Teachers As Scholars Consultants

About the Program

Teachers As Scholars Consultants are former members of Teachers As Scholars seminars who choose to pursue seminar-related projects in their classrooms after the Humanities Institute seminar is over. The TAS Consultant position aims to support our teacher-scholars as they bring their passion for learning back to their students. The program provides teachers with the resources to both develop curriculum inspired by TAS seminars for their own courses as well as to share that curriculum with other educators. The position offers teachers expanded library access, University of Texas affiliation, access to University resources and contacts for their specific project, as well as the opportunity to publish online classroom resources.

Consultant Benefits

Like scholars who visit the UT campus from other schools and universities, Humanities Institute TAS Consultants receive temporary access to the University’s library resources. TAS Consultants are appointed from the time of their acceptance in the program through the end of the following summer. TAS Consultants will receive:

• UT EID for access to library materials and databases
• A project-specific orientation to University resources and contacts
• Project-specific support, i.e. students passes for library research, graduate student partnerships in the classroom, faculty mentorship, etc.
• A summer development stipend of $1000
• 8 Hours of Continuing Professional Education credit
• Listing of TAS Consultants’ bio/project description on the Humanities Institute web site
• Two complimentary parking passes for use in any UT garage (for research, meetings, etc.)

Consultant Responsibilities

As TAS Consultants, teachers creatively engage material from their Humanities Institute seminars for application in their own classrooms and for further development as a web-based pedagogical resource as part of the TAS Online Teacher Toolkit. TAS Consultants will be responsible for:

• Implementing the project in their classroom with their students and staying in touch with the TAS Program Coordinator about the project progress
• Producing at least two classroom resources that will be made available to a wide range of teachers on the Humanities Institute web site
• Conducting a home campus or home district TAS workshop about their seminar topic and classroom resources after the online tools are made available
• Submitting a brief bio at the start of the Consultant term, for posting on the Humanities Institute web site
• Submitting an exit report to the Humanities Institute upon completion of Consultant term at the end of the summer

Eligibility

The Humanities Institute welcomes applications from any 2006-07 Teachers As Scholars seminar member. Proposed projects should be consistent with the Teachers As Scholars mission of promoting engaged learning and building intellectual connections between secondary and university education.

Applying for a TAS Consultant Position

Applications for TAS Consultants will be accepted on a rolling basis from January through April. Up to seven teachers will be accepted for the Spring-Summer 2007 cycle. Applications will be evaluated for:

• A clear connection to the TAS seminar
• Demonstration that the project will result in one or more teacher resources (TEKS-aligned is helpful) that will be useful to a variety of classrooms in public and private schools
• Indication that the project would benefit from expanded access to the University of Texas campus and its resources

Our hope is to have TAS Consultants from a number of different area schools, working in a variety of scholastic disciplines, and from each of the 2006-2007 TAS seminars.

The completed application packet should be mailed to:

Applications may also be faxed to (512) 475-9107.

For questions about the program or an application, please contact the Humanities Institute at (512) 471-2654 or education@humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu.