Classical Studies and Teaching

Professional Organizations

• The American Classical League (ACL)
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL)
• The Classical Association of New England (CANE)
• The Classical Association of Massachusetts (CAM)
• The Society for Classical Studies (SCS, formerly APA)
• National Junior Classical League
• Massachusetts Junior Classical League
• The National Committee to Promote Latin and Greek (NCLG)

Employment Resources

• American Classical League teacher placement service (free)
• Carney Sandoe independent school placement agency
• The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
• MaFla job bank for teachers of foreign language in Massachusetts and bordering communities
• Tufts University Department of Education Career Services
• Southern Teachers Agency

State Licensure

• The Department of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• The MTEL, the competency exam for initial teacher licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with 2 parts
  1. Subject Exam in Latin and Classical Humanities (15) and
  2. Communication and Literacy Skills Exam
• Tufts University Department of Classical Studies: M.A. in Classics plus Teaching Licensure in Latin and Classical Humanities
• Tufts University Department of Education: M.A.T. for Teaching Licensure in Latin and Classical Humanities
• Teacher Certification (Licensure) State-By-State

Continuing Education

• The Paideia Institute
• Conversational Latin with the Clipeus Boston Active Latin Meetup group
• The CANE Summer Institute
• AP Latin educators collegeboard summer workshops at the Taft School, Conn.
• Webinars from Bolchazy Carducci Publishers
• Vergilian Society
• ACTFL Online Courses

Electronic Materials and Resources for the Classroom

• Perseus Digital Library
• No Dictionaries
• The Latin Library
• Packard Humanities Institute
• Artstor Classical Art
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts collection database
• Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts collection database
• Vindolanda Tablets (Roman Britain)
• Images for Teaching by Kathleen Coleman
• Dickinson College Commentaries with video, audio, maps, commentary for select authors
• Boston Area Classics Calendar

Traditional Resources and Ideas for the Classroom

• The American Classical League (ACL)
• CANE Instructional Materials
• The Greek Institute, Cambridge, MA
• Massachusetts Junior Classical League
• Applause Language Teaching Resources

Special Funding Opportunities for Prospective Latin Educators

• Classical Association of New England funding and scholarships
• Paideia Scholarships
• SCS List of Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships Offered by US Associations for Latin, Greek, and Classics students (undergraduate and graduate) and educators (in schools and universities)
• SCS Zeph Stewart Teaching Training Award
• Teach Grants for Teacher Training in high-need fields

A Sample of Texts about Pedagogical Theory, Classroom Management and Developing an Educational Philosophy

• Anderson, Lorin W. and Krathwohl, David. A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing : a revision of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives (Longman 2001). LB17 .T29 2001
• Breindel, R. De Discendi Natura: Learning Styles in the Teaching of Latin (American Classical League 2005).
• Dickey, Eleanor. Learning Latin the Ancient Way (Cambridge University Press 2016).
• Gardner, Howard. Frames of mind : the theory of multiple intelligences [with a new introduction by the author] (BasicBooks 1993).
  BF431 .G244 1993
• Gardner, Howard. Five Minds for the Future (The Harvard Business School Press 2009).
• Gruber-Miller, John. When Dead Tongues Speak: Teaching Beginning Greek and Latin (American Philological Association 2006). PA74 .W47 2006
• Jones, Fred. Tools for Teaching, 2nd ed. (Fredric H. Jones & Associates 2007).*
• Joyal, Mark et al., ed. Greek and Roman education: a sourcebook (Routledge 2009).
  LA71 .J69 2009
• LaFleur, Richard A. Latin for the 21st Century (Scott Foresman 1998).PA2065.U5 L37 1998
• Lemov, Doug. Teach Like a Champion 2.0, 2nd ed. (Jossey-Bass 2014).
• Solodow, Joseph B. Latin Alive: The Survival of Latin in English and the Romance Languages (Cambridge University Press 2010). PA2057 .S65 2010.
• Too, Yun Lee, ed. Education in Greek and Roman Antiquity (Brill 2001). LA71 .E38 2001
• Wong, Harry and Rosemary Wong. First Days of School (Harry K. Wong Publications 2009).*

*Video version available to stream from Tisch Library.

For further information please contact the coordinator of the MA in Classical Studies plus Teacher Licensure Program, Matthew Harrington.