Programs and Resources for Teachers

Education Initiative Mission
Our mission is to enrich the educational climate of New Hampshire by making the programs and initiatives of the New Hampshire Humanities Council available to the teachers and students of the state. By collaborating with the Department of Education and other relevant organizations, we will work with teachers and students in their districts to support the teaching of the humanities.

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One of the primary goals the NHHC's education initiative is to provide high quality professional development programs and teaching materials to New Hampshire humanities teachers. Learn about what we can offer you and your students.

Professional Development RfP's
The NHHC education initiative offers a variety of regrant programs to educators and non-profit professional development providers working with New Hampshire teachers. Learn about what kinds of project and program support we provide.

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For additional information on the Humanities Council's education programs, contact us at
224-4071.

Humanities Council and Arts Alliance of Northern NH form education partnership

The New Hampshire Humanities Council and the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire are pleased to announce a pilot regional partnership to bring ongoing professional development in the humanities directly to North Country K-12 educators.

The partnership will offer year-round, high-quality, content-rich workshops, seminars, discussions and institutes – funded by the Humanities Council and developed by the Arts Alliance – throughout northern New Hampshire, from Plymouth to Pittsburg.

Many of the programs will be connected to cultural events presented by local libraries, historical societies, and arts and community organizations. Others will take place as part of district-wide or regional professional development days.

The primary project goal is to improve student understanding of the humanities. The partnership will provide teachers with programs identified as being of specific interest and relevance to them as well as stimulating opportunities to network with their peers and to interact on a regular basis with scholars and writers in their fields of interest.

“One exciting aspect of the partnership is the opportunity to strengthen our long-term relationships with schools and teams of dedicated teachers all around our region, to bring them together on a regular basis, to listen to them, plan with them, and to offer them – and their districts – what they really need and want in the way of professional development,” said Frumie Selchen, Executive Director of the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire, who is working with an advisory team of statewide and regional educators and scholars.

Subject areas will range from local to world history and culture; literature and religion; art and architecture; music and theater; and media studies. A preliminary survey of the region’s educators has offered rich feedback for program development. Planned intiatives include an internet-based communication system and partnerships with local cultural institutions that are offering related programs. Many of the workshops will have components that are open to the public.

“The community-building aspect of the work is particularly exciting,” said Selchen. “The Humanities Council slogan – ‘connecting people with ideas’ - is at the heart of this partnership. We know that there are many local resources that teachers don’t have time to research and tap into; we hope to make that process a great deal easier for them.”

“We are excited about the potential of this Partnership Grant to develop innovative, effective, and replicable professional development programs for teachers with limited access to such opportunities,” said Deborah Watrous, Humanities Council Executive Director. “Particularly exciting is the development of new North Country connections – among teachers from different schools and between schools and the communities they serve, allowing individual programs to have sustained impact within a school and a community.”

Programming begins this spring, with a series of networking meetings and brainstorming sessions.
For more information, contact Frumie Selchen at the Arts Alliance at 323-7302.