WHYY Digital Storytelling Teacher Professional Development Scholarship Application

As part of American Graduate: Let's Make it Happen, WHYY is offering teacher scholarships for professional development in a course called Visual Storytelling Basics for the Classroom to educators across the region (in NJ, DE and PA) who teach grades 7 through 12. Fall course registration is now available with no registration deadline at this time. Teachers will be contacted directly about their application after submitting.

Part 1

Please fill out all of the information below in order to be considered as a potential teacher scholar.

Full Name:

Address:

Email:

Phone:

Grade Level:

Content Area Specialization:

School District:

State where you hold your teaching certification:

Act 48 # (if a PA educator):

Boxed Lunch Preference for lunch provided on day of professional development — Please select one option for your lunch:

Turkey

Vegetarian

Tuna

Please check which teacher professional development session date you would prefer should you be selected for this opportunity. Each date has a maximum capacity of 32 educators spread across two classrooms at the WHYY Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons. (Address: 150 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106)

Saturday October 6, 2012, 10 AM to 3 PM

Saturday November 3, 2012, 10 AM to 3 PM

Part 2

Please provide an explanation of a proposed project that you would like to create related to your content area if you were to be selected for a teacher scholarship. In addition to your proposed project and the corresponding curricular connections, please explain how you will address 21st Century Learning Skills and what standards you expect to expand upon in a video storytelling project with your students.

Please provide your work in the space provided: