Presenation on how OHS is working with social studies teachers, given at the 2007 Ohio Assoc. for Historical Societies and Museum conference

1. Connecting to Teachers
Ohio Association of Historical
Societies and Museum
2007 Annual Meeting

2. Outreach Projects @ OHS
Audience: K-16 students & faculty
Four units:
1.) Teacher PD program
2.) Resource Centers
3.) National History Day in Ohio
Themes:
1.) Content
2.) Resources
3.) Partnerships

3. Professional Development
Programs
Yearlong program
Requires a commitment
Teachers are compensated ($$ and graduate credit)
Focus on content, resources and
communication
Format includes: seminars, workshops,
field trips and summer institutes
Align to the Ohio Academic Content
Standards

4. Involving Teachers
Start with school district staff
They are talented
They will help you shape your message or at
least translate it
They know the most competent people
They are best able to communicate your
message and navigate the district
bureaucracy

5. Involving Teachers
Use formative evaluation
Evaluate, evaluate, evaluate
Really listen and respond to what they say
and suggest
Let them know that your are listening by
making obvious changes
Eventually, learn what to ignore

6. Involving Teachers
Create a Master Teacher committee
Prestige is key not compensation
Meet regularly
Make them work
Advise not lesson plans is the key
Make it clear that they are a part of
something bigger, they have an opportunity
to shape something new

7. Teachers’ Landscape
Professional Development Classroom
Content Instructional
Knowledge Resources
Professional Content
Strategies Resources
Networking/ Instructional
Sharing Activities

8. Teachers’ Landscape
Professional Development Classroom
&

9. Ohio History Menu
Seasonal Favorites
District, State and National History Day
Sandwiches
In-classroom programs
Professional development workshops
Soups & Salads
Distance learning programs
Case histories
Lattes & Cappuccino
Online resources
Resource CDs or printed curricula

10. The Ideal
Professional
development/membership
(workshops/seminars, conferences)
Digital instructional resources
(Distance Learning & web Historical resources
resources [OSSRC, encyclopedia, (Content, “stuff,” and places)
narratives, journals, research])
Physical instructional resources Local resources & support
(curricula, case histories, (Content, resources, partnerships
primary source packets/CDs, etc.) with LHOs, colleges/universities, etc)
Human resources
(History to Go Van, in-class workshops)