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.

2009/2010 NCTA Seminarssdaa


• CA: Winter/Spring Seminar for Fullerton-area teachers. Please check back in early December for more information and registration.
  
  
• CO: Winter/Spring Seminar for Boulder-area teachers. December 9, 2009 - February 13, 2010. Click here for more information and registration.
  
  
• CO: Winter/Spring Seminar for Denver-area teachers. January 6 - March 17, 2010. Click here for more information and registration.
  
  
• CO: Winter/Spring Hybrid Seminar for Grand Junction-area teachers. January 9 - April 24, 2010. Click here for more information and registration.
  
  
• CO: Winter/Spring Seminar for Thompson Valley-area teachers. December 16 - March 6, 2010. Click here for more information and registration.
  
  
• IA: Summer Seminar for Iowa teachers. Iowa will hold its next statewide seminar in Summer 2010, information and application will be available in late early January 2010. Please check back for more information and registration.
  
  
• MO: Winter/Spring Seminar for St. Louis- and Eastern Missouri-area teachers. February 6 - April 24, 2010. Click here for more information and resistration.
  
  
• UT: Winter/Spring Seminar for Ogden-area teachers. January 11 - April 26, 2010. Click here for more information and resistration.
  
  
• WI: Winter/Spring Seminar for Milwaukee-area teachers. January 17 - May 1, 2010. Click here for more information and registration.
  
  
• WI: Winter/Spring Seminar for Beloit-area teachers. January 30 - March 22, 2010. Click here for more information and registration.
  
  

  School Year Workshops

• Rocky Road: Teaching the Past and Present of Sino-Japanese Relations. Dec 5, 2009.
  CU-Boulder campus. Click here for more information and registration. Registration deadline is November 24.
  
  

  Other Opportunities
  
  
  
  
• 2009-2010 Secondary Classroom Visit Program Now Available for Colorado Front Range Schools. Colorado teachers, enrich your Asia curriculum. CU student interns available to present to your students on China, Japan, India, and Korea. Click here for more details.
  
  
• Winter-Spring 2010 Elementary Classroom Visit Program. TEA's "It's Elementary" Service Learning Project is currently taking reservations from Boulder Valley elementary teachers for winter-spring 2010 TEA student interns. Students are paired with BVSD classrooms teaching China, Japan, and India and offer multiple presentations on the languages and cultures of these countries. Click here for more information.


• 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.