Calendar
Civics is Back Professional Development Opportunities
October 2019
10/24 - DuPage Regional Office of Education - Building Better Rubrics to Enhance Student Learning with the Illinois Social Science Standards (Wheaton, IL)
10/25 - Professional Development Alliance - Creating Performance Assessment Tasks with IL Social Science Standards (Joliet, IL)
November 2019
11/15 - DuPage Regional Office of Education - Putting Civics in the Middle (Wheaton, IL)
January 2020
1/13 - DuPage Regional Office of Education - Current and Controversial Issue Discussions in the Classroom - The Guardians of Democracy Bronze Certified Educator Badge (Online)
1/23 - DuPage Regional Office of Education - Exploring the New Illinois Social Studies and Civic Requirements K-12 (Wheaton, IL)
1/24 - Professional Development Alliance - Civics in the Middle: The Illinois Social Science Standards & Civics Requirement 6-8 (Joliet, IL)
1/28 - Lake County ROE 34 - Putting Civics in the Middle: The Illinois Social Science Standards and Civics Requirement 6-8 (Grayslake, IL)
February 2020
2/27 - Rock Island County ROE - Putting Civics in the Middle: The Illinois Social Science Standards and Civics Requirement 6-8 (Moline, IL)
March 2020
3/12 - DuPage Regional Office of Education - Exploring the New Illinois Social Studies and Civic Requirements K-12 (Wheaton, IL)
April 2020
4/23 - Professional Development Alliance - Building Better Rubrics to Enhance Student Learning with the IL Social Science Standards (Joliet, IL)
4/30 - Lake County ROE 34 - Creating Performance Assessment Tasks with the Illinois Social Science Standards (Grayslake, IL)
#CivicsInTheMiddle Conference Presentations
October 2019
10/28 - Illinois Council of Instructional Coaches - Strategies for Promoting Civil Deliberations (Tinley Park, IL)
November 2019
11/30 - National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference - Guardians of Democracy: Digital Badging for 21st Century Social Studies (Austin, TX)
December 2019
12/9 - Raising Student Achievement Conference - Hands-On Civics: Practical Approaches to Teaching and Learning (Schaumburg, IL)
12/10 - Raising Student Achievement Conference - #CivicsInTheMiddle: The 6-8 Civics Mandate (Schaumburg, IL)
February 2020
2/25 - IDEACon - Leveraging Technology to Support the New IL Middle School Civics Mandate (Schaumburg, IL)
2/25 - IDEACon - Taking the Digital out of Citizen (Schaumburg, IL)
2/26 - IDEACon - Count Me In!: Schools as Critical Partners in Census 2020 (Schaumburg, IL)
2/28 - DuPage Social Studies Conference - Creating Performance Assessment Tasks with the Illinois Social Science Standards (Aurora, IL)
2/28 - DuPage Social Studies Conference - Implementing Civics in the Middle (Aurora, IL)
Other Professional Development Opportunities
October 2019
10/23 - inquirED - Integrate SEL into Social Studies Curriculum & Instruction (Online)
10/30 - inquirED - Culturally Responsive Teaching Through Inquiry (Online)
10/30 - Medal of Honor Foundation - Medal of Honor Character Development Program (Springfield, IL)
November 2019
11/2 - Illinois Global Scholar - The Power of Perspective: A Student Summit and Global Dialogue (Naperville, IL)
11/13 - inquirED - Supporting the Shift to Inquiry (Online)
11/21 - inquirED - Live from the 2019 NCSS Conference: Empowering Students to Take Informed Action (Online)
December 2019
12/11 - inquirED - Using Inquiry in Social Studies (Online)
January 2020
1/15 - inquirED - Evaluating Sources, Checking Facts, and Using Evidence (Online)
1/22 - inquirED - Integrating ELA Standards into Social Studies Instruction (Online)
1/30 - Facing History and Ourselves - Democracy at Risk: Holocaust and Human Behavior (Online)
February 2020
2/13 - DuPage County ROE - WWI 360: Teach Like an Ace (Cantigny Park, Wheaton, IL)