Teacher Professional Development

Free Professional Development for Educators

“Civics education must become a fundamental priority of our schools, and it must involve more than helping students gain an understanding of a substantial body of civic knowledge. To ensure active participation in our democracy, educators must help students engage with their communities and learn a variety of skills associated with political and community life. They also must help students cultivate attitudes and beliefs that might best be described as ‘civic virtues.’”

-From NH Civics’ founding document

NH Civics provides free of cost professional development opportunities for all teachers working in New Hampshire, both online and in person. Professional development credit hours are available for all of our workshops. Participants have the option to submit lesson plans and/or units they create using the material from our workshops to be reviewed for inclusion in our curriculum library for additional credit hours and a stipend.

Over the past five years, we have trained 1,482 teachers in total. In addition to our teacher professional development, we also offer free educator resources.

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Past Professional Development Offerings

Authentic Engagement: Community Connections in Legal Education

Kate Sintros presented on teaching racial justice in a predominantly white state like NH. She shared her practices of utilizing mock trial as well as Bryan Stevenson’s [...]

Bringing Global Civics to the Classroom

SESSION 1: An Introduction to Council on Foreign Relations' Education Resources (virtual) View the webinar here.  

Civic Education in the Elementary Years - Promoting Student Engagement in the Era of Accountability

Featuring Stephanie Serriere of the University of Indiana, and Luane Genest of Nashua, NH

Civic Literacy in Our Classrooms

This day-long symposium for K-12 Educators brought together educators, law professors, and attorneys to explore the contours of our Constitution and discuss ways in which it can [...]

Civics in the Middle: Engaging Student Voice for Inquiry to Informed Action

In this interactive session, participants explored how to design curriculum to equip students to be responsible, participatory, and justice-oriented members of their community whether in the classroom [...]

Civil Dialogue & Deliberation

Featuring Michelle Herczog, Ed.D., History-Social Science Consultant III for the Los Angeles County Office of Education

Democracy in Action in Elementary School: How to Infuse Principles of Democracy in Everyday Teaching and Learning

If we want children to grow into active citizens - people who will participate in the democratic process, they need to experience the foundational principles of a [...]

Dialogue About Our Deepest Differences - Facilitating Current & Controversial Issues Discussions in the Classroom & School Community

Featuring Mary Ellen Daneels of the McCormick Foundation, IL; and NH Listens' Bruce Mallory and Michele Holt-Shannon

Empowering Connected Citizenship - Making Civics Count in Middle School

Featuring Val McVey, Florida Joint Center for Citizenship; Sarah Shanahan, MAT; Marek Bennett, NH-based cartoonist, musician and educator; Vicki Hebert, Youth 2 Youth; Tricia Lucas, Esq.; Richard [...]

Federalism: The Constitutional Design

Presentation by Calvin Massey, Daniel Webster Distinguished Professor of Law at UNH Law

Framing Civic Learning

Featuring Michelle Herczog, Ed.D., History-Social Science Consultant III for the Los Angeles County Office of Education

Student Journalism: What is the Law?

Student journalists are entitled to some of the First Amendment’s free speech and free press protections. Featuring Burlington High editor-in- chief and recipient of the courage in student journalism [...]

Student Voice and School Governance

Featuring Marc Brasof of Constitution High School and Arcadia University in PA; the Council of Hanover High School & Derek Hamilton of Pittsfield, NH

Student Voice Summit 2018

The purpose of this gathering was to connect, collaborate, and learn about the potential impact student voices, when embraced and respected by their school and communities, can [...]

Surfing in the Age of Fake News - Media Literacy and the Act of Inquiry

Featuring Sam Wineberg of Stanford University and Ann Hadwen of Exeter, NH

Teaching the Election - Citizens Count & Civics 101 in the Classroom

Featuring Citizens Count, Civics 101 and Dan Marcus of John Stark High School, Weare, NH

Teaching the Presidential Election in Polarizing Times

A Two-Part Virtual Series for Grade 8-12 Teachers made possible by Citizens Count. Thursdays October 19 and November 2 - 4:00-5:00 pm Watch the video recordings here:

Teaching the Presidential Election in Polarizing Times

A Two-Part Virtual Series for Grade 8-12 Teachers made possible by Citizens Count. Thursdays October 19 and November 2 - 4:00-5:00 pm Watch the video recordings here:

The Civic Learning Arc - Inquiry, Investigation, and Taking Informed Action

Featuring Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Ph.D. and Michelle Herczog, Ed.D.

Voting Rights and the Constitution

Presentation by Carol Nackenoff, Richter Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College.

What Kind of Citizen? Educating Middle School Students for the Common Good

Featuring Joel Westheimer of University of Ottawa and Matthew Hicks of Shaker Road School, Concord, NH