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The Medieval Studies Outreach Program to the Secondary Schools is the curricular enhancement arm of the Institute for Medieval Studies. The Outreach Program has been operating since 1992 and has three major components: the Annual Outreach Seminars for Secondary School Teachers, Peer-Mentoring in Secondary Schools (Modules), and On-Campus Peer-Mentoring. The Outreach Seminar provides support, encouragement, and professional collaboration for the scholarly endeavors, and functions as a resource for learning and teaching for secondary school teacher colleagues. Peer Mentoring both off- and on-campus revolves around a close interrelationship between UNM faculty and students and secondary school students and faculty in the New Mexico private and public schools. This program's mission, with regard to secondary school students, is to share with them the curricular resources of UNM in advance of their coming to the university.

The Medieval Studies Outreach Program has received national and international attention in the top professional instruments of Medieval Studies: The Medieval Academy Newsletter, the Old English Newsletter, and a special issue of a major journal devoted to its peer-mentoring activities: "Initiatives in the Secondary Schools: The New Mexican Model" in SMART [Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching] 5:1, n.s. (Spring 1997).

For more information on the three components of our Outreach Program, click the links below.

Modules - Peer Mentoring in the Secondary Schools
Peer Mentoring on Campus
Outreach Seminars for Secondary School Teachers

Institute for Medieval Studies
University of New Mexico
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