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Summer School Programs: The Big List

A list of programs nationwide to help you get started on your search for a workshop, conference, or institute.

by Cheri Lucas
October 18, 2006

Here's a list of programs nationwide to help you get started on your search for a summer workshop, conference, or institute. Each listing includes the course title, location, sponsoring organization, dates, contact and Web site information, and a brief description. Be sure to check the links to the sites of the host organizations for other offerings held on different dates. Keep in mind that some deadlines have passed -- and the more competitive programs may already be full -- so take note of application procedures so you can be prepared for next year!

If you know of a great summer workshop, conference, institute, or other adventure that's not on this list, let us know about it. Send your information to editor@edutopia.org [1].
AL [2] | AK [3] | AZ | AR [4] | CA [5] | CO [6] | CT [7] | DE [8] | FL [9] | GA [10] | HI [11] | ID [12] | IN [13] | IA [14] | KS [15] | KY [16] | LA [17] | ME [18] | MD [19] | MA [20] | MI [21] | MN [22] | MS [23] | MO [24] | MT [25] | NE [26] | NV [27] | NH [28] | NJ [29] | NM [30] | NY [31] | NC [32] | ND [33] | OH [34] | OK [35] | OR [36] | PA [37] | RI [38] | SC [39] | SD [40] | TN [41] | TX [42] | UT [43] | VT [44] | VA [45] | WA [46] | DC [47] | WV [48] | WI [49] | WY [50]

ALABAMA

Beaches, Birds, and Barrier Islands

In this five-day tour of the islands of the Gulf Coast -- Petit Bois, Gaillard, and Dauphin islands -- teachers watch birds, comb beaches, and participate in other activities.

Alabama Community Scholars Institute

This program, held at the University of North Alabama, trains people in conducting research and fieldwork about the state's traditional culture and folk traditions.

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ALASKA

Alaska Phenomena Geology Teachers Institute

This program examines the physical geology in Alaska and gas and oil field stratigraphy. Field trips to glaciers and other geologic phenomena are included.

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ARIZONA

Summer Dance Workshop

In cooperation with the University of Arizona's School of Dance, the intensive workshop offers training for all levels in ballet technique, pointe, jazz, and modern dance, and special courses such as tap and choreography.

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ARKANSAS

Learning-center volunteering

Heifer Ranch, home to a global village representing various regions in need, welcomes volunteers to its "living classroom." From tending livestock (hence the organization's name) to planting and nurturing organic gardens to learning about sustainability through firsthand experience, Heifer helpers discover practical ways to combat the causes of poverty.

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CALIFORNIA

DirtBike School

These dusty (or muddy) and thrill-packed courses cover riding basics and techniques as well as lessons in risk management in controlled and off-road environments.

Paragliding Lessons

Aspiring paragliders float like a butterfly through the northern California sky and learn to launch, land, and everything in between.

Salsa Instruction

Get sweaty and sultry at the top-floor lounge of a hotel, where dancers groove to Latin jazz on Wednesday evenings. A good bet for enthusiasts nationwide, however, is the Miami Salsa Congress (August 2-6), which includes workshops with international instructors. (Visit www.miamisalsacongress.com [65].)

Books and Reading Strategies for Bilingual Students in Grades K-8

This conference focuses on reading, selecting, and using appropriate literature to teach reading strategies to bilingual students.

Summer Poetry

Designed for both beginners and published poets, the program offers a wide range of participation opportunities such as small-group workshops and readings with distinguished faculty and visiting poets.

Digital Media for the Classroom

This digital boot camp shows K-12 teachers in all fields how to transform their work area into a twenty-first-century classroom and integrate Adobe and iLife programs into lessons.

Building Remotely Operated Vehicles

Teachers learn the basic skills needed to work with students to design and build an ROV to compete in the MATE Center's national and regional competitions.

Teachers at Sea

K-12 teachers earn graduate credits from the University of Nevada in Reno for this sixty-five-day voyage along the Pacific Rim. Participants meet in San Diego and depart from Ensenada, Mexico.

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COLORADO

The Great Plains: America's Crossroads

Though a vast, seemingly featureless sea of grass, the Great Plains was a landscape where cultures collided. The workshop focuses on the nineteenth century and examines the region's topography, early anthropology and its homesteading era, as well as its subsequent social evolution.

Professional Learning Communities at Work Institute

Educators learn how to apply the concepts of the Professional Learning Community model in their own schools at this institute hosted by education authors Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour.

