Resources for Teachers
- Updated 4/29/10
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
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
Winter Writers' Conference
Thousands of people have enjoyed the Winter Getaway over the
past 17 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
14-17, 2011. It will offer 17 hours of professional development
credit and optional graduate credit from Rutgers
University-Camden.
Registration will open in May 2010.
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.
Deadline: Rolling admissions until June 1. 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 & more. Earn 60 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. Deadline: Rolling admissions until filled. 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 $4,500
depending on the length of the program which ranges from 2 to 6
weeks.
Deadline: March 2.
www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html
Weekend Poetry Retreat
Spring Writers' Retreat
Join Founder/Director Peter E.
Murphy for a relaxing weekend retreat which will get
you writing and offer opportunities to share what you produce in
supportive feedback sessions. This 5th annual Sea Isle City
retreat will benefit both beginning and experienced poets. April
23-25, 2010 - Filled.
Read, Write, Revise & Relax!
www.murphywriting.com
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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Check out Murphy's Laws for Teachers.
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