JAMESTOWN – A teacher at Jamestown-Lawn Avenue School has been selected as one of three recipients of C-SPAN’s 2019 Teacher Fellowship Program, the public affairs network has announced.
Maureen McGuirl will join C-SPAN’s Education Relations team at its Washington, D.C., headquarters for four weeks to help create content for C-SPAN Classroom, an online teaching resource for educators.
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C-SPAN said McGuirl teaches topics in Western civilization to seventh graders using the historical method. She also teaches topics in U.S. history, as well as action-based civics lessons to eighth graders.
As an early adopter of blended learning, she collaborates with teachers around Rhode Island to develop lessons that give students choices in how they learn, C-SPAN said.
Now in its 26th year, C-SPAN’s Fellowship Program invites teachers nationwide to apply for an opportunity to develop new educational resources with C-SPAN’s Education Relations team.
Participants are selected by a panel of C-SPAN representatives and evaluated based on their innovative use of C-SPAN programming in their curriculum, commitment to professional development and creative use of technology and social platforms. Each fellow receives an award valued at $7,000 to include housing and travel expenses.
“Maureen impressed us with her expertise, authentic teaching approach and how she creatively engages her students,” said Craig McAndrew, C-SPAN manager of education relations. “We had the opportunity to get to know Maureen at one of our summer conferences, and we look forward to welcoming her back as a fellow.”
The Fellowship Program is sponsored by C-SPAN’s Education Foundation, a charitable organization created by C-SPAN. C-SPAN Classroom is an entity of C-SPAN, which is funded by U.S. cable TV companies.
Fellows will be in Washington in July.
