Dear 2024 Teacher Institute Participants:
We hope you enjoyed attending the Teacher Institute and that you have had many opportunities to learn new historical content and instructional strategies and develop new friendships with colleagues from your state and across the nation.
Please complete this form to provide answers to questions that will help us ensure that we have funding for future teachers attending the Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute of Colonial Williamsburg. Your comments will be used for stewardship reports for your donor and as support information for additional grant, gift, and endowment applications.
Would you include a photo of yourself during the Institute? (Please note, the photo is not mandatory, however, it helps us show our donors what teachers are doing during their time at the Teacher Institute.)
If you applied online for a Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute scholarship, please go to https://colonialwilliamsburgfoundation.submittable.com/login and sign in using the email and password you used for the application. If you did not apply online for a Colonial Williamsburg scholarship, please create a free Submittable Account at https://colonialwilliamsburgfoundation.submittable.com/signup.
Once you enter the site, please complete the Donor Stewardship 2024 form. If you have any questions or need help, please reach out to us at tbroyles@cwf.org
Thank you for your help in ensuring that we will continue to provide Teacher Institute scholarships in the future and, hopefully, to all teachers who apply.
Tab Broyles
Peter L. and Patricia O. Frechette
Director of Teacher Development
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
WHAT IS THE TEACHER INSTITUTE? During week-long onsite residential programs Teacher Institute participants are immersed in an interdisciplinary approach to teaching social studies with American history as the focus. The Institute experience provides teachers:
- Primary source-centered, standards-based historical content
- Inclusive approach to analyzing people and events of the past from multiple perspectives
- Innovative, engaging teaching strategies to bring history to life in the classroom
- Immersive experiences throughout the Historic Area and with character interpreters with suggested classroom applications
- Collaborative idea sharing with Colonial Williamsburg staff and fellow teachers
- Classroom-ready instructional resources, including lesson plans, primary sources, and media through the Colonial Williamsburg Bob and Marion Wilson Educator Resource Library
Visit the Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute to explore the topics and session dates for the onsite residential programs.
SCHOLARSHIPS Each Teacher Institute scholarship includes:
- Admission to all program activities
- Double-occupancy room
- Most meals
- Most scholarships also include airfare and ground transportation to Williamsburg. Travel arrangements will be confirmed at the time of scholarship acceptance.
If you have any questions about the application process please email teacherdevelopment@cwf.org. Please include “2024 CWTI Scholarship Application” in the subject line of the email.
Applications for national scholarships have closed. Applications are still being accepted for New York, California, New Jersey, and Virginia.
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