Back to grants list     Part I. Applicant and Project Information   Title of project: Teachers As Scholars Project manager: Susan Costello School: All primary schools Curriculum: Other   Part II: Grant proposal   Summary: Teachers As Scholars is a renown professional development organization. TAS's philosophy is to provide high level lectures, demonstration and instruction to k-12 educators throughout Massachusetts. TAS provides both elementary and secondary school teachers an opportunity to participate in seminars instructed by professional educators from prominent educational and cultural institutions throughout the Boston area. Seminars support core curriculum subject areas such as the Art, Humanities, Math and Science. Teachers are encouraged to take course in a variety of content backgrounds. Participating universities and institutions include: Boston University, Brandeis, Harvard, Tufts, Wellesley, and Museum of Fine Arts Boston. TAS Membership is competitive. New openings for school districts to be a part of TAS is not alway available. Currently, local school district members include; Acton-Boxborough, Arlington, Belmont, Concord-Carlisle, Dover-Sherborn, Wellesley and Weston. "We would like to see the TAS professional development opportunity continue to be available to elementary staff, as it has been in place at the Middle and High School level for many years... TAS for the elementary staff was welcomed with excitement and sentiments that it was long overdue for this part of the teaching population"... Sue Costello, Lincoln Elementary "TAS was cited the most interesting and valuable professional development provider available to the Winchester Middle and High School Staff"...Judy Hession, Winchester HS English   Part III: Grant Amount Tuition: $4,500.00 Travel: $0.00 Personnel: $0.00 Other costs: $0.00   Total costs: $4,500.00 Back to grants list