K-12 Teacher Training Workshops

The K-12 Teacher Training Workshops, administered by the USC U.S.-China Institute (USCI) with support from EASC’s Department of Education Title VI grant, offers 36-hour seminars for teachers interested in learning more about East Asia and developing the tools needed to incorporate more of East Asia into their curriculum. Semester-long seminars are offered in various locations and districts in the greater Los Angeles area. In addition, each summer intensive residential seminar for teachers outside the greater Los Angeles area are offered.

Past Seminars

Weekend Workshop: Media Culture in Contemporary China: A conference and workshop for educators
Professional development opportunity open to interested K-12 educators

Date: October 22, 2011
Location: USC
Benefits: This workshop discussed how commerce and culture come together in theme parks and looked at the history of Chinese theme parks in the US and theme parks in China. Together with workshop coordinators Clayton Dube, Associate Director of USCI, and Xin Jiang, USC School of Education graduate student, 19 teachers brainstormed ways in which students might wrestle with the sorts of decisions that theme park planners confront as a way of thinking about how culture is conveyed.

For more details and a listing of upcoming and past workshops, visit the USCI site.