2024 SCCAAS/ISRE Professional Learning Opportunity-Beaufort County

The South Carolina Council for African American Studies (SCCAAS), in partnership with the Institute for the Study of Reconstruction Era (ISRE) at USC-Beaufort, is accepting applications to work with 16 Social Studies teachers in grades 2, 4, 7, 8 and 11 who will participate in a 5-day professional learning opportunity that will explore several African American historical sites in Beaufort County. Teachers accepted in the seminar opportunity will be required to develop at least two inquiry-based instructional units with primary document text sets that explore the topic, “Sins of Omission: Beaufort, South Carolina, Civil War and Reconstruction.”  Visit www.sccaas.org for the full schedule.  

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Application Dates:

• Application Deadline: Friday, May 10, 2024, by 11:59 p.m.
  
• Applicants Notified by: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
  
• Waitlisted Applicants Notified by: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Mandatory Attendance Dates:

• Wednesday, May 29: Pre-meeting workshop, via Zoom, 6-7:30 p.m., introductions and project requirements.
  
  
• Sunday, June 9 - Friday, June 14, 2024: Five-day Field Study, Beaufort County