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Contact
Kansas
NCTA SEMINARS
SIGN UP FOR FALL 2011 AND SPRING 2012 SEMINARS IN KANSAS!
The fall 2011 NCTA seminar will be held at the Edwards Campus of the
University of Kansas in Overland Park, KS and streamed live via
videoconferencing technology to school districts in south central
Kansas. Sessions will meet from September 27th through December
10th. Please contact Nancy Hope at nfhope@ku.edu or visit the KCTA webpage at www.kcta.ku.edu for more information.
Teachers in Kansas who are not able to attend the seminars in Kansas
may wish to participate in the on-line simulcast
series offered at: http://asiaforeducators.org. Eligibility to apply for NCTA-sponsored study tours to Asia may be earned on-line also.
NCTA STUDY TOURS
The NCTA National Coordinating Site at Columbia University and Partner
Sites will offer Summer 2012 Field Study Opportunities in East Asia for
NCTA Alumni in the states of:
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey,
New York (lower), North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas
Itineraries & Dates:
• China - Korea: June 8 -- June 24,
2012
China: Beijing, Xian, Suzhou, Shanghai; Korea: Seoul, DMZ Kyongju, Haeinsa Temple, stay
• China (the Silk Road): July 1-- July
17,2012
Beijing, Xi'an, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Kashgar, Hotan, Shanghai
Only as an optional extension of the China-Silk Road Trip:
• Japan: July 18-22
Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo
(Dates of the trips are tentative until final posting.)
Application Deadline will be February 6, 2012
** Applicants for the summer 2012 trips must have completed their
NCTA course requirements by February 1, 2012 in order to be
considered for a trip. Participants must complete either a
thirty-hour, face-to-face or on-line seminar in their local area or
three of the on-line mini-courses offered to teachers in the states
listed above. (Teachers who have not completed their requirement by
February 1, 2012 will be eligible for study tours offered in summer
2013.) Download application form here.
ONLINE DISCUSSIONS
To participate in discussions with teachers in Kansas, please visit the Kansas State Discussion Group section of the Asia in the Curriculum BULLETIN. Registration is required for posting messages to the Forum, though not to read messages already posted.
STATE STANDARDS & CURRICULUM GUIDELINES
From the Kansas State Department of Education:
LINKS TO RELATED PROGRAMS
- Travel/Study Programs
- Seminars, Institutes, and Professional Development
- Educational Exchange Opportunities (For teachers, students, and schools)
- Asian Studies Resources Online