The Social Studies Professional | July 16, 2024 | No. 427
NCSS Executive Director Lawrence Paska and NCSS President Jennifer Morgan join us live with updates from this year's Summer Leadership Institute at the National Archives in Washington D.C.
Deadline Extended: Submit a Nomination by July 31, 2024
Earn Free Microcredentials Through Project ACClaIM
Arizona State University Teachers' College is currently offering free vouchers for microcredential courses through Project ACCLaIM: Advancing Civics Curriculum Learning through Instructional Microcredentials. This professional learning program is focused on history, civics, and media literacy. The program is intended for current K-12 teachers, instructional coaches, and paraprofessionals of all levels and subjects.Apply here.
NCSS Summer Programs: Last Chance to Attend
With more and more states adopting new standards featuring the C3 Framework and inquiry, the need for designing inquiry learning experiences in social studies is greater now than ever. The IDM Institute is a chance to learn in-person from the writers of the Inquiry Design Model. Save your spot for July 22-23 in Washington, D.C.
Starting Now: The Smithsonian National Education Summit
This July 16-18 event will feature museum experts and teacher practitioners in free online webinars, plus in-person skill-building workshops and deep-dive discussions at the Smithsonian in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C. Don't miss tomorrow's 2PM in-person session "Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story" with NCSS Executive Director Lawrence M. Paska and NCSS President Jennifer Morgan. Be sure to register to “save your seat”!
Limited Spots Available in Free Solutionary Micro-credential Course
NCSS is pleased to present this opportunity from our partner, the Institute for Humane Education. This free program will provide you with a framework and resources you can use to support your students to select, learn about, and analyze a problem they care about in their school or community and then plan and take positive action. The cohort is limited to 20, and the first zoom session will take place on October 1, 2024. Apply here now.
Meet Keely Mata, NCSS Education Programs Manager
Help us give a warm welcome to the newest NCSS staff member! Keely Mata's passion for history began in high school, leading her to obtain a BA in History with a minor in Museum Studies from Aurora University in Illinois. Keely went on to curate an antique/vintage and rare car museum for a private golf course estate where she was also part of the team that organized and executed the 2015 Palmer Cup and 2015 Western Amateur.
She then spent seven years leading operations at a medical research nonprofit for a rare neurodegenerative disease. Keely’s combined education and work experience background brings a well-rounded point of view to the NCSS Professional Learning Department and we are thrilled to have her as our new Education Programs Manager.
