Professional Learning for Educators

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Looking to add inquiry-based projects and learning experiences to your classroom?

Our professional development experiences can help you decide how to incorporate one of our programs into your classroom

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Professional Learning Opportunities

  • Flyer for "We the People: The Citizen & The Constitution Summer Institute" featuring a panel discussion photo, program details, benefits like increased knowledge and civic engagement, and application information for the event in Reno, NV, July 21-25.

    We the People

    Our We the People Summer Institute is a weeklong, engaging, and interactive workshop. Throughout the school year, participants will also meet monthly for additional professional learning and collaborative discussion.

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  • Flyer for the Spark Curiosity initiative, inviting applications for the National History Day Professional Learning Community in Nevada. Features a photo of a student with a history project display, and details various workshops and conferences. Provides contact information for applications and inquiries.

    National History Day

    Our History Day PLC will begin with a 1 day in-person workshop where we will explore artifacts and documents and work through the disciplinary skills to create a Mini-HIstory Day Project. Held on-site at a local cultural institution, participants will receive hands-on support on integrating this inquiry-driven learning project into their classrooms.

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  • Logo for Project Community featuring a handshake, text "creating change in your community," "informed civic engagement," and "a Center for Civic Education program." Includes an emblem of Lady Justice.

    Project Community

    Professional Learning Information coming soon.

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Other Ways to Support Inquiry-Based Learning

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Ask the Expert

Engage in Civil Discourse through a virtual field trip with experts and artifacts in History and Civics. Increase your own content knowledge or support your We the People, Project Citizen, or History Day Project with our monthly online series.

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KidsVention & Student Mock Election

The Voices in Voting KidsVention is a mini-political convention (nonpartisan) and features four debates of interest to students.  Four Nevada elected officials are invited to debate against four high school debate students on topics of interest to students.  KidsVention also highlights patriotic music performed by middle and high school choirs.

The Student Mock Election is a collaboration between the NV Secretary of State’s Office and our organization to offer lessons, resources, and the voting experience for K-12 students.

KidsVention & the Student Mock Election is offered to students across the state of Nevada. 

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Student Bootcamp

Work with We the People judges, coaches, and teachers to prepare for the Nevada District Invitational. Students will have opportunities to engage with a We the People Judges panel and learn more about presentation skills and how to break down the hearing questions. Students will also be invited to work with We the People Coaches in their own unit.