Resources for Teachers

Lessons & Professional Development Opportunities

Bill Moyers' Fooling with Words
Lessons for Teachers
   Teachers’ guides, audio & video clips &
three detailed lesson plans created by
Founder/Director Peter E. Murphy.
www.pbs.org/wnet/foolingwithwords
   /main_lesson.html

Live Free and Write
A New Hampshire Getaway for Poets & Writers
   Join Peter E. Murphy and Mimi Schwartz for a relaxing writing retreat which will energize and inspire you. Workshops in poetry and creative nonfiction will include writing time, supportive feedback sessions, good meals and good company. Sunapee, NH, November 6-8, 2009.
www.murphywriting.com

Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
Winter Writers' Conference
   Thousands of people have enjoyed the Winter Getaway over the past 16 years, developing their craft as writers and making lifelong friends. The focus isn't on the award-winning faculty, it's on helping poets and writers improve and advance their skills. This annual conference for writers, artists & teachers, led by Founder/Director Peter E. Murphy, will take place in Cape May, NJ, January 15-18, 2010. It will offer 17 hours of professional development credit and optional graduate credit from Rutgers University-Camden.
Registration will open in August 2009.
www.wintergetaway.com or 888-887-2105

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Programs for Teachers & Students
   Free programs for New Jersey teachers & students, including the annual Clearing the Spring, Tending the Fountain sessions and the biennial Dodge Poetry Festival. Dodge also funds NJ teacher/artists accepted to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, the Vermont Studio Center and other summer programs.
www.grdodge.org/poetry

New Jersey Council for the Humanities
Summer Teacher Institutes
   Four one week seminars for K-12 teachers on topics such as: The 20th Century and the African American Experience, Washington and Lincoln: Presidents and Slavery, Coming of Age Literature and more. Seminars are held at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and a $100 fee pays for tuition, room, board, books & field trips. Complete a mini paper and receive a $250 stipend. Professional development credits will be awarded & graduate credit is available for an extra fee and a more intensive paper. Founder/Director Peter E. Murphy returns as a Master Teacher for two of this year's Institutes.
Humanities in the Hallways
   Invite a scholar from your summer seminar to speak to you and your colleagues at your school.
Humanities Teacher of the Year
   Are you eligible for this honor?
www.njch.org/teacher.html or 888-FYI-NJCH

The Artist/Teacher Institute
Summer Teacher Institutes
   Non residential programs in Music, Story Telling, Poetry Writing, Creative Non-Fiction, Visual Arts, Book Arts & Creative Movement. Earn 72 hours of professional development credit. Graduate credit is available for an extra fee. Scholarships are available. Sessions are held at William Paterson University and Rutgers University-Camden. Founder/Director Peter E. Murphy returns to teach two of this year's poetry workshops.
www.artshorizons.org or 888-522-ARTS ext. 120

National Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Seminars & Institutes for Teachers
   Choose from Chinese art, classical opera, Shakespeare, Arabic Novels, African American Folklore and more to study with scholars at universities throughout the US, Europe & Asia. Seminars are free and you will receive a stipend up to $4,200 depending on the length of the program which ranges from 2 to 6 weeks. The Dodge Foundation will kick in up to $1,000 extra for travel expenses.
Deadline: March 2.
www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html

Murphy Writing Seminars (Our parent company)
Challenging and Supportive Workshops for poets, writers and teachers
   Upcoming programs
www.murphywriting.com/writing-getaways.html
   A hand-picked list of resources for writers
www.murphywriting.com/resources-for-poets-and-writers.html

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