Professional Learning Opportunities
The National Constitution Center offers a range of free professional learning programs tailored to meet the goals and needs of educators. Our approach is designed to empower educators seeking to enhance civic and history instruction and constitutional understanding in classrooms across the nation. We provide the tools, knowledge, and pedagogical strategies to help educators effectively explore the Constitution’s history and contemporary relevance.
Our programs bring together educators from across the nation to dive into constitutional history, explore museum exhibits, engage with scholars, and collaborate with peers. The experience equips teachers with fresh strategies, high-quality resources, and inspiration to teach constitutional topics with confidence.
These programs are made possible by the generous support of the Sutherland Family as part of the NCC’s Sutherland Teacher Program.
Educators can register for one of our monthly online professional learning sessions, participate in a half-day or full-day in-person program either at the Center or in partnership with a local partner, attend a multi-day institute or weekend workshop, request a customized professional development session for their school or district, or join one of our educator communities.
Attend a Professional Learning Program
Monthly Virtual Professional Learning Sessions
Attend a virtual professional learning session on topics that analyze the Constitution and explore effective methods for constitutional teaching. Each session uses scholarly insight and classroom-ready resources shared by a member of the Center’s education network.
Attend a Virtual SessionLearning With the NCC
A professional learning series for educators across the country, offering a powerful and practical opportunity to explore classroom-ready instructional protocols designed to bring the NCC's educational framework to life.
Attend a Virtual SessionEducator Institutes
Attend an Educator Institute to learn from leading constitutional scholars and pedagogical experts. By engaging in these four- to six-day programs, participants will dive into content through tours and scholar talks and develop innovative, nonpartisan ways to make the content relevant to their students.
Apply to Attend an InstituteWeekend Workshops
Weekend Workshops are designed to deepen understanding of constitutional topics. These three-day programs allow participants to gain valuable content knowledge and pedagogical strategies to enhance their teaching of constitutional principles in diverse classroom settings.
Apply to Attend a Weekend Workshop
Workshops Led by Civic Education for Remote and Rural Communities (CERRC) Fellows
The Center’s CERRC Fellowship has welcomed its first cohort of educators who are working to expand access to constitutional learning and civil dialogue in rural and remote areas across the United States. Upon request, CERRC Fellows can bring the Center’s education framework and resources directly to educators nationwide.
Photo: Rebecca Smart, CERRC Fellow leading a professional learning session in Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo by Angelina Alcantar/ News Sentinel
In-Person Professional Learning
Sessions at the NCC
Storytelling: Sincerity & Humility
Mar 19, 2027 – Mar 21, 2027
Deepen your knowledge and understanding of civic virtue, engage with the Center’s nonpartisan educational resources, and collaborate with your peers from around the country during a Weekend Workshop this spring!
Constitutional Thinking Skills: Justice & Temperance
Apr 16, 2027 – Apr 18, 2027
Deepen your knowledge and understanding of civic virtue, engage with the Center’s nonpartisan educational resources, and collaborate with your peers from around the country during a Weekend Workshop this spring!
Civil Dialogue: Silence & Tranquility
May 14, 2027 – May 16, 2027
Deepen your knowledge and understanding of civic virtue, engage with the Center’s nonpartisan educational resources, and collaborate with your peers from around the country during a Weekend Workshop this spring!
Sessions Around the Country
Retro Report Weekend Workshop
Feb 26, 2027 – Feb 28, 2027
Deepen your knowledge and understanding of Article II of the Constitution, engage with the Center’s nonpartisan educational resources, and explore Retro Report’s library of video documentaries at a Weekend Workshop this winter!
In Person Workshop
New York City
Professional learning programs at the National Constitution Center bring together educators from across the nation to dive into constitutional history, explore museum exhibits, engage with scholars, and collaborate with peers. The experience equips teachers with fresh strategies, high-quality resources, and inspiration to teach constitutional topics with confidence. See what an experience at our Educator Institutes entails in the video below.
Connect, learn, and shape the future of constitutional and civic education with peers across the country.
Request Customized Professional Learning
The NCC’s Education team offers customizable professional learning sessions for schools and districts, allowing teachers or administrators to request sessions that fit their school schedule.
By leveraging these programs and resources, educators can enhance their curriculum, inspire students, and promote a deeper understanding of constitutional principles in an engaging and impactful way.
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Programs for Your Students
Scholar Exchanges
Scholar Exchanges give middle and high school students the opportunity to discuss constitutional topics with a lawyer, judge, or constitutional scholar, and alongside peers from around the country. In this setting, students gain deeper constitutional understanding and engage in enhanced civil discourse.
Schedule an Exchange
Civic Stories
Civic Stories provides elementary and middle school students with opportunities to engage with the past through artifacts and the stories they tell. In this setting, students apply constitutional thinking skills to develop a deeper understanding of history and consider the ways in which artifacts tell stories about individuals, communities, and cultures.
Learn MoreMore from the National Constitution Center
Constitution 101
Engage in deep thinking and analysis of the Constitution and America’s founding principles.
America at 250-Inspired Resources
Resources for families, educators, and lifelong learners that give you everything you need to explore the founding documents and the enduring vision they set in motion.
Founders’ Library
Discover primary texts and historical documents that span American history and have shaped the American constitutional tradition.