Community Guide Training
Want to help educate our community? The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center is holding our next Community Guides training class starting this Spring 2025. Come and participate in a no-cost, six week course on local African American history in preparation to become a Community Guide, where you’ll lead tours of the Heritage Center’s permanent and temporary exhibitions.
You can apply here.
Trailblazers Museum Studies Program
Trailblazers is a dynamic museum studies program that prepares local African American teens to give tours of our permanent and contemporary exhibitions. As a Trailblazer, students learn the history of Charlottesville’s African American community.
Through discussion, project-based research, and field trips, they acquire the skills to become community educators. Students are paid for their training and tour guide work.
Contact education@jeffschoolheritagecenter.org with any questions!
Embracing Our Narratives Teacher Institute
Join the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center for a one week summer institute for K-12 educators to explore local history through the lens of African American people. By emphasizing narratives of African American resilience, agency, and resistance, Embracing Our Narratives (EON) helps educators better understand our community and develop a more inclusive curriculum. Educators will learn from local history experts, gain access to tools and resources to use in the classroom, and engage in curriculum planning with colleagues.
The EON Institute will be held summer 2025 and will meet Monday through Friday for approximately five hours per day. Sessions will include synchronous/live lectures and discussions, asynchronous/individual reflections and activities, and the potential for optional in-person sessions. This is an intermediate level course, and interested participants must have had some racial bias training.
Sessions will be taught by Jefferson School staff, university professors, and community educators. The Institute is free and open to 25 local K-12 teachers. Professional development re-licensure points awarded for completion of course.
Look for more details coming soon!
Program Application
Hours
Heritage Center
Tuesday – Friday 1.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Saturday 10 am – 1 pm
Closed Monday & Sunday
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