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CONNECTICUT

Introducing James Joyce

Fifteen scholars visit this seminar at Connecticut College to discuss four works of James Joyce, including A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. Check out www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html [79] for other NEH seminars.

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DELAWARE

Jewelry Making

Beginners learn the basics: sawing, filing, soldering, polishing, setting stone, and using metal. Intermediate-level students work with metal, epoxy resin, and found objects.

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FLORIDA

Summer Research Internship

Research interns learn current lab techniques from working scientists and examine contemporary issues in basic biomedical research.

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GEORGIA

Summer Institute for AP Computer Science Teachers

In three programs, educators learn Java technology in preparation to teach Advanced Placement Computer Science A and AB. All Java topics required for each course are covered through lectures and hands-on lab activities.

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HAWAII

Coral Reef Ecology of Hawaii Program

K-8 teachers explore the south Kona coastline in kayak and snorkeling expeditions and park visits and combine studies in Western science and Hawaiian culture. Late applicants are welcome to contact the center to check for availability.

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IDAHO

Viewing Earth and Space Through Art and Science

Fusing astronomy and earth science, the workshop teaches how imaging tools are used to measure or view objects deep in space and in the earth. (Email instructor Donna Young to check availability.)

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INDIANA

International Studies Summer Institute

Teachers of grades 7-12 apply critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to international issues, such as trade, populations at risk, and environmental change.

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IOWA

Publication Advising: Yearbooks and Newspapers/Newsmagazines

Learn current trends and essential skills in yearbook and publication design and production in a world-famous writing environment.

Visiting-Teacher Test-Development Program

Working with ACT staff, secondary school teachers review, evaluate, and develop test materials and make recommendations for improvements.

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KANSAS

Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists

Open to librarians, content teachers, and administrators, the institute provides current information related to school libraries, resources, and information-literacy instruction.

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KENTUCKY

Institute for Arts in Education

Participants dive into creative writing, dance, drama, music, and art activities under the guidance of professional artists and learn how to fuse the arts fields across their curricula.

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LOUISIANA

Biotechnology Education for Students and Teachers Summer Enrichment Program

Six state high school science teachers -- each accompanied by a student of his or her choice -- participate in this biotechnology-education program.

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MAINE

Introduction to Whales, Porpoises, and Seals

Through lectures, slide presentations, and aquatic field trips in the waters off the coast of Maine, participants observe the marine mammals common to the New England region.

Photography Teachers' Workshop

High school photography teachers explore issues, problems, and pleasures of the field and focus on the art of critique, teaching methods, the wet and digital darkroom processes, and possible assignments.

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MARYLAND

Movie Production Workshop

In groups, aspiring filmmakers pitch an idea and write, shoot, and edit short narrative projects, working with professional actors and crews and shooting on a schedule and a budget.

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MASSACHUSETTS

Summer Institute on Writing, Reading, and Teaching

This program offers courses on the teaching of writing and reading on the enchanting, historic island off of Cape Cod.

Balzac and Zola: Esthetics and Ethics in the Novel

This seminar studies the literary portrayal of the individual as a social and historical being. Check out www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html for other NEH seminars.

New Teachers Program at MTA Summer Conference

Designed for newbies, the two program tracks network teachers with other state educators and covers topics for success inside and outside of the classroom.

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MICHIGAN

Lincoln Center Institute National Educator Workshop

With its rigorous approach to aesthetic education, the institute offers opportunities to dance, paint, produce music, and improvise in theater. Check http://www.lcinstitute.org [112] for other workshop locations.

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MINNESOTA

Teaching and Learning Pragmatics

Speaking and using a foreign tongue in the vernacular way native speakers do is important. To help you get there, and in turn help your students, this course covers sociocultural aspects of language learning, use, and teaching.

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MISSISSIPPI

Whole Schools Initiative Summer Institute

The institute networks local schools with the commission to teach them how to integrate arts instruction.

Civil Rights Education Summit

The conference, McComb Legacies: Reclaiming Our Past for a Brighter Future, emphasizes the importance of teaching the history and lessons learned from the civil rights movement.

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MISSOURI

Connecting the Zoo to You

K-6 teachers tour the grounds, meet the staff, and develop interdisciplinary lessons on art, botany, math, geography, and conservation based on hands-on activities.

We the People Summer Institute

K-12 teachers mingle with top constitutional scholars and other civic and government teachers, train to teach the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and participate in simulated congressional hearings.

