National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week March 5-9 2012

Your Future is Our Future!

This effort, a cooperative venture of the American Classical League, the American Philological Association, and various regional and state classical organizations, seeks to engage all Classicists at all levels of instruction in the business of insuring that our Latin, Greek, and Classics pre-college classrooms have the teachers they need.

To request further information, volunteer, or suggest lines of action, contact the committee’s chair, Keely Lake, join the Facebook page, and see the Promote Latin website.

AP Vergil-Caesar Endorsement Course

The Classics Program of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of South Carolina plans to conduct an AP Summer Institute in June of 2012 to prepare teachers to instruct the newly revised AP Latin curriculum. The AP course now includes readings from Caesar (as well as Vergil) with a corresponding expansion of the historical emphasis, and thus demands new skills and strategies useful for both first-time and veteran AP Latin teachers. For the first week (June 11-15), the Institute will be held on the USC campus; subsequent weeks (June 18-22; June 25-June 29) will be conducted as independent work submitted through Blackboard 9.1, as well as virtual class meetings, using Skype or Elluminate. The course will be taught as LATN 580 (=EDSE 580), Teaching AP Latin in Secondary Schools, by Hunter Gardner (Assistant Professor, Classics) as the instructor of record and by Michael Myer of Heathwood Hall (Columbia, SC) as the AP Master Teacher.

For more information, please contact Dr. Gardner at gardnehh@mailbox.sc.edu or visit the website.

SCJCL Spring Forum

The SCJCL Spring Forum will be held Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Cardinal Newman School in Columbia.

To view the welcome letter, a registration form for the Forum, and a registration form for SCJCL if you are not already a member, visit the website. Also, if you have not registered with the NJCL, you will want to go to their website and register as well.

If you have any questions, please contact George Kaupp or Ben Alexander.

Getty Villa Summer Institute

There are two sessions: Session I: July 11-13 (for 6th-12th grade teachers); and Session II: July 18-20 (K-6th grade teachers). Each session of the Villa Summer Institute is open to 30 teachers. Not only will you be exposed to fine lectures, but you will be able to wander through the Getty Villa as the lecturers use the Villa's buildings, art, and gardens to bring the lectures to life. In addition, in the afternoons, you will work with other teachers to complete amazing projects that reinforce what you learned in the lectures. When you leave, you will walk away
with on-line access to the lectures, handouts on how to set up each one of the projects in your classroom, and a desire to go back.

Because the program is free, this is a competitive program and not all applicants will be accepted. If you are interested, applications are being accepted and are due April 16, 2012. The application is available at this site.

Planning Meeting for the SCJCL Spring Forum Feb. 25, 2012

All those interested in the South Carolina Junior Classical League are welcome to attend.

For more information, email Benjamin Alexander.

Webinar March 6: AP Latin: Overview of the Course

During this live, interactive online workshop participants build background knowledge of the new AP Latin Curriculum Framework, develop understanding of the structure of the redesigned course and reflect on and assess how current instructional strategies and practices can or cannot apply. They discuss strategies for helping students develop proficiencies in the specific skills delineated in the revised Curriculum Framework. Participants come away from the workshop with a solid understanding of the skills and knowledge required to succeed in the revised AP Latin course and on the exam. Handouts and resources are provided.

Date: 3/6/12
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. ET
Presenter: Jill Crooker
Information link
Registration Link

The Italy of Caesar and Vergil: A Workshop for Teachers

July 12-23, 2012. This Italy-based workshop for high school Latin teachers will combine classroom sessions in successful pedagogical practices with fascinating and relevant site visits that illuminate the lives and works of Caesar and Vergil. Morning study sessions will provide ideas and skills to enrich both beginning and advanced courses, with a focus on the readings and abilities required by the revised Advanced Placement syllabus. Afternoon site and museum visits will contextualize the writings of our authors elucidating the common themes of Caesar's commentarii and Vergil's Aeneid. Sites include: Rome (Forum, Palatine, Ara Pacis), Temple of Apollo and Atrium of the Sibyl at Cumae, Lake Avernus, Tomb of Vergil, Sperlonga, Pompeii, Lavinium, Herculaneum, Vesuvius and more. The workshop will be co-directed by Amy Leonard, The Walker School and Steven Tuck, Miami University. Cost: $2595 includes all room and board, all transportation during the program, site and museum admissions, a packet with classroom materials, site plans, maps, readings and selections from ancient texts, and attendance certificate. Scholarships are available. For further information, applications, pictures of last year?s trip, and detailed itinerary, see the Vergilian Society website or email Steven Tuck.
Scholarship deadline is March 1, 2012. Application deadline is April 1, 2012.

Dickenson Summer Latin

July 13-17, 2012. This workshop is intended for teachers of Latin, as a way to refresh the mind
through study of an extended Latin text, and to share experiences and ideas with Latinists and teachers. In 2012 we will read Book 3 of Propertius' Elegies in its entirety.
Moderators: Prof. Meghan Reedy and Prof. Christopher Francese of Dickinson College.
Participants must have a firm grasp of the basics of Latin grammar and a solid working vocabulary, but we aim at a mixture of levels and experience.
Deadline May 1, 2012.
Fee of $300 includes lodging, two meals per day (breakfast and lunch), the opening and final dinners, the textbook, the facilities fee, which allows access to the gym, fitness center,
and the library, as well as wireless and wired internet access while on campus.
For more information please email Prof. Meghan Reedy.

