-based curriculum in their classes. Rob Wang (AUS), Ray Barnhardt (UAF), and Ted Wright (AUS) will facilitate the Institutes. Meeting locations and housing information will be finalized by April 1 and emailed to those who register. Attendance is limited to 30 participants at each session. Registration information can be found at the following link: http://ankn.uaf.edu/NPE/Southeast/Summer2007.html If you have questions please email Ted Wright at: twright@antiochsea.edu or call: 206-491-9240.