Online Professional Development
The Minnesota Humanities Center has offered humanities based teacher professional development programs for over 20 years. We have conducted over 250 content-based workshops for over 6800 educators. We are excited to offer online professional development!
The Minnesota Humanities Center is pleased to announce our new and innovative online educator professional development offerings.
Online Self Study Offerings - Participants will study content and complete a quiz or self-reflection section to gain a deeper understanding and application of the content. Clock hours will be earned upon successful completion of quiz or self-reflection component. Participants work on their own schedule, at their own pace and may take as long as they need to complete the offering.
Online Facilitated Self Study Offerings- In these offerings, participants interact with both the content and other educators to gain a deeper understanding and application of the subject in their teaching practice. These professional development offerings are available several times throughout the year, and have a specified start and end date.
Live Webinars- In these offerings participants will interact with content, presenters and other educators at a specified date and time.
The Abolitionist Movement REGISTER NOW
Course Type: Online Self-Study
Intended Audience: 6-12 Educators
Scholar: Dr. Keith Mayes
Cost: $40
Clock Hours: 2
DESCRIPTION
The Abolitionist Movement professional development offering introduces the Absent Narrative of African Americans working and forging an identity and movement which shaped the political ideas, landscape and legislation in the post Revolutionary period. Participants will learn an integrated view of African American history during this period and will be able to demonstrate the contributions of African Americans activists in influencing the expansion of freedom and liberty in the America. Participants will understand how this distinctly American group shaped its own identity and worked to expand equality and opportunity.
Black Independent Institutions in the Revolutionary Era REGISTER NOW
Course Type: Online Self Study
Intended Audience: 6-12 Educators
Scholar: Dr. Keith Mayes
Cost: $40
Clock Hours: 2
DESCRIPTION
The Black Independent Institutions in the Revolutionary Era professional development offering amplifies the Absent Narrative of a people fighting along side their white counterparts and forging a new identity through the emergence of Black Independent Institutions. Participants will learn an integrated view of African American history during this period and will be able to demonstrate the contributions of African Americans activists in influencing the expansion of freedom and liberty in the America. Participants will understand how this distinctly American group shaped its own identity and worked to expand equality and opportunity.
Increase Student Engagement Through Absent Narratives REGISTER NOW
Course Type: Online Self Study
Intended Audience: K-12 educators
Instructors: The professional development opportunity was designed by Minnesota Humanities Center staff educators with scholarly contributions by Dr. Omowale Akintunde, Dr. Matthew Brandt, Alexs Pate, and Dr. Keith Mayes.
Cost: $25
Clock Hours: 6
DESCRIPTION
This professional development offering will introduce the Minnesota Humanities Center professional development approach and provide a foundation for incorporating Absent Narratives into the classroom. A historical overview of the construction of race and identity will present educators with the opportunity to engage in a process of necessary self-reflection. Concepts addressed during the offering include the social construction of race, the concept of white as a race, the costs of assimilation and epistemology.
Through exposure to the authentic unmediated voices of community members, the offering prepares participants to identify and understand Absent Narratives as human experiences. It guides educators in a thoughtful manner toward incorporating the stories, literature, art, music, history, and lived traditions whose absence exacerbates the ever widening relationship gap. Opportunities will be provided to explore Absent Narratives through the careful examination of selected examples. Educators will also explore links and connections to Minnesota Humanities Center resources, tools and additional learning opportunities for long-term sustainable change in the classroom.