I am pleased to announce that the USHMM Teacher Fellowship Program will resume in 2010-11. This year’s applications are open to secondary school teachers and full-time faculty from community colleges. From July 11-16, 2010, the Museum will host up to 15 successful applicants in Washington, DC, to begin what has been a career and life-changing experience for nearly 250 secondary teachers since 1996. Those selected spend a week at the Museum working with staff historians, archivists, and educators and return the following summer for a three day follow up conference. The program is fully-funded through donations to the Museum, including travel expenses, teaching resources, and a generous stipend for books from the Museum Shop.
The Teacher Fellowship continues to impact the teaching of the Holocaust across the country and even around the world. On September 25, Teacher Fellow Matt Rozell of Hudson Falls, NY, was named ABC News Person of the Week for his project that reunited survivors with their liberators. In October 10 Museum Teacher Fellows represented the United States as guests of the Polish government for a week-long educational exchange in Warsaw and Krakow. Teacher Fellow Cathleen Cadigan of Dallas TX was recently named one of 8 outstanding educators by the College Board. These dramatic stories are but the tip of the iceberg. Teacher Fellows continue to lead the Museum’s effort to ensure quality Holocaust education in America’s secondary schools through educational outreach in their regions.
I encourage you to apply for the Teacher Fellowship Program to become a leader in Holocaust education. Information and a downloadable application are available online.
Please contact Peter Fredlake (pfredlake@ushmm.org, 202-314-0352) if you have any questions about the Museum Teacher Fellowship Program.