Overview

KIDS Consortium offers a variety of professional development opportunities throughout the year for educators, school administrators and community members. Trainings are offered in a variety of locations. Check back here often to view the latest training opportunities near you. Scholarships may be available, contact us for more information.

Professional Development Opportunities

 

Service-Learning Institute for Educators

Please check back for our Summer Schedule in January 2010.
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These 4-day trainings are designed to provide K-12 educators with an in-depth understanding of the steps of the KIDS service-learning model. Participants will receive a wealth of resources and strategies for designing, implementing, and assessing quality service-learning projects. Graduate Credits available.

We the People: Project Citizen:
These 1-day workshops are designed for educators interested in involving their students in a service-learning project using the Project Citizen model. Project Citizen is a structured program that helps students become responsible and involved citizens. Through the program, students identify and research a public policy issue in their community, develop their own solution, and create and implement an action plan. 

Get Started with Service-Learning:
These 1-day workshops are designed to help educators and community members learn about the KIDS model of service-learning.  You will come away with tools, resources, strategies and enthusiasm to begin a KIDS service-learning project in your school and community!