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Project eHIKES: A Kansas TAH Project
US Department of Education TAH Project Directors MeetingSeptember 2006
Master of Arts in History:
• Successes
• Challenges
Initial Planning
• Parsons USD #503 – grantee district• http://www.vikingnet.net
• Assistant Superintendent• Responsible for curriculum
• Planning Meeting with Teachers• Meeting Dates for 2004-2006
• Fall and Spring Colloquia• 2-week Summer Institutes
Southeast Kansas Education Service Center-Greenbush
• Role:• Project Leadership
• Infrastructure
• Logistics
• Paperwork
No Child Left Behind
• “Highly Qualified Teachers”
• Defined by the States• Kansas change of definition
• non-EDU courses • “content-related” courses
PSU Department of History
• Discussions of degree tracks• Thesis• 3-seminars and comprehensive exams
• MA Candidates who had not completed program was an issue
Proposed Solution
• Explore 3rd option – final project to replace comps
• 3 seminars still required• Initial teacher to finish this track not part
of grant
University Collaboration
• Department of History• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Education• Office of Continuing & Graduate
Studies
• Challenges of Thinking Outside the Box
Rethinking Admission Standards
• More than half of the teachers had earned a social studies teaching degree at PSU
• Elementary and middle school teachers more likely to have elementary certification• Possibility of only one history course
Admission Standards for Non-Majors
• Earn As & Bs in first 9 hours
• Earn A or B in required Historical Research and Historiography Course
Faculty Roles
• PSU Faculty
• Guest Historians
Teacher Leadership Team
• Role of Teacher Leadership Team
• Their Backgrounds
• Leadership Throughout Grant
Yearly Themes
• Introduction to Primary Sources
• Legal and Constitutional History
• Social History
February 2004
• Introduction to Grant
• Guest Historian• Federalist Papers
• Contact Hours • counted as part of summer hours
July 2004
• Agricultural History
• Local History
• Populism• Kansas• William Jennings Bryan
• Documentary Photography• Included Hands-on
July 2004
• Introduction to Primary Sources
• Teacher Blogs
• Article Review Assignments
• Lesson Plan Assignments
• Teacher Presentations
Fall 2004 Online Course
• Historical Research & Historiography
• Required research course
• Taught by graduate director
Attrition
• 3 teachers left before end of first fall semester
• Technology challenging for some• Online courses• Regular email reading/responding
Changes in Professional Development Expectations
• Transition from sit-and-get professional development to teacher active involvement throughout.
November 2004
• In-person hands-on archival research
• National Archives and Records Administration Central Plains Region-Kansas City (session tomorrow)
• Major success given the challenge of any of our MA candidates conducting primary research.
Professional Meetings – 2004/2005
• Memberships in OAH, NCSS, NCHE
• NCSS – Baltimore• 3 teachers
• OAH – San Jose• 3 teachers
• Treating Teachers as Fellow Professionals
• Professional Memberships
• Professional Meetings & Conferences
Spring 2005 Online Course
• Historical Cognition• Laid foundation for future offerings• Inclusion in pre-service methods class• Wineburg, Historical Thinking And Other
Unnatural Acts
• Teacher Inclusion of Historical Cognition Units and/or incorporated throughout teaching and learning
February 2005
• Introduction to Legal & Constitutional History
• Also began work on summer individual research topics at National Archives with archivists
• Voted on summer presentation topics
July 2005
• Legal & Constitutional History
• Supreme Court Cases
• John Brown• Kansas
July 2005
• African-American History
• Harlem Renaissance• Langston Hughes
• Birth of a Nation• Discussion of movies as teaching tools
July 2005
• Research sessions at NARA-KC
• Tours
• Liberty Memorial• Nation’s only museum dedicated to WWI
• 18th & Vine District – KC MO• Jazz Museum• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
• NARA Connection
Summer 2005 Assignments
• Article Reviews• Continued to use J-STOR
• Online journal databases
• Lesson Plans
• Teacher Presentations
• Teacher Blogs
Fall 2005 Online Course
• Kansas History• Seminar class
• Most teachers not required to take course to earn state licensure but most beginning teachers required to teach it.
November 2005
• Oral History
• Oral History as a Primary Source
Professional Meetings – 2005/2006
• NCSS – Kansas City• More than half attended• 3 presented their work with primary
sources
• OAH – Washington, DC• 3 attended
• 2 returnees, 1 new
Spring 2006 Online Course
• 20th Century America
• Built on Historical Cognition Class
February 2006
• Film as History
• OAH Distinguished Lectureship Bureau
July 2006
• West• Women
• Little House on the Prairie
• 9/11• Middle East• 60s Music• Hands-On
Project Orientation of Year 3
• 3D Exhibits
• PowerPoints
• Teacher Blogs
Conclusions
• Laid foundation for more teacher-friendly MA in History
• Intense Involvement with teachers – multi-faceted/multi-directional learning
• Better relationships with student teacher placements
Benefits for Teachers
• All considered “Highly Qualified Teachers” by the State of Kansas
• MA is biggest move on pay scale
• Integrate primary sources throughout their teaching
• Excited & engaged about American history
Importance of Individuality
• Traditional MA programs usually don’t fit all teachers
• Academic rigor does not have to be sacrificed for program flexibility
• Time (Particularly teacher time)• Outside the semester paradigm
Our Most Important Success