Leadership Program for Teachers
The National Leadership Program for Teachers:
Two Decades of Teacher Development
Each summer from 1982 through 2003, Woodrow Wilson’s Leadership Program for Teachers convened teachers from across the United States for month-long professional development institutes of unparalleled quality. An array of prestigious national funders supported the various institutes.
The CORE (COntent-driven Reform in Education) residential summer institutes brought noted scholars and researchers from major universities together in Princeton, New Jersey—and at sites abroad, in some cases—to offer secondary school teachers experience in their fields’ cutting-edge research. These institutes in math, physics, world history, chemistry, environmental science, and biology were complemented by Teacher OutReaCH (TORCH) workshops. Created by experienced Woodrow Wilson Teachers who had participated in CORE, the TORCH sessions brought back to teachers’ home districts the information they had gathered during the summer. Occasional Commuter Institutes offered similar but non-residential experiences for New Jersey-area teachers.
Archive
Materials from LPT’s two decades of sessions have been archived and are available on request from Geri Marchioni, Program Associate in School-University Partnerships, (609) 452-7007, extension 121. More information about archived materials...
CORE Topics
Commuter Institutes
CORE INSTITUTES
Biology
- 2003: Exploring the Tree of Life: Teaching Genomics, Medicine and Evolution
- 2002: Biology, DNA 2002
- 2001: Genetics, Genomics, Genethics 2001
- 2000: Biodiversity
- 1999: Biodiversity
- 1998: Life in Motion
- 1997: Life Cycles: Reproduction and Embryological Development
- 1996: Living Computers? Neurobiology at All Levels of Organization
- 1995: Evolution: A Context for Biology
- 1994: Life Over Time: A Universal Spectrum (Middle School)
- 1994: Populations to Molecules: Heredity at All Levels (High School)
- 1993: A Further View of Biotechnology
- 1992: Bioethics
- 1991: Natural History & Ecology of Homo Sapiens
Chemistry
- 1992: History of Chemistry
- 1990: Chemistry of Water
- 1989: Environmental Chemistry
- 1988: Chemistry of Life
- 1987: Microscale Chemistry
- 1986: Consumer Chemicals
- 1985: Dynamic Demonstrations of Chemistry: Creative Chemistry
- 1984: Descriptive Chemistry
- 1983: The Equilibrium State: A Chemical Balancing Act
- 1982: High School Chemistry
Environmental Science
- 2001: Human Impacts on Environmental Systems (Costa Rica)
- 2001: Human Impacts on Environmental Systems (Princeton)
- 2000: Human Impacts on Environmental Systems
- 1999: Global Change
- 1998: Climate Change
- 1997: The Earth and Its Systems
History
- 1994: The Chorus of Voices: Rehearing United States History
- 1993: Global Connections in an Age of European Power, 1750-1900
- 1992: The Creation of an Interrelated World, 1550-1750
- 1991: Global Connections in the Era of Columbus (World History)
- 1990: History from the Bottom Up: 20th Century (American History)
- 1989: The Future of the Past: American Colonial Era to Progressive Era
Mathematics
- 1993: The Mathematics of Change
- 1992: Uncertainty (Middle School)
- 1991: Shape and Dimension (Middle School)
- 1990: On Algebra
- 1989: Algebra Teachers Are the Key
- 1988: Mathematical Adventures in Decision Making
- 1987: Mathematical Modeling
- 1986: Geometry
- 1985: Elementary Functions
- 1984: Statistics
Physical Science
- 1990: Science in the Nineties: Forces For The Twenty-First Century
- 1989: In the “Middle” of Science
- 1988: Super Physics
- 1987: The Search for Understanding
- 1985: Electronic Instrumentation and Modern Optics
Commuter Institutes
2002
- American Civil Liberties At Times of Crisis: Collegiate scholars, civil libertarians, jurists, and legislators engaged participating teachers in spirited colloquia, lectures, and discussions during this weeklong institute funded by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. The institute enabled teachers to help their students make better sense of how the past informs the present in matters relevant to our freedoms, and better understand debates surrounding legislation passed after the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
1999-2002
- Biodiversity Commuter Institutes: The American Museum of Natural History, Pace University, and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation collaborated on four years of summer institutes, held at Pace University, for New York City science teachers of grades six through twelve. Participants engaged in inquiry, explored current research, and developed active learning opportunities for their students. The institutes were funded by The Waksman Foundation for Microbiology, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and The Josephine Bay Paul & Michael Paul Foundation.