Almasi selected for American Civic Tradition Fellowship

The Jack Miller Center, a civic education non-profit, announced the 15 teachers from across the country chosen for its American Civic Tradition Fellowship, a yearlong program for middle and high school teachers designed to deepen their understanding of key American historical texts and strengthen their use of primary sources in the classroom. Among the educators from more than a dozen states is Brett Almasi of Foxcroft Academy.

The 2025 Piscataquis County Teacher of the Year, Almasi teaches global studies, American studies and IB psychology.

The program kicks off with an in-person institute in Philadelphia from July 19-24 and will continue with virtual sessions for the next year. At the summer institute, seminars focused on American documents and primary sources let the teachers be students again, learning from the faculty and one another. Throughout the academic year the cohort will participate in virtual sessions where each fellow presents a new lesson built from the summer readings, and the group will discuss testing new materials and share their successes and challenges.

“We’re thrilled to welcome the fellows to Philadelphia this July for an impactful week learning from top professors in the JMC network,” Lauren Altobelli, director of the Founding Civics Initiative at the Jack Miller Center, said. “Fellows will return to their classrooms in the fall with deeper knowledge, new teaching strategies, and more confidence to educate students in American history and civics.” 

The Jack Miller Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advancing the work of scholars who teach and study the ideas, documents and history we hold in common as Americans. We seek to grow the talent pipeline of university educators who teach the American political tradition, to forge new models for university-based training of K-12 civics and history teachers, and to build a diverse coalition of Americans to ignite a civic education renaissance.