Previous Professional Development Opportunities

Summer 2021 Face-to-Face Certified Educator Institute – June 21-25 @MSU
 
Summer 2021 Face-to-Face ADVANCED Certified Educator Institute – June 21-25 @MSU
 
Summer 2021 Online TPS Mississippi Certified Educator Course
 
Spring Event:

Register here: https://forms.gle/tZYZZKH1BBtLFkRD9

TPS Mississippi will be hosting a virtual professional development event focused on teaching with primary sources.

March 27, 2021 – 9-3pm

Learn about teaching with primary sources from the Library of Congress and other resources for teaching with primary sources. Sessions will include:

  • Classroom Teachers Sharing Their Lessons Using Primary Sources (Topics include Child Labor, Natural Disasters and more)
  •  Working with English Language Learners and Primary Sources
  • MDE Social Studies, Professional Development Coordinator
  •  Content sessions related to world history and Mississippi studies from MSU history professors
  • Teaching with Primary Sources Teachers Network
  •  Teaching with Primary Sources Pedagogy

Participants will choose from 3 concurrent sessions per hour.

What you receive:
• FREE 5 hour professional development
• FREE .5 CEUs – We will pay for the .5 CEU.

Expectations/Application Process:
• Attend the plenary/opening session as well as 5 of the offered sessions.

 

Collaboration with MPE:

TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES USING LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ONLINE RESOURCES: Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Mississippi, a member of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium, provides short- and long-term professional development across the state. TPS Mississippi will present on six different topics, including an overview of the resources available at the Library of Congress online and five different pedagogical strategies for teaching primary sources.  The strategies include visual discovery, corroboration, circle of viewpoints/multiple perspectives, writing for understanding, and the explanation game.  These sessions are useful for social studies, English Language Arts, elementary, and gifted educators.

To register, go to www.mpe.org, click on the “MPE Regional Trainings” tab, and then click on the training you wish to attend or scroll down to locate the MPE calendar and click on the training hyperlink. All registered participants will receive a Zoom invitation via email and/or login information prior to the training.

 

Spring Professional Development Course

Register here:
https://forms.gle/zVNuiQqpZWxFaaMb7 

Learn in depth about teaching with primary sources from the Library of Congress in this intensive course:

What you receive:
•    FREE 4 week professional development – Feb. 1-Mar. 30, 2020
•    3 CEUs Included (paid for)
•    Recognition as a TPS Mississippi Certified Educator
•    $100 stipend

Expectations/Application Process:
•    Participate and complete work assigned in all 4 modules (Intro to the Library, Primary Source Analysis, Teaching with Primary Sources, and Applying What You Know) over the 4 week course.
•    Currently teach ELA or Social studies (Grades 3-12); or Gifted education
•    Complete application and documents for payment
•    Plan the Library of Congress infused lesson plan that you create as part of the course and share it on the TPS Teachers Network
•    Complete post survey about your lesson and teaching with primary sources (required to receive the stipend)

You will be notified as soon as possible about your acceptance.

  • Spring  Online PD 2020
    • February 1- April 4
    • Application Closed
  • Mississippi Council for the Social Studies – Hattiesburg, Oct. 25
  • Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education – Natchez, MS – Oct. 27-29

 

Summer Institutes 2019

    • Summer 1 – June 3-7, 2019
    • Summer 2 – June 16-21, 2019

 

TPS Mississippi in Collaboration with the Mississippi Geographic Alliance

 

TPS in collaboration with Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library  Resources

 
Online PD- Feb. 25 – April 19

Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education– Feb. 21- William Carey University

Mississippi Council for the Social Studies– Feb. 22-23 – Millsaps College

Mississippi Council for the Social Studies – Oct. 6, 2018 – Mississippi University for Women

Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education – Nov. 4-6, 2018 – Jackson Marriott

Online – Join us for a 6 week online course – FREE – Starting Sept. 24th. CEUs!  More information soon.

TPS in collaboration with Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library  – Professional Development Seminar – June 22, 2018 – Mississippi State University

TPS in collaboration with Mississippi Department of Archives and History  – MDAH – Professional Development Seminar – February 3, 2018 – Mississippi State University

Mississippi Council for the Social Studies – MCSS – Conference – October 27, 2017, Mississippi State University

Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education – MAMLE – Conference – October 29-31, 2017 – Bay St. Louis, MS, Hollywood Resort