Earning Professional Development with the Gilder Lehrman Institute
Posted by Anna Khomina on Tuesday, 06/27/2017
Need professional development credit? Several Gilder Lehrman programs can be used by educators to obtain professional development points (PDPs) or continuing education units (CEUs) in historical content knowledge and curriculum design.
Self-Paced Courses are online, graduate-level courses on a diverse range of American history topics that can be taken at a teacher’s own time and pace, with no expiration dates or deadlines. Each course includes lectures by an eminent historian and pedagogical tools/videos, as well as supplementary primary source readings.
Credit: 15 clock hours
2. Teaching Literacy through History
Teaching Literacy through History™ (TLTH) is an interdisciplinary professional development workshop program that uses primary source documents and historical texts to improve K–12 education, presented in a series of completely customized workshops by master teachers and historians.
Credit: Varies depending on custom length of program. One full-day workshop typically offers 6–8 clock hours for all participants.
Online Courses offer you the opportunity to learn from leading scholars of US history in a virtual classroom with other students from across the country. These accredited graduate courses include weekly assignments and readings, discussions, and a final project.
Credit: 3 graduate credits in American history courses, and the equivalent number of clock hours per credit in your state (ex: Massachusetts offers 22.5 PD points per credit).
Teacher Seminars are weeklong programs held at some of the most prestigious universities and prominent historical sites in the United States, England, and Scotland.
Credit: 40 clock hours per weeklong seminar
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is undergoing an initiative to become an approved professional development / Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) provider in all states that have a registry or review process. We are currently an approved provider in
Texas (Sponsor #902-467)
Massachusetts (Sponsor #2016F0016)
New York (Sponsor #3406)
Upon completing a Gilder Lehrman PD activity, New York, Massachusetts, and Texas teachers will receive a specialized letter of completion with all required components for obtaining PD in their state, including our provider #, start and end dates, number of hours, and a description of the activity.
If you would like to take a GLI program for PD, but your state Department of Education or school district requires PD vendors to be state approved, please contact us at pd@gilderlehrman.org.