Conventiculum Dickinsoniense

July 6-12, 2012. This Conventiculum is a total immersion seminar in active Latin. It is specifically designed for all cultivators of Latin who wish to gain some ability to express themselves ex-tempore in correct Latin. A wide range of people can benefit from the seminar: professors in universities, teachers in secondary schools, graduate students, undergraduates, and other lovers of Latin, provided that anyone who considers applying has a solid
understanding of the grammatical essentials of the Latin language. No previous experience in speaking Latin is necessary.
Moderators: Prof. Milena Minkova and Prof. Terence Tunberg, University of Kentucky
Maximum number of 40 participants.
Deadline for applications is May 1, 2012.
Fee of $300 includes lodging, two meals (breakfast and lunch) per day, the opening dinner, and a special cookout at the Dickinson farm for one night.
For more information, email Terence Tunberg.

The Paideia Institute: Living Latin in Rome

June 11 - July 13, 2012. This intensive, five-week Latin language will provide a continuous period
of study of Latin and introduce students to the most important ancient sites of Rome and its surrounding areas. The course meets five days a week for four hours a day and combines
traditional classroom instruction with the active use of Latin as a living language. Students
visit the site referenced in their readings and work with the instructors in small groups, using Latin actively to interact with each other and the site they are visiting. Each Saturday there is a
trip to an ancient site outside of the city with associated readings to Sperlonga, Licenza, Tivoli, Lago Bracciano, Cumae and Pompeii.
Tuition and Housing: $3,500

For more information, visit the website.

Vergilian Society Tours, Summer 2012

1. Roman Jordan. July 7-18, 2012.

2. In the Footsteps of Poets and Painters, Proletarians and Princes: Rediscovering the Bay of Naples in Greek and Roman Times. July 2-14, 2012.

3. The Italy of Caesar and Vergil: A Workshop for Teachers. July 12-23 2012.

4. The Archaeology of Identity in Coastal Campania. July 30-August 11, 2012.

For more information on any of these exciting excursions, click here.

UGa Summer Classics Institute 2012

Each year the Institute offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate Latin and Classics courses. The Institute curriculum is supplemented by workshops and guest lectures by visiting master teachers and scholars. The program is designed especially for Latin teachers who wish to continue their education or earn a Master‚s degree in Latin on a summers-only basis.
This year:

1. June 11-29, exam on July 2:
Intensive Latin I, Ovid

2. July 3-24, exam on July 25:
Intensive Latin II, Archaeology of Caesar's Gaul

3. June 11-23, exam on July 24:
Suetonius on Caesar, Proseminar

Tuition rates for summer 2011 were $275 per credit hour plus $586 in fees for in-state students and $896 per credit hour for out-of state students. Latin teachers from outside Georgia may complete a tuition waiver to reduce tuition to the in-state level. Modest scholarships are also available from the Department.

Deadline: April 1st for domestic applicants.

For more information, please contact Kay Stanton.

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

October 29, 2011: South Carolina Junior Classical League Fall Workshop at Lexington High School, Lexington SC

October 29, 2011: Clemson University Declamation

March 5-9, 2012: National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week

March 24, Saturday: South Carolina Junior Classical League Spring Forum at Cardinal Newman High School, Columbia, SC

June 27-30, 2012: American Classical League Institute in Las Vegas, NV

July 26-31, 2012: National Junior Classical League Convention, Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem. Let's get a good SC delegation this year!

Online Latin 1-4 AP at the SC Virtual School

The South Carolina Virtual Schools Program offers Latin
levels 1 CP, 2 CP, 3 Honors, and 4 Advanced-Placement.

The classes generally run September-May,
but some courses are also offered January-August and June-December.
We use the Cambridge Latin Series for the first three levels.
The program is rigorous and students should expect to be actively involved in the course, including listening to podcasts, composing Latin on Twitter, participating in class discussions, and using spoken Latin.
For those teachers who cannot teach all levels of Latin or for students who do not have Latin at their schools, this is an excellent option.
For more information about the Latin program, email Tracy Seiler,
see the SCVSP Latin web page or the World Languages page.
To register for classes, visit the SCVSP.

AP Course Audit

Beginning in January 2007, teachers of Advanced-Placement courses in all subjects will be required to submit syllabi to the College Board in order to have their courses authorized and labeled "AP". To obtain more information and to see the current timeline for completion of requirements, see the Audit page at the AP Central site.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLASSICISTS

• The Classical Outlook, published by the American Classical League, invites submissions of articles, poetry, and books for review. Contact: Mary C. English, Dept. of Classics, Dickson Hall, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043.
• The editors of the Newsletter of the American Classical League welcome submission of news or essays. Submission deadlines: 1 December (Winter Issue), 1 March (Spring), and 1 August (Fall).
• Pro Bono, newsletter of the National Committee for Latin and Greek, seeks submissions of news, announcements, or articles from your classical organizations. Send to Virginia Barrett, 11371 Matinicus Ct, Cypress, CA 90630-5458. Submission deadline: March 1.
  
• The Classical Association of the Middle West and South accepts manuscripts for The Classical Journal. See the submission guidelines and editor contact information on the CAMWS site.
• Prima: Excellence Through Classics (elementary and middle school levels) invites submission of articles (300-500 words in Microsoft Word) from teachers of Latin and Greek. Submit to Jacque Myers via email (include Prima in the subject line). Current deadline: March 15.
  
• The American Philological Association welcomes scholarly contributions for its Transactions. Submissions will be refereed anonymously. Click here to see the guidelines.

CARISTIA GRANTS FROM CAMWS

CAMWS' Committee for the Promotion of Latin is giving out Caristia grants of $200-400 for projects of your choice. For more information, contact Carin Green of the University of Iowa or visit the CAMWS website.