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MONTANA

Summer Intensive

In a breathtaking location for learning the craft of photography, students learn techniques among natural surroundings with both digital and film SLR cameras and both color and black-and-white photography.

Summer Conference for Place-Based Learning

The conference explores how teachers can engage high school students in discussions of nature and place by gathering research about the areas students live.

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NEBRASKA

Summer Programs, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy

The program offers intensive courses in human embryology, cell biology, human gross anatomy, and medical neuroscience, all of which are equivalent to first-year medical school courses.

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NEVADA

Radio & TV Voice-Over Workshop

Work with a professional voice-over coach and expose yourself to the workings of a competitive but lucrative industry.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

Art Educators Summer Institute

Middle and high school art teachers choose two fine arts workshops and gain access to state-of-the-art digital-imaging equipment and the state's only college art library.

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NEW JERSEY

Artist Teacher Institute

Offering up to seventy-two credit hours of professional-development credit, ATI brings together teachers, administrators, and master artists in an interactive environment of studio activities.

Institutes for New Teachers

Separate institutes in science and math include small-group workshops with expert instructors for new teachers of grades 6-12.

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NEW MEXICO

Borderlands Writing Project

Teachers take part in workshops in writing instruction and critical literacy, in preparation for teaching a diverse student population in the border areas of southern New Mexico.

