Teaching With Primary Sources
Job Opening!
The Center is looking for a Regional Center Program Specialist to support its Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Southern Regional program, funded by the Library of Congress. This is a full-time, grant-funded position housed at the Center’s Peck Hall offices, with the option to work partly remote. The full job description is available here. Applications are due February 17, 2025.
The Center for Historic Preservation's New Role in the TPS Consortium:
Southern Regional Partner
The Center for Historic Preservation has been a member of the Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium, an education outreach program for the Library of Congress, since 2008. Beginning in February 2025, we are taking on a new role in the Consortium as the TPS Southern Regional Partner. The Southern Region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
The TPS Regional program promotes the widespread, sustained, and effective use of primary sources from the Library of Congress in K-12 classrooms by increasing access to the TPS program. School districts, universities, cultural institutions, library systems and other educational organizations may apply for grants of up to $25,000 to incorporate TPS materials and methods into their existing education and professional development programs for pre- and in-service teachers, librarians, and other K-12 educators.
Grant recipients may use TPS funding to meet a variety of programmatic needs, including:
- Delivering online or face-to-face TPS workshops
- Embedding TPS materials and content into broader professional development programs
- Revising undergraduate or graduate course syllabi or curricula to include a TPS focus
In addition to awarding and monitoring regional grants, the TPS Southern Regional Center will offer a variety of enrichment opportunities, both virtual and in-person, to educators, administrators, librarians, education faculty, and public history professionals interested in learning more about Teaching with Primary Sources and learning best practices for embedding TPS materials and methods in their work.
1-615-898-2947
histpres@mtsu.edu
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
MTSU Box 80
1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37132 USA
Our main office is in Peck Hall on the MTSU campus, and we also have a location at the Heritage Center in downtown Murfreesboro. Click on the "Connect" button for more information.
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