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History grant helps CCISD
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| From Left, Patti Freudenberg (CCISD Grant Implementation Specialist), Gennie Burleson Westbrook (Bill of Rights Institute), Felicia Andrews (CCISD Secondary Social Studies Coordinator), Bruce Palmer (UHCL Dean School of Human Sciences and Humanities), Albert Cheng (Deputy Regional Director for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison), Pat Dietrich (Houston Museum of Natural Science), Angela Howard (UHCL History Professor) Dr. Greg Smith (CCISD Superintendent of Schools). |
Social Studies and History teachers in the Clear Creek Independent School District will soon get the opportunity to visit historical landmarks in Texas and across the country. The U.S. Department of Education awarded the District a $993,000 grant to fund a teacher training program.
The Teaching American History Grant will be used to pay for a three year initiative which will focus on educating elementary and secondary teachers how to use museums, landmarks, historical documents and the Internet to enhance lessons.
Teachers must apply for the program. Fifty will be selected to participate in summer field trips planned for Austin, San Antonio, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Boston. The first year the program will focus on Texas treasures and the second year will examine Early American History. Teachers accepted in the program will also be given $1400 to purchase technology for their classroom.
The District will partner with San Jacinto College, The University of Houston Clear Lake, the Houston Museum of Natural History, the Galveston Historical Foundation and the San Jacinto Monument in this endeavor to raise student achievement by giving teachers this unique training opportunity.
The Teaching American History Grant will be used to pay for a three year initiative which will focus on educating elementary and secondary teachers how to use museums, landmarks, historical documents and the Internet to enhance lessons.
Teachers must apply for the program. Fifty will be selected to participate in summer field trips planned for Austin, San Antonio, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Boston. The first year the program will focus on Texas treasures and the second year will examine Early American History. Teachers accepted in the program will also be given $1400 to purchase technology for their classroom.
The District will partner with San Jacinto College, The University of Houston Clear Lake, the Houston Museum of Natural History, the Galveston Historical Foundation and the San Jacinto Monument in this endeavor to raise student achievement by giving teachers this unique training opportunity.
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