Professional Development

Street Law, Inc. is conducting a Civics and Civil Rights Institute in Washington, DC, July 10–12, 2013. Cost: $100 The professional development institute is open to high school social studies teachers from CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, a...

Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop Series Application Deadline: March 4, 2013 In collaboration with the National Endowment for the Humanities, Niagara County Community College in Sanborn,  NY will be hosting an academically intensive, ...

We are the Chinese American Cultural Bridge Center, a non-profit organization that organizes Educational trips for teachers that are interested in traveling to China.  Since 1992 we have brought countless teachers to China, offering American educators ...

May 6th, 2013 Statehouse Boston 9-2pm Earthview (the giant inflatable globe you can go inside of) will be on display all day.  Come and help promote geography education in Massachusetts!

April 6, 2013 Worcester Academy 81 Providence St. Worcester, MA It starts at 1:00 PM. More information: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/teachers-and-parents/

The National Council for the Social Studies has created an honor society for high school juniors and seniors.

ANNOUNCING NERWHA’s Autumn Symposium 26 OCTOBER 2013   "Hispanic America in World History," featuring a keynote address by Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, will be th...

Hancock Shaker Village announces: Heaven on Earth: Shakers, Religious Revival and Social Reform in America . Two, one-week NEH Landmarks of History and Culture Workshops for 80 teachers (40 teachers per workshop) will be held at Siena College,...

Advanced Curricula, Skills and Issues This full day training,  held at Wheelock College in Boston, features Bob McCannon, Adam Kenner, Sheryl Baker, Ben Boyington, and Media Power Youth's Rona Zlokower & Sarah Shanahan. It emphasizes curricular techn...

  2013 Summer Leadership Institute July 8-12, 2013 Open to all secondary social studies teachers. Language arts teachers, media specialists, and community college professors may also apply. Housing, meals and materials are provided. Participants...

NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers July 22-26 or August 5-9, 2013 The USS Constitution Museum invites you to take part in a week long workshop as we explore the USS Constitution and the War of 1812....

Applications are available at www.choices.edu Application deadline is Monday, April 8, 2013. Brown University’s Choices Program invites secondary level geography teachers to apply for a 2013 Summer Institute that focuses on using the Choices a...

(EXAMPLE of the kind of announcements we are pleased to include here. Contact the Executive Secretary,  June Coutu if you have an event you think MCSS should promote )   The 2012 PIER Summer Institute for Educators explores how the human ...

2012 MCSS Award Recipients The winners of the 2012 MCSS awards are: William Spratt Award for Excellence in Teaching Secondary Social Studies June Murray, Hudson High School, Hudson, MA William Spratt Award for Excellence in Teaching Middle...

By law, all Massachusetts public school educators (teachers and administrators) must be licensed through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE ). The MA DESE issues three kinds of Educator Licenses (Preliminary,...