Learn More! Fill out this Professional Development Interest Form or contact your state We the People program coordinator.
- Free professional development! A total of 52 hours of professional development in a learning community with mentors and other teachers from your state or neighboring states, including a 36-hour in-person summer institute and 16 hours of online academic-year follow up. The next round of summer institutes begin in 2024! (Find a summer institute in your state)
- Engaging pedagogy and academic content, centered on the highly-effective We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum
- A network of support and resources for engaging diverse student populations in the history, principles, and current application of the U.S. Constitution
- Scholar guest speakers
- Access to a library of professional development videos with noted scholars and practitioners cued to the curriculum
- Free set of We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution textbooks and teacher’s guide
- A stipend for completing program requirements
Who’s Eligible?
Program Requirements
- Participate in 52 hours of professional development (36 in summer institute and 16 during school-year)
- Implement 40 hours of classroom instruction using the curriculum
- Involve students in the simulated congressional hearing instructional activity
- Participate in a teacher pre- and post-test
- Administer student pre- and post-tests
Want to learn more? Fill out this Interest Form or contact your state We the People program coordinator.
Summer 2023 Single-State Sites |
Summer 2023 State Partnership Sites |
Kentucky |
California & Hawaii |
Nevada |
Indiana, Ohio, & West Virginia |
Michigan |
Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, & Wyoming |
Oklahoma |
Maryland, Delaware, & Washington D.C. |
Oregon |
Mississippi & Louisiana |
Tennessee |
New England (Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, and & New York) |
Texas |
New Jersey & Pennsylvania |
Virginia |
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Washington |
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- This project is funded by a Supporting Effective Educator Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
- Project Goals: (1) To increase underserved grades 4–8 students’ attainment of state civics standards, related literacy standards, and social and emotional learning competencies, (2) to create inclusive and identity-safe learning environments for underserved students in grades 4–8, (3) to support high-quality development for diverse teachers, and (4) to study the effectiveness of the updated and enhanced We the People blended-learning professional development program at improving teacher and student outcomes.
Become part of the We the People network—a nationwide K-12 civic education professional development and implementation network impacting more than 100,000 teachers and 30 million students since inception!