ABOUT: You’re invited to an evening of free professional development for all K-12 educators: in service and pre-service teachers, educational aides, and administrators. A light dinner will be provided. Participants will receive a certificate for 3 hours of professional development. Consider the essential role of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in today’s […]
The international educators’ program, Teachers Collaborating Across Borders (TCAB) is now accepting applications for the 2024-25 academic year! This program, organized by the University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies, accepts 20 teachers from the US and 20 teachers from across the Middle East and […]
Please join us for a discussion with Aya Khalil, author of The Great Banned-Book Bake Sale, winner of the 2024 Middle East Outreach Council Book Award for picture books, as well as the Joy for Books Award. Ms. Khalil also wrote The Arabic Quilt, a 2021 Honor Book for Young Children for the Children's Africana Book Awards and winner of a 2021 Arab American Book Award, as well as other books about and for Arab American children.
This program revisits the ORIAS focus on teaching World History through a collaboration with History for the 21st Century. Sessions will feature academic talks by H21 authors, explorations of related teaching materials, and facilitated discussion about how these topics and materials fit within the context of the World History survey course at community colleges. H21 materials […]
The TCAB program is a unique, year-long opportunity for 20 teachers from the United States and 20 teachers from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to engage in international dialogue and virtual exchange. In fall 2025, teachers will be placed in groups to engage in synchronous and asynchronous sessions to discuss topics related […]
Learn some basic Arabic conversation to help you connect with Arabic-speaking students and families. You will also learn about Arabic culture, including ideas about time, gender, religion, food, and differences across the region. The instructors will share resources for you and your students to learn more, and recommend materials for your classrooms. There will also be plenty of time to address your questions. This will also help social workers and others working with refugee and immigrant populations from the Arabic-speaking world.