Professional Development Monthly

August 27, 2025 | September 2025 Edition (#60)

Affiliated Councils: Open Calls for Proposals

The 2025 Washington State Council for the Social Studies (WSCSS) Fall Conference will take place Saturday, October 11, at Chinook Middle School in Bellevue. This year's theme, "Many Threads, One Flag: 250 Years of Diverse American Voices," invites us to consider the many stories that make up the history of WA and the United States as we begin to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Submit a proposal here by September 12, 2025. 

September Affiliated Council Events

Online Fellowship for High School Students
Interested in discussing big ideas in political economy? Prep for college by applying to the Mercatus Center’s online high school fellowship by September 30, 2025.
Sponsored by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University

105th NCSS Annual Conference Updates

Only 8 days left to apply! NCSS is offering a limited number of registration scholarships for early and mid-career educators, from diverse ethnic groups, especially historically marginalized communities and/or those who teach in economically disadvantaged school districts to attend our Annual Conference. Educators from across the United States and its territories are welcome to apply. The application deadline is September 5, 2025: apply now.  

Highlighted Conference Speakers

Alex Red Corn is Director and Associate Professor of the Indigenous Studies at the University of Kansas, as well as Associate Vice Chancellor for the newly established Office of Sovereign Partnerships and Indigenous Initiative. Dr. Red Corn  is a citizen of the Osage Nation (𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟), where he is a member of the 𐓲𐓣𐓻𐓪𐓷𐓘𐓯𐓰𐓘𐓤𐓟(Gentle Sky/Peacekeeper) clan, with family roots in the 𐓷𐓘𐓸𐓘𐓪𐓧𐓣͘ district near Pawhuska, Oklahoma (USA). More.

Cinthia Salinas is the Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents Professor in Education at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. As a classroom and teacher education researcher, her work has highlighted the use of critical historical inquiry as a means to capture the civic identity, agency, and membership of the bilingual Latine community. More. 

Yohuru Williams is a professor of history and founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. A regular contributor to a variety of media programming on CNN and History, he is the author of numerous books, including Teaching US History Beyond the Textbook; Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter; and More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. More.

NAAEE is hosting its annual conference online this November 3-6 for environmental education professionals, designed to promote innovation, networking, learning, and dissemination of best practices across the field. Their annual Research Symposium, held in advance of the conference, attracts new and established researchers to examine in-progress EE research, explore the current state and future directions of environmental education research, and advance the use of practices proven to be effective. Learn more and register here. 

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Online Fellowship for High School Students
Interested in discussing big ideas in political economy? Prep for college by applying to the Mercatus Center’s online high school fellowship by September 30, 2025.
Sponsored by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University

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