The National Constitution Center is focused on working with educators and scholars to empower classrooms throughout the country with the tools, knowledge, and pedagogical practice they need to understand the Constitution and its relevance to American’s lives.
Educators can join one of our workshops or webinars, or see the #NCCed team at upcoming conferences. We look forward to seeing you there!
The National Constitution Center’s semester-long Constitution 101 online course is grounded in the reading of primary source document and modeled on our unique and proven framework for rigorous, nonpartisan constitutional education and the practice of civil dialogue. The Center is now looking for high school teachers, schools and leaders who are interested in piloting the course and providing the Center with feedback and data. If you are interested, please fill out this survey to learn more.
Learn MoreThe National Constitution Center's Teacher Advisory Council supports the Center by sharing best practices for teaching constitutional and civic topics—looking at the intersection of U.S. history and current events—and advises the Center on programs and resources that would best support classroom instruction on constitutional fundamentals. Teachers on the advisory council are active and engaged educational professionals who advocate on behalf of the National Constitution Center with outreach for programs like the Scholar Exchanges and professional development opportunities.
Apply TodayThe National Constitution Center’s Teacher Advisory Board includes 21 educators from across the country who are responsible for supporting the Center’s education team in development and evaluation of the materials on the Interactive Constitution: Classroom Edition, as well as presenting content created to support students using the Center’s free, online nonpartisan educational resources.
Meet The BoardThe National Constitution Center offers a selection of professional learning videos for teachers, including recordings of previous live sessions with scholars and tours of museum exhibits.
Join teachers from across the country and constitutional scholars for summer teacher programs with the National Constitution Center.
It has been a blessing to work with the educational arm of your institution and to share your vision of helping my students better understand the United States Constitution… Your program has been a very unique source of content concerning the rights and responsibilities we have in our country under this document.
Corning, Iowa
Schools, districts, or other educational agencies can book professional learning sessions for their educators! Workshops introduce the Center’s framework for constitutional literacy education and highlight a range of topics to support your students’ learning. For more information or to book a session, email Sarah Harris, Director of Education, at [email protected].
Thank you for your generosity and enthusiasm in providing a great deal of outstanding resources for me (and for all educators)…My students have been the recipients of your hard work.
New York, New York
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