School Day Trainings
(Knowledge, Appreciation, Understanding)
- 4 School Days per year -3 before TAKS, 1 after TAKS
Exception: Year 1- 4 KAU days + 1 day of Orientation- Lecture (A&M professors) – Topics are TEKS Specific
- LEP Component
- CC Museum (Primary Resources, hands-on activities)
- Master Teachers
- Model active teaching strategies, provide resources, ideas and lessons that focus on TEKS alignment
- GT extensions - 2 hours GT credit per KAU training
- Substitute pay reimbursed (Participants must attend the full day of training for payment of stipend or substitute reimbursement.)
Kau Summer Trainings
$100 per day stipend (paid to teachers). 8-11 days per summer
Summer 1 (Total 8 days)
- 4 KAU Days
- History Alive! Strategies (4 days)
- History Alive! Materials (must attend 100% of History Alive Training)
Summer 2 (Total 9 days)
- 3 KAU days
- History Alive! Advanced Strategies (3 days)
- 3 days: Bill of Rights Institute
Summer 3 (Total 11 days)
- 4 days: KAU
- 3 days: Bill of Rights Institute
- 3 days: History Alive! Coaching
- 1 day: Share Fair
Travel Program (Summer 3)
- 10 teachers
- Week-long study at the Bill of Rights Institute in Washington D.C.
- Additional travel to Colonial and Civil War Sites around D.C. area