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Show r !THURSDAY. OCTOBER .25, 1001 SUU 'alliance' receives grant The Southern .Utah Hi tory Partnership between UU and 13 hool districts in southern Utah, has been awarded a $700,623 in-service teaching grant from the U.S. Department of Education to rai e tudent achievement by improving teachers' knowledge and appreciation of Am Tican History. Recipient of 60 grant in 33 tates totaling om $50 million were recently announced by the Department of Education in accordance with the Teaching American History Grant program. Th minimum amount awarded was me 386,000, and the maximum for any individual grant was $ I milLion. Th program required a partnership with a K-12 chool district and a university. lo the UHP, Iron County chool District ill act as the .fiscal agent of the grant funds and SUU will admini ter the content and pedagogical expertise of the Teaching American History program. The southern Utah districts, which form the consortium to benefit from the program include Beaver, Carbon Emery, Garfield, Icon, Juab, Kane, Piute, an Juan, North Sanpete, outh anpete, evier and Ti11tic, covering 31 high schools. ~our objectives encompass Jin.king rural and relatively isolated history teachers with ach other, " aid Wayne llinton, co-director of UHP and professor of history at UU. uWith history, with education and technology faculty from SUU, and with nationally-recognized expert in history and history education." Members of the pearheading group at UU said they were particularly attracted to this grant program because it die ctly upponed educational needs pecific to outhem tah schooJchildren. History teachers in the region face challenging obstacles that stem from rural isolation, low funding levels, teaching out of PAGES UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAM.PUS NEWS content area, and limited opportunities for meaningful and sustained professional development. Additionally, a new core curriculum in American History i being implemented into the state school system in the year 2002-03 with no tate funds allocated thus far for in- ervice training to ad quately prepare teachers for the new curriculum. SUHP bas begun cal.Ung for application to fill slots for 30 American History teachers (at le t two from each school district) to reflect on their teaching, to improve their content knowledge, and to work toward board certification during this threeyear program. Th teach rs will participate in biannual weekend workshop (tbe fi t taking place in February 2002) and twoweek-long residential summer seminars (the first scheduled for June 17-28, 2002) on tbe campus. Ongoing consultation and asse ment will occur o er m three years through "peer coaching" via on-site visits by the directors of the program and electronic communi ation. Teachers will receive a tipend, and their school districts have guaranteed sub titute coverag . In the program, teachers will be urged to ubmit papers to conferences and for publication co upplement their profes ional development. Teachers will also be encouraged and supported to take the Praxis exams, taodard national te t admini tered by the Educational Te ting ervice and indicators of a teacher's knowledge of subject area and · pedagogy. Be ides improvi g their basi.c knowledge of . . history, UHP participants will actively develop their own historical skills through interpretation of documentary and visual materials. w R I L Is your reading speed BELOW AVERAGE? Test yourself at: www.intMIND.com Use the promotional code "SUU" for a $50 discount! ~ the Doors to Tomorrow At Conve1gys, we help our teom member5 open lhe door5 lo on outs!onding romouow with unlimited oppollllnities for career eohoncemen!, ocompetitive solory, and exceptional benefit. 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