Welcome to the Commons, an all-in-one forum, directory, calendar, messenger, and knowledge base for NCSS members. Powered by the next generation online community software Breezio, this new platform is a great way for you to engage and communicate with your committees, special interest communities and associated groups. Log in here with your NCSS credentials, and update your profile and photo here.
NCSS Summer Virtual Conference: Registration Special
Elementary Methods Professors, Register before April 30, and your students may attend the virtual summer conference for free! After sign-up, email your rosters to registration@ncss.org to receive complimentary access for your students to the event. Learn more about the Summer Virtual Conference here.
Upcoming Affiliated Council Events
1787 Prize Submissions are due March 31, 2024
Don't let your students miss this deadline!The 1787 Prize is an essay contest open to all high school students in grades 11-12 for one $2,500 prize. An essay may be submitted with up to three (3) student co-authors. There is a maximum of one (1) submission per high school. Submissions are due March 31, 2024. Learn More.
SRVCE Featured in New
MA DESE Guide
Massachusetts teachers chose SRVCE as 1 of the 4 “strongest supplemental materials” for civics projects in a review for the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
June 24-25, 2024 (Virtual) Summer Virtual Conference: Inquire and Inspire – Cross-Disciplinary Learning in Elementary Classroom Register Now! July 15-17, 2024 (In-Person, Washington, DC) 2024 NCSS Summer Leadership Institute Finding Your Voice, Finding Your Story Register Now!
July 22-23, 2024 (In-Person, Washington, DC) Inquiry Design Model Institute 2024 with C3 Teachers. Register Now!
Help us learn more about our members! This brief survey will help our team plan for a great conference experience this year in Boston, MA. Take the survey here.
Resources to Support Civic Engagement
Seeking ways to engage students with local issues? Try any of our 5 SRVCE curricula—all free!—with reflection tools, project planners, and student-facing civics project rubrics.
Sponsored by EDC
Follow us on Social Media:
Professional Development Monthly -- known as PD Monthly -- is the official member
professional development e-newsletter and is published once a month.
You are receiving this email as one of your NCSS membership benefits.
.png?upscale=true&width=520&upscale=true&name=icsl%20tina%20schuster%20(1).png)
.webp?upscale=true&width=520&upscale=true&name=231206_NCSS_Winter-Webinar_FNL-square%20(4).webp)