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NEW YORK

Picturing a Nation: Teaching with American Art and Material Culture

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[51] mailto:dkeaton@disl.org
[52] http://dhp.disl.org
[53] mailto:jackie.ely@arts.alabama.gov
[54] http://www.alabamafolklife.org/community_scholars.html
[55] http://www.edutopia.org/summer-school-programs#container
[56] mailto:gospace@akchallenger.org
[57] http://www.akchallenger.org/camps.htm
[58] mailto:ballettucson@aol.com
[59] http://www.ballettucson.org
[60] http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.201510/
[61] http://www.msf-usa.org
[62] http://www.dirtbikeschool.com
[63] http://www.sftandem.com
[64] http://www.san-francisco.intercontinental.com/sfoha/dining_01.html
[65] http://www.miamisalsacongress.com
[66] mailto:ischon@csusm.edu
[67] http://www.csusm.edu/csb
[68] http://www.idyllwildarts.org
[69] http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/courses/digital-media-classroom.html
[70] mailto:joycecauthen@bellsouth.net
[71] http://www.mpcfaculty.net/tami_lunsford/SI_06_Institute/Information.htm#ROV descrip
[72] mailto:info@semesteratsea.com
[73] http://www.semesteratsea.com/continuing/teachersatsea.html
[74] mailto:seminars@gilderlehrman.org
[75] http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/seminars1.html
[76] http://www.solution-tree.com
[77] mailto:john.gordon@conncoll.edu
[78] http://oak.conncoll.edu/~jsgor
[79] http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html
[80] http://www.delart.org/
[81] mailto:cwalker@scripps.edu
[82] http://www.scripps.edu/florida/edprograms/flteacher.html
[83] mailto:raj@gsu.edu
[84] http://www.cs.gsu.edu/summer/index.html
[85] mailto:cblake@kohalacenter.org
[86] http://kohalacenter.org/event_detail.asp?id=13
[87] mailto:donna.young@tufts.edu
[88] http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/work_con_lec/wkshps06.html
[89] mailto:issi@indiana.edu
[90] http://www.indiana.edu/~global/teacherprogram.php
[91] mailto:vanessa-shelton@uiowa.edu
[92] http://www.uiowa.edu/~journshp/teacher/ourworkshops/index.html
[93] mailto:visiting.teachers@act.org
[94] http://www.act.org/path/secondary/visit.html
[95] http://slim.emporia.edu/programs/summerinst.htm
[96] mailto:jjamner@kentuckycenter.org
[97] http://www.ket.org/arts/teachernews.htm#kiae
[98] mailto:rtulley@agcenter.lsu.edu
[99] http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/our_offices/departments/BEST
[100] mailto:inquiry@ecology.coa.edu
[101] http://www.coa.edu/html/coursesk12teachers.htm
[102] http://www.theworkshops.com/catalog/courses/index.asp?CourseID=2282&SchoolID=21
[103] http://www.afi.com/education/montgomery.aspx
[104] mailto:j.repici@neu.edu
[105] http://www.vineyardworkshops.neu.edu
[106] mailto:lkamm@umassd.edu
[107] http://home.earthlink.net/~blueheeler19/neh06/06home.html
[108] mailto:JMorrissey@massteacher.org
[109] http://www.massteacher.org/teaching/conferences/conf_ntsummer06.cfm
[110] mailto:kderyder@kresanet.org
[111] http://kresa.schoolwires.com/kresa/site/default.asp
[112] http://www.lcinstitute.org/wps/myportal
[113] mailto:carla@umn.edu
[114] http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/2006/schedule.html
[115] mailto:jholifield@arts.state.ms.us
[116] http://www.mswholeschools.org/index.php?s=training&c=Summer Institute
[117] mailto:wwirr@olemiss.edu
[118] http://www.olemiss.edu/winterinstitute/pages/mccomb-summit.htm
[119] mailto:educationquestions@stlzoo.org
[120] http://stlzoo.org/education/forteachers/summerteacherprograms.htm
[121] mailto:milliea@mobar.org
[122] http://newsite.mobar.org/37677301-9c57-46f7-a6f5-b3c1e230d9a4.aspx
[123] mailto:careertraining@rmsp.com
[124] http://www.rmsp.com/Career/SummerIntensive.aspx?prog=1
[125] mailto:msherfy@mt.gov
[126] http://www.montanaheritageproject.org/index.php/institute
[127] mailto:mdeirs@unmc.edu
[128] http://www.unmc.edu/summerschool
[129] mailto:continuing.education@unlv.edu
[130] http://edoutreach.unlv.edu/catalog/general_interest_classes.html
[131] mailto:aabbott@nhia.edu
[132] http://www.nhia.edu/news.php?id=13
[133] mailto:info@artshorizons.org
[134] http://www.artshorizons.org
[135] mailto:kerstins@rutgers.edu
[136] http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/nti
[137] mailto:kshanton@nmsu.edu
[138] http://education.nmsu.edu/projects/borderlands
[139] mailto:teacher.services@brooklynmuseum.org
[140] http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/education/educators/sti
[141] mailto:lah129@columbia.edu
[142] http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/prospective_students/index.asp
[143] http://www.summerdesigninstitute.org
[144] http://www.cooperhewitt.org/EDUCATION/index.asp
[145] mailto:docstudies@duke.edu
[146] http://cds.aas.duke.edu/courses/workshops.html#video
[147] mailto:bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org
[148] http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/html/education_courses.html
[149] mailto:summer@und.nodak.edu
[150] http://www.conted.und.edu/summer/index.php?sort=month
[151] mailto:soehler@rockhall.org
[152] http://www.rockhall.com/programs/institute.asp
[153] mailto:operalucca@uc.edu
[154] http://www.ccmoperalucca.org
[155] mailto:education@ras.snomnh.ou.edu
[156] http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/education
[157] http://www.eastasia.org/jtti.htm
[158] mailto:adalke@brynmawr.edu
[159] http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/local/suminst/eei06/ann.html
[160] mailto:Seminars@theihs.org
[161] http://www.theihs.org/category.php/23.html
[162] mailto:institute@charlestonmuseum.org
[163] http://www.charlestonmuseum.org/topic.asp?id=61
[164] mailto:info@vernier.com
[165] http://www.vernier.com/workshop/summer.html
[166] mailto:ssidhom@memphis.edu
[167] http://music.memphis.edu/
[168] mailto:mathworks@txstate.edu
[169] http://mathworks.txstate.edu
[170] http://uwp.usu.edu
[171] mailto:madeline@artofpracticing.com
[172] http://www.artofpracticing.com/retreat.html
[173] mailto:crceducation@si.edu
[174] http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Education/ClassroomPartnerships/BioDivMonPro/TrainingCourseandManuals/trainingcourse.cfm
[175] mailto:covert@virginia.edu
[176] http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/admissions/summer
[177] http://www.ladywashington.org
[178] mailto:info@earthwatch.org
[179] http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp2.asp?c=dsJSK6PFJnH&b=1147473
[180] mailto:asadlier@extn.washington.edu
[181] http://www.summer.washington.edu/k12/spanish
[182] mailto:educate@folger.edu
[183] http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=593
[184] mailto:ealtemus@mountain.org
[185] http://www.mountain.org/work/mtlearn/teachers/2004bwet.htm
[186] mailto:global@intl-institute.wisc.edu
[187] http://global.wisc.edu/apip
[188] mailto:info@chicago.goethe.org
[189] http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lhr/som/enindex.htm
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