K-12 Updates and Call for Proposals
The Medieval Academy’s K-12 Committee is testing ways to best engage with K-12 educators. We are currently developing two modes of engagement. The first will be a pair of webinars that will offer K-12 educators ways to incorporate material from and about the Middle Ages into their classrooms. Information on the webinar content as well as details on joining the webinars are forthcoming.
The second mode of engagement will be with teacher-preparation programs on our campuses. To that end, we are sponsoring a roundtable table at the 2026 Medieval Academy meeting. Please share the cfp below with your colleagues who teach future K-12 educators.
For the MAA K-12 Committee:
Candace Barrington (Central Connecticut State Univ.)
Brad Phillis (Appalachian State Univ.)
Erin Kate Grady (Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, NC)
Call for Annual Meeting Proposals:
K-12 Committee Roundtable: Supporting Teacher-Preparation Programs
The K-12 Committee solicits proposals for a roundtable exploring ways to better support teacher-preparation programs, including ways to integrate medieval topics into K-12 curricula. We are interested in hearing from K-12 educators, faculty in university/college teacher preparation programs, and medievalists at universities/colleges with teacher-preparation programs.
Participants will be asked to open with a 5-7 minute statement (which should describe the institution with which they are affiliated) and then to engage in an exchange of ideas that (we hope) can be implemented by the K-12 Committee.
Please submit your proposal by 1 December 2025, via email to Candace Barrington, Central Connecticut State University (BarringtonC@ccsu.edu) and Brad Phillis, Appalachian State University (bradphillis@gmail.com).
