Build educator capacity and cultivate dynamic classrooms
Our team’s coaching, paired with our best-in-class curriculum, save your teachers time, build confidence, and positively impact student outcomes.
Professional Learning Services for Districts
For more than a decade, iCivics has provided educators nationwide with high-quality civics and history curriculum. But we know that educators need more support in order to create transformative civic learning opportunities that extend beyond the classroom walls.
Our professional learning services are designed to help school and district leaders provide their educators with the rigorous training and proven strategies needed to master content, refine skills, and confidently apply best practices in order to nurture students’ civic development.
Our Theory of Action
High-quality teaching and learning
and
Students with the civic skills and knowledge prepared for life-long engagement in our democracy
Menu of Services for Districts
We are pleased to offer school districts a menu of professional learning services. All services encompass a full year of support, are comprehensive and customizable, and can be delivered synchronously or asynchronously.
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Fostering An Inquiry-Based Civics Classroom
This pathway focuses on building a culture of inquiry in a civically minded classroom and equipping educators to plan, create, and teach with an inquiry lens.
Offered for K-12 teachers of all subjects
- Available as a district course.
Instructional Leader Pathway
This pathway provides training to create and foster momentum for pedagogical shifts around inquiry-based learning, information, and media literacy, and implementing iCivics’ core curriculum.
Offered for instructional coaches & school leaders who support social studies and civics teachers
Available as a district course or for individual participants.
Implementing a Core Civics and History Curriculum for 8th Grade
- This pathway supports educators in implementing the iCivics core curriculum, United States HistoryThrough Inquiry: Beginnings to 1877.
- Offered for 8th-grade US History teachers
- Available as a district course or for individual participants.
Civics 101 & 102
This pathway offers an introduction to civic education and how it can be applied within any classroom.
Offered for K–5 and 6–12 educators.
Available as a district course or for individual participants.
*NEW* Information Media Literacy in a Digital Age
This pathway supports educators in equipping students to develop skills to question, find, evaluate, and communicate information responsibly in order to become informed, engaged citizens.
Offered for K-12 teachers of all subjects and media specialists.
- Available as a district course.
*NEW* Elementary Civics and Social Studies
- This pathway guides educators through Private i History Detectives, our K-5 social studies and civics curriculum, and supports the implementation of the inquiry-based curriculum.
- Offered for K-5 teachers and leaders.
- Available as a district course.
*NEW* Civics and Literacy
- This pathway helps educators to deepen their understanding and application of basic and disciplinary literacy practices, ultimately preparing their students to be informed, engaged citizens.
Offered for K-12 teachers of all subjects.
Available as a district course or for individual participants.
*NEW* Social Studies Coordinator Pathway
This pathway builds a virtual community of practice and leverages that community to explore problems of practice, including aligning work to district priorities, accessing resources, and engaging stakeholders to create systemic shifts in social studies instruction.
Offered for district social studies and civic leaders
Available for individual participants.
Our Unique Approach
Following are key differentiators of iCivics’ professional learning pathways grounded in effective practices and standards:
Lead with Inquiry
Pathways are structured inquiries grounded in a compelling question, with carefully curated, research-based sources and tasks.
Drive Continuous Improvement
Individualized
Pathways are designed to be flexible to meet state standards, and the unique, localized context of the students, teachers, and district.
Foster Collaboration
Pathways intentionally create collaborative environments for teachers to learn from one another and share challenges and successes.
Cultivate Leadership
Pathways provide supportive coaching, walkthroughs, and constructive feedback that nurture and grow educators into leaders.
Why invest in building educator capacity in your district?
Only 22 percent of 8th graders in the United States scored proficient or above in the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in civics, meaning that they understand civic principles and know how to apply them.
So what can we do? There are several factors that make a difference in students’ civic proficiency, from dosage to pedagogy to family engagement.
The 2022 NAEP data tells us that the single most important factor is teachers’ confidence in their ability to explain the importance of participation in the political process and government, accounting for a 35-point difference in student performance.
Teacher Confidence in Explaining the Importance of Participation in the Political Process and Government
This is where iCivics can support you. Our team’s coaching—paired with our best-in-class curriculum—can save your educators time, build capacity, and positively impact student outcomes in your district.
Together, we will build the best pathway forward.
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