Scholars In Schools

FHC brings the humanities to you by making speakers and programs available to your school or district year-round through teacher grants, full-day district-based programs designed and implemented by FHC, and a speakers bureau currently under design.

District Programs
FHC is available to design seminars on a variety of topics to serve your school or district’s professional development needs.

FHC:

• Collaborates with school district representatives to establish the program topic
• Develops the program in conjunction with scholars and local community resources
• Creates a program announcement flier, pre-seminar readings and program materials
• Arranges for seminar meeting space in partnership with local cultural institutions
• Facilitates the program.

The School District:

• Distributes the program announcement to teachers
• Registers participants
• Disseminates pre-seminar reading packets when appropriate
• Provides in-service credit to teachers based on district requirements.

Sample topics of seminars include:

• The Harlem Renaissance: Critical Issues in Black Literature and Culture
• Between Columbus and Jamestown: Spanish St. Augustine
• Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: Florida in the 20th Century.

Costs:
FHC charges a fee of $6,500 for a day-long (eight hour) program.  The fee covers:

• Scholar and presenter honoraria
• Lunch and refreshments for up to 50 seminar participants and presenters
• Seminar materials and shipping
• Travel and lodging for staff and presenters.

Speakers Bureau for Schools
FHC is currently designing a speakers bureau featuring humanities scholars willing to speak to students or teacher groups. Information on topics and reserving a speaker will be available in the summer of 2010. 

For further information regarding Humanities in Schools contact:

Diane Wakeman
Florida Humanities Council
599 Second Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
ph 727-873-2013
dwakeman@flahum.org