Free for elementary and secondary (K-12) Virginia teachers

The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Teacher Institute provides Virginia elementary and secondary teachers with historical content supporting current Virginia Standards of Learning while reaching deeper into the stories of the past and our shared culture. Historical content is blended with teaching strategies and collaborative activities, enabling participants to build lessons they can use in the classroom for years to come.

• July 7-11, 2025 for Secondary Teachers
• July 28-August 1, 2025 for Elementary Teachers

The 2025 Teacher Institutes for elementary and secondary school teachers will be held at Jamestown Settlement.

2025 Program & Application Information

Applications for the 2025 program will be available mid-December 2024. 

The teacher institute is free for Virginia teachers, thanks to generous support by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Inc. Annual Fund, the Abbitt Family Foundation, the Charles S. and Millicent P. Brown Family Foundation, Audrael and John Chiricotti, and Randy and Shelby Hawthorne.

Reflections on past Teacher Institutes

View teacher experiences from Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation’s Teacher Institute in 2023 and 2022.