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

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!

We the People: Project Citizen
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. These workshops are designed for middle school educators interested in involving their students in a service-learning project using the Project Citizen model.

Service-Learning Institute for Educators
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.