Summer Residential Programs at Mount Vernon

Apply to attend a 5-day onsite professional development program at Mount Vernon that delivers inclusive 18th-century content, inquiry-based classroom resources, and best practice strategies for connecting Washington and the diversity of the 18th century to students’ lives today. All educators (K-12) in a formal school setting are eligible to attend. We seek and welcome applications Read More ⟶

Registration Open for Gilder Lehrman Summer 2023 PD

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce multiple in-person and online professional development programs for educators in summer 2023! Explore all of our summer PD opportunities for K–12 educators: Seven teacher symposiums, 12 online teacher seminars, weeklong in-person teacher seminars. Applications open Dec. 1 for K-8 teachers to explore “The Making Read More ⟶

2023 Library of Congress Summer Onsite Workshops

Join the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., for a free three-day professional development workshop, where you’ll learn and practice strategies for using primary sources with K-12 students. Three sessions will be offered: July 5-7, July 12-14, July 17-19. In each session, Library of Congress education specialists will model a variety of hands-on, inquiry-based teaching Read More ⟶

Teaching the Constitution with the National Archives

Get ready for Constitution Day with primary sources, classroom activities, and programs from the National Archives! In this interactive virtual professional development workshop from 7-8 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 8, you will explore how to make teaching the Constitution hands-on and relevant to students’ lives with text analysis activities, primary sources, and online teaching Read More ⟶

Gilder Lehrman’s ‘Classroom-Ready’ American History PD Series Available

Explore the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s new “Classroom-Ready” American History Professional Development series. Held on Zoom last year, the series is now available as classroom-ready PD modules. The exciting How Did We Get Here? professional development series is designed to provide teachers with resources on topics in American history that are front-and-center in current events. Each Read More ⟶

Library of Congress Offers Summer PD Workshops

Apply now to join the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. for a 2½ day free professional development workshop, where you’ll learn and practice strategies for using primary sources with K-12 students. In each session, Library of Congress education specialists will model a variety of hands-on, inquiry-based teaching strategies for using primary sources to engage Read More ⟶

Registration Open for Share My Lesson Virtual Conference

Register for Share My Lesson’s 2022 Virtual Conference on March 21-24. Nearly 50 free, for-credit professional development webinars are offered. Attendees will hear from top-notch presenters including ADL, American Psychological Association, Barbara Blackburn, WETA’s Colorín Colorado, Girl Rising, Library of Congress, National Constitution Center, National Indian Education Association, NewsGuard, Next Gen Personal Finance, Random House, Read More ⟶