The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

Highlights of the Report

The Program in New Haven

• The Seminars and Curriculum Units
• Geography through Film and Literature
• Everyday Life in Early America
• Poems on Pictures, Places, and People
• Physics in Everyday Life
• Water in the 21st Century
• The Process of Determining the Seminar Topics
• The Fellows' Application and Admission Process
• The Fellows Who Were Accepted
• Activities for Fellows
• Rewards for Fellows
• Relating Seminar Topics to Curriculum Units
• Results for the Participants
• Teams of Fellows
• Benefits for Students
• Participants' Conclusions Overall
• Electronic Resources and Assistance
• Institute Centers for Curriculum and Professional Development
• Preparation for the Program in 2003
• Local Advisory Groups
• Steering Committee
• University Advisory Council
• Local Program Documentation and Evaluation

The Institute Web site

The Yale National Initiative

• The Aims of the Yale National Initiative
• The National Demonstration Project
• The Preparation Phase
• Documentation, Evaluation, and Independent Studies
• A League of Teachers Institutes
• The Pittsburgh Teachers Institute
• The Houston Teachers Institute
• Communication and Dissemination
• Expansion and Systemic Impact
• Membership and Affiliation

Financial Plans

Conclusion

Appendix

• Committees, Council, and Boards of the Institute
• Fellows and Seminar Leaders of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, 1978-2002
• Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgements

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