Seminar Coordinator Bonnee Breese welcomes 2012 TIP Fellows
TIP kicked off its 2012 seminar series on January 17 with a reception and program orientation in the Terrace Room in Cohen Hall on Penn’s campus. Excitement over the stimulating seminar topics made for a festive occasion while providing introductions for new and returning Teacher Fellows and Penn scholars who will lead the seminars for this year’s program.
The seminars will meet fourteen times during the period between this event and the final sessions in May. The TIP Fellows will learn new materials in their seminars and be guided by the University Seminar Leaders in research that will culminate in the creation of curriculum units that span a wide variety of topics and include innovative and appropriate lesson plans for their classrooms. These units will be implemented in the classrooms of 20 public schools next year, and shared with teachers everywhere as they will be made accessible online at no cost on the TIP website (www.tip.sas.upenn.edu).
Professor Rogers Smith opens the American Racial Politics seminar
The program was followed by an orientation meeting and tour for using the University Library system on January 24. The regular seminar sessions began their meetings on January 31.
The Teachers Institute of Philadelphia 