Center for Civic Education SEED-grant professional development aligned to its civics curriculum¶

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Description¶

A professional development effort implemented by the Center for Civic Education and aligned to its civics curriculum, carried out under a U.S. Department of Education Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant. The brief draws insights from this experience as an example of connecting professional development to the curricula teachers actually deliver in their classrooms.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Alignment between the professional development and the specific curriculum teachers use

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-12 teachers delivering the Center for Civic Education's civics curriculum

Target Learning Goals¶

• Effective delivery of a specific civics curriculum

Claims¶

• Despite calls to connect professional development to the curriculum, there is limited guidance on how to do so [+W]
• Teachers need professional development geared specifically to the curricula they teach, not only generic teaching skills or general content knowledge [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• Center for Civic Education, Jeff Archer, Jeffrey Max. (2018). Connecting Professional Development to the Curricula: Insights from the Center for Civic Education. Insights Brief. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/connecting-professional-development-to-the-curricula-insights-from-the-center-for-civic-education