The Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA) at the Center for Asian Studies conducts national, regional, and state projects designed to enhance and expand teaching and learning about East Asia at the elementary and secondary school levels. Specific projects focus on curriculum development, professional development for teachers, and curriculum consultation and reform related to Asia in K-12 education. TEA staff includes research faculty with expertise in Asian studies and K-12 education, graduate research assistants, and an undergraduate intern staff. TEA is a part of the University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for Asian Studies. The Program for Teaching East Asia is generously funded through grants from the Freeman Foundation, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, and the National Endowment from the Humanities.

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• June 10-12, 2009. Socratic Seminar Leader Training with a Focus on Primary Sources from East Asia. Led by Socratic Seminar specialist John Zola, this 30-hour training will be held on the CU-Boulder campus as a commuter workshop, and is available to secondary teachers who have previously attended TEA workshops, seminars, or summer institutes on Asia. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
  
  
• National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) 2009 Summer Seminar for Colorado and Wyoming Teachers. For the first time, NCTA is offering its 30+ hour seminar in a format designed to enable Colorado and Wyoming teachers outside of the Front Range to participate. The seminar will conduct 15 hours of instruction as an online course in late spring and late summer 2009, complemented by a 4-day residential program at CU Boulder, June 30-July 3, 2009. All major costs of participation are covered by NCTA and teachers receive several cash and curriculum incentives.  This seminar must have a minimum of 15 registrants to run. Deadline is April 30. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
  
  
  
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• Please check back at the start of the 2009-2010 school year for Fall 2009 workshops.
  
  
  
  

  Other Opportunities

  
  

  
  
• Imaging Japanese History. Case Studies for Teaching Japanese History through Art. The Heian, Medieval, Tokugawa, and Late 20th Century online curriculum modules are now available! Click here for more information.
  
  
• Register now for 2009 NCTA seminars.