International Education Consortium

The International Education Consortium (IEC) has built its history upon the improvement of teaching through teacher knowledge of both content and pedagogy in the humanities. Since 1986, IEC, working primarily with social studies and language arts teachers, has brought together writers, educators, and scholars to share ideas for integrating new information in teachers’ classrooms. IEC programs have always demonstrated a commitment to reading, writing, talking, listening, and thinking for teachers and students alike.

IEC is a program of the Staff Development Division of the Cooperating School Districts. School improvement is a long-term and continuing process, and the programs of IEC continue to meet the needs of our constituency. The work of IEC is aligned throughout with the work of the St. Louis Regional Professional Development Center.

Click here for CSD's online calendar of professional development workshops to view the programs offered through the IEC.

Extending Missouri Humanities 2009-2010, a grant from the Missouri Humanities Council (MHC), will enable the International Education Consortium to continue into the future the only professional development programming in Missouri directly relevant to the history, literature and other humanities teachers in the school districts served by the CSD. Activities include: (1) Fiction and History XV, a four session after-school reading seminar for educators featuring books that challenge them to expand their reading skills and their background knowledge; (2) Social Studies Leaders Network and World History Network, open-ended forums where teachers and educators from across the region can meet on issues of content and pedagogy of concern in history classrooms; and (3) weeklong College Board Advanced Placement Summer Institutes in World History and Human Geography that are opportunities for teachers to receive the necessary training locally.

The MHC is the only state-wide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages. It has served as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities since 1971. For more information about the grants program of the MHC, call 314-781-9660 or 800-357-0909, or write to the MHC, 543 Hanley Industrial Court, Suite 205, St. Louis MO 63144-1905.

Additional information about “Missouri Humanities” activities at IEC can be obtained on the CSD website at www.csd.org under Professional Development or from Sheila Onuska at 314-692-9708 or sonuska@csd.org.

Current IEC Workshops and Seminars:

Fiction & History XV: Asia
Reading and Discussion Seminars for Educators
2009-2010
For more information including the book titles download the flyer/registration form here.
Register online here.

NCTA 2010 Seminar on East Asia
Application deadline: January 19, 2010.
Download the NCTA 2010 application.

Contact Us

Dennis Lubeck, Director
314-692-9702, dlubeck@csd.org

Sheila Onuska, Associate Director
314-692-9708, sonuska@csd.org

John Robinson, Program Consultant
314-692-9737, jrobinson@csd.org

Megan Moncure, Executive Secretary
314-692-9702, mmoncure@csd.org