Arizona Council for the Social Studies  
Professional Development Opportunities for Social Studies Teachers

As a service to its members, the Arizona Council for Social Studies will post professional Development opportunities for social studies teachers. Organizations are invited to send opportunities to the ACSS Webmaster. However, ACSS reserves the right to determine which opportunities to post to this page.

See also the ACSS Conferences page for affiliated conferences.

March 2008

March 28 - 31, 2008 - “Bringing Us All Together” Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, New York, NY (http://www.oah.org/2008/index.html)

April 2008

04/10 to 04/11Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education Break the Cycle: Teen Dating Violence Prevention

April 18-20, 2008 - Southwest Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Tempe, AZ

04/24 Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education When You Turn 18

April 24 - 27, 2008 - Arizona History Convention,  San Marcos Resort & Conference Center, Chandler (http://www.arizonahistory.org/) or (http://www.azcama.com/workshops.html)

Summer 2008

June 23-27, 2008 - The Heard Museum Teacher Institute, Phoenix, AZ (http://www.heard.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=301&srcid=315)

July 3-6, 2008 -  “Who's America? Who's American? Diversity, Civil Liberties, and Social Justice” Enduring Communities National Conference, Denver, Colorado (http://www.janm.org/projects/ec/conference)

Summer Seminars for Teachers run by Gilder Lehrman Institute - dates and topics for 2008 TBA (http://gilderlehrman.org/teachers/seminars.html)
           
“Primarily Teaching” A Summer Workshop for Educators on Using Historical Documents in the Classroom - dates and topics for 2008 TBA (http://www.archives.gov/education/primarily-teaching/)

“Landmarks of American History and Culture, Workshops for School Teachers” run by the National Endowment for the Humanities - dates and topics for 2008 TBA (http://www.humanities.gov/projects/landmarks-school.html)

“Congress in the Classroom” run by the Dirksen Center - dates and topics for 2008 TBA (http://dirksencenter.org/print_programs_CongressClassroom.htm#titles)