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You're invited to join our summer self-paced, online, community-driven learning courses!

This summer, our staff will be hosting synchronous activities, including virtual office hours to help support you in your coursework.

Our courses are designed to deepen your subject area knowledge and create connections with educators from across the country. Courses are entirely online and self-paced but are moderated by an eLearning Instructor. Participants will have from June 24-August 31, 2022 to complete their course modules.

Time Commitment

Courses Available

• Introduction to Socratic Pedagogy 
  Socratic pedagogy allows students to practice the critical analysis and dialogue skills necessary to supporting and maintaining democratic institutions and self-government.  Participants will complete a variety of assignments designed to enhance their skills in developing lessons and the classroom culture that support education for self-governance using key pedagogical principles.

• Teaching Logic & Reasoning
  The classroom acts as a microcosm of a civic society where the practice of engaging in civil dialogue that respectfully challenges arguments from the point of logic and reason allows students to understand what it means to participate in a free society. Students come to understand how standards of logic can unify and serve as a tool for human connection. This course will provide teachers with additional support in teaching the logic and reasoning skills students require for participation in a Socratic based classroom.

• Advanced Socratic Pedagogy
  Socratic technique is a continuous practice.  Participants will experience opportunities to reflect on their own practice while also engaging in common issues that arise within the Socratic classroom.  The exploration of these issues helps participants develop stronger observational and diagnostic skills in relation to the Socratic method.    

• Presidents & The Constitution
  Explore the controversies that have shaped the executive branch and American constitutionalism, society, and domestic and foreign policy. This virtual asynchronous course captures the dramatic and compelling stories and episodes in the history of the American presidency.