Teachers as Scholars
If you are a teacher and have been approved by your district to attend a Teachers as Scholars (TAS) seminar, you can register by clicking here to reach the registration form.
Teachers as Scholars (TAS) is a partnership between Princeton University and surrounding school districts formed with the objective of providing scholarly and intellectually engaging opportunities for teachers. Teachers as Scholars is administered by the Program in Teacher Preparation at the University, and the Program is registered as a Professional Development Provider for the State of New Jersey. This year Teachers as Scholars will include participation of teachers at all grade levels and subject areas from our member districts; Bordentown Regional School District, Flemington-Raritan School District, Hillsborough Township Public Schools, Hopewell Valley Regional Schools, Lawrence Township Public Schools, Montgomery Township Public Schools, Princeton Regional Schools, Robbinsville Public Schools, Somerset Hills Regional Schools, and West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Schools. Additional districts and schools are invited to attend as space allows.
If your district is not a member of Teachers as Scholars, please budget the following for seminar attendance per person: $155.00 for a one day seminar and $310.00 for a two day seminar. If your district would like to become a member of Teachers as Scholars, please contact Anne Catena at acatena@princeton.edu or 609-258-3336.
The program provides seminars for area teachers taught by faculty and staff from Princeton University. The seminars span a wide range of topics and subject areas, and they are intended to promote the idea of life-long learning by teachers at both the elementary and secondary levels. Each seminar is open to any teacher from any grade level or content area who is interested in the topic. Seminars may meet for one or two days. All seminars meet for a full day, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., unless noted otherwise, and seminars with more than one session usually meet every-other-week. Local school systems generously provide release time and substitutes for the teachers on seminar days. Specific dates and topic descriptions are provided on the Seminars page and in the downloadable brochure (PDF).
Teachers who have attended TAS seminars in the past have indicated,
"TAS allows me to meet other people and hear their ideas about how to teach; this has had a huge impact on my teaching. TAS has given me lots of teaching applications and gotten my students to a higher level of thinking. It also allows me to re-evaluate my own teaching style and if need be, to change it."
"I find TAS to be the best professional development course I've attended since I started teaching 15 years ago. It revitalizes in a different way and helps me practice what I preach to my students: be a lifelong learner. TAS actually helps me do that."
"The professor treated me like a colleague; he was respectful and asked questions; it was a level playing field. Other people being excited about learning makes you want to learn; if you keep people inspired and support interests outside the classroom, they stay fresh and get new ideas."
The Teachers as Scholars program began at Harvard University in 1996, and has grown to include colleges and universities across the country. Now in its tenth year, the TAS program at Princeton University was originally launched with support from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Since 2001-02, TAS at Princeton has been sponsored jointly by area school districts working together with the Program in Teacher Preparation that administers the program.
TAS Seminars
The 2009-2010 Teachers as Scholars program at Princeton University will include the 11 seminars listed below. Click on the name of each seminar for a description.
#8. DemocracyProfessor Stanley N. Katz, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs February 8 and February 22, 2010
Teacher Registration with the University:
Once you receive confirmation that you have been selected to attend a Teachers as Scholars seminar, you need to register electronically. The deadline for registration with the University is October 12, 2009. View the registration form.
If you have any questions about Teachers as Scholars, please contact Anne Catena, Coordinator of Teachers as Scholars, at acatena@princeton.edu or at (609) 258-3336, or your Contact Representative. We hope you find your experience with Teachers as Scholars valuable and rewarding, and we look forward to your participation.
Administrators as Scholars
The cost of the Administrators as Scholars seminar for non member districts/schools is $75. This includes breakfast and lunch.
If you are interested in attending, please complete the registration form (Microsoft Word) and fax it to the Teacher Preparation office at 609-258-4527 as soon as possible, but no later than October 30, 2009.
TAS Partners and School Contact Information
The following school systems are members of the Teachers as Scholars partnership.
Bordentown Regional School District
Kathy SiegfriedCoordinating Supervisor 48 Dunns Mill Road Bordentown, NJ 08505-1768 (609) 298-0025 ext. 1139 http://www.bordentown.k12.nj.us/
Flemington-Raritan School DistrictJack FarrSuperintendent 50 Court Street Flemington, NJ 08822 (908) 284-7575 http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/
Hopewell Valley Regional Schools
Lori BarnettDirector of Instruction and Curriculum 425 S. Main Street Pennington, NJ 08534 (609) 737-4002 ext. 2731 http://www.hvrsd.k12.nj.us/
Lawrence Township Public SchoolsRebecca GoldDirector of Personnel and Technology Lawrence Township Public Schools 2565 Princeton Pike Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 (609) 671-5440 http://www.ltps.org/
Montgomery Township School DiscrictRuss WalshDirector of Human Resources 1014 Route 601 Skillman, NJ 08558 (609) 466-7601 http://www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/
Princeton Regional Schools
Bonnie LehetAssistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction 25 Valley Road Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 806-4203 http://www.prs.k12.nj.us/
Robbinsville Public SchoolsKathy FosterAssistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction 155 Robbinsville-Edinburg Rd. Robbinsville, NJ 08691 (609) 632-0910 ext.2211 http://www.wtpsmercer.k12.nj.us/
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School DistrictGerri HunterDirector of Communications 505 Village Road, West Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 (609) 716-5000 ext. 5046 http://www.ww-p.org/
TAS Contact
The following person may be able to provide you with assistance or information regarding the Teachers as Scholars program at Princeton University.
Anne N. Catena
acatena@princeton.edu
Coordinator, Teachers as Scholars
Program in Teacher Preparation
41 William Street
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 258-3336
Special Announcements
Inclement Weather
Because Princeton University rarely closes due to weather conditions, the Teachers as Scholars Program will follow the guidelines used by the Princeton Regional School District. In the event of inclement weather, we ask that you listen to the radio for announcements about delayed openings or early closings in the Princeton Regional Schools.
For example, if the Princeton Regional Schools announce a ninety minute delayed opening and the Teachers as Scholars seminar is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m., the seminar will instead begin at 10:30 a.m.
In the event the Princeton Regional School District closes for the day, we will cancel Teachers as Scholars as well and reschedule the seminar for a later date.
Announcements will be made on the following radio stations: WTTM (920), WHWH (1350), WPST (97.5)FM, New Jersey (101.5)FM. Or, you may call the Princeton Regional Schools Hotline to get school closings at (609) 806-4202.
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