2025 CLACS Summer Teacher Institute

CLACS Summer Teacher Institute

Childhood and Youth in Latin America

Location:  UW-Milwaukee (in-person)

July 7-9, 2025

This three-day program will examine the experience of childhood in Latin America, as well as the institutions, practices, and conditions that have shaped the lives of children in the region. We will consider topics like school policy, youth movements, migration experiences, health and economic factors, and cultural views of children over time. The institute will feature a variety of expert presentations (speakers may include university faculty, journalists, and non-profit leaders), and allow participants time to collaboratively discuss ways to incorporate this material in their existing curriculum.

Cost:      $90 educators (in-service teacher, librarian, counselor, other staff in K16 setting) / $30 Education students. Fee includes breakfasts, lunches, and materials.

Lower-cost, apartment-style dorm housing is available (shared apartment with two private bedrooms) – $50/night shared or $100/night single.

Modest stipends are available to support travel from a longer distance (e.g. requiring a flight). Please email Monica VanBladel if you are interested!

Registration deadline: May 23, 2025. For more information, contact: Monica VanBladel (vanblade@uwm.edu or 414-251-5216).

Sign up and reserve optional housing using this form.

A collaboration between the UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), UW-Madison Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS), and the Florida International University Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC).  CLACS, LACIS, and LACC are Title VI National Resource Centers, funded by the U.S. Department of Education.