National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) 2024 Summer Seminar

collage of historic and present crossroads in Japan
July 15 - July 19, 2024
9:00AM - 12:00PM
Online (Application required)

Date Range
2024-07-15 09:00:00 2024-07-19 12:00:00 National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) 2024 Summer Seminar Online seminar presented by the East Asian Studies Center:Foundational Seminar: Crossroads of East Asia: Movement through Time and PlaceJoin us for a virtual journey that will introduce East Asia’s diverse cultures and environment while building and enhancing your tool chest of teaching resources for the classroom. Focusing on the regions that comprise present-day China, Japan, and Korea, participants in this free online seminar will engage with experts and other educators in the field to explore major trends, global issues, and historic foundations that shape East Asian society. Through hands-on activities, and opportunities to engage with content experts and with other educators, the cohort will learn about East Asia’s diverse cultures to enhance teaching resources in the classroom. A broad range of innovative teaching materials will be shared, engaging social-emotional learning (SEL), education in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), social studies, ELA, and other cross-curricular approaches to society and culture. The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), funded by the Freeman Foundation, is an initiative to foster a permanent place for the teaching and study of East Asia at the middle and secondary school levels. The objectives of the program are accomplished through a lifelong approach to professional development: Teaching about Asia seminars, curriculum development, texts and resources, continuing education programs, and study tours to East Asia.July 15 - 19, 2024 (Monday - Friday)Lead Instructor: Ann Marie Davis, Associate Professor, The Ohio State UniversityK-12 Lead Educator: Angie Miesle Stokes, Wayne Trace Jr/Sr High School, NCTA Alumni Free, online seminar is open to educators, administrators, and pre-service teachers in Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. 36-hour ONLINE seminar (synchronous and asynchronous) includes (all ET):Part 1: May 20, 2024: Orientation session (7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., synchronous)June - July 2024 (interactive, asynchronous activities, est. 15 hours)Part 2: July 15 - 19, 2024 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m. daily, synchronous)Part 3: Sept. TBD (synchronous) Benefits: $300 stipend, $230 teaching materials, 36 contact hours/3.6 CEUsGraduate credit: 2.0 hours graduate credit option available (extra fee/application)NCTA 2024 FlyerApplications received by May 15, 2024 (or when filled) will be given priority Online (Application required) America/New_York public

Online seminar presented by the East Asian Studies Center:

Foundational Seminar: Crossroads of East Asia: Movement through Time and Place

Join us for a virtual journey that will introduce East Asia’s diverse cultures and environment while building and enhancing your tool chest of teaching resources for the classroom. Focusing on the regions that comprise present-day China, Japan, and Korea, participants in this free online seminar will engage with experts and other educators in the field to explore major trends, global issues, and historic foundations that shape East Asian society. Through hands-on activities, and opportunities to engage with content experts and with other educators, the cohort will learn about East Asia’s diverse cultures to enhance teaching resources in the classroom. A broad range of innovative teaching materials will be shared, engaging social-emotional learning (SEL), education in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), social studies, ELA, and other cross-curricular approaches to society and culture. The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), funded by the Freeman Foundation, is an initiative to foster a permanent place for the teaching and study of East Asia at the middle and secondary school levels. The objectives of the program are accomplished through a lifelong approach to professional development: Teaching about Asia seminars, curriculum development, texts and resources, continuing education programs, and study tours to East Asia.

July 15 - 19, 2024 (Monday - Friday)

Lead Instructor: Ann Marie Davis, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
K-12 Lead Educator: Angie Miesle Stokes, Wayne Trace Jr/Sr High School, NCTA Alumni
 
Free, online seminar is open to educators, administrators, and pre-service teachers in Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
 
36-hour ONLINE seminar (synchronous and asynchronous) includes (all ET):
  • Part 1: May 20, 2024: Orientation session (7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., synchronous)
  • June - July 2024 (interactive, asynchronous activities, est. 15 hours)
  • Part 2: July 15 - 19, 2024 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m. daily, synchronous)
  • Part 3: Sept. TBD (synchronous) 
  • Benefits: $300 stipend, $230 teaching materials, 36 contact hours/3.6 CEUs
  • Graduate credit: 2.0 hours graduate credit option available (extra fee/application)

NCTA 2024 Flyer

Applications received by May 15, 2024 (or when filled) will be given priority

Who is eligible?
  • K-12 educators (including pre-service and in-service teachers, librarians, administrators, others) from Ohio as well as Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
  • No previous background in East Asia is assumed for this free introductory seminar with many benefits (resources, follow up event, stipend - see below for details).
  • Please note that although teachers from all 11 states are eligible for the NCTA Seminar in any of the states, they can only attend one of the introductory summer seminars.
Logistics:
Seminar materials sent in June, stipend and final resource materials sent upon completion of seminar requirements.
“...virtual learning can be done successfully and collaboratively. People can work together and participate even when they are not in the same room… My teaching is forever changed and my students will reap the benefits from my change!" NCTA online

Sponsors:

The NCTA seminar is coordinated by the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh national coordinating site for the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) Asian Studies Center, which is a Freeman Foundation-funded program. Partial funding is also provided by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University. For further information on NCTA programs around the country, see http://nctasia.org/.