California on My Honor:
Civics Institute for Teachers (2008)
Southern California: California State University San Marcos, San Diego
June 30–July 3, 2008, plus one-day follow-up
Northern California: Administrative Office of the Courts, San Francisco
July 8–11, 2008, plus one-day follow-up
Do you know teachers in your community, perhaps those involved with local law
related education programs, or peer/youth courts, who would be interested in an intensive training focused on the courts with no out of pocket expense to participants? Do you have judicial officers or court staff who would like to share effective practices/materials with K-12 teachers from across California?
Institute Details
This summer a total of fifty K-12 teachers from across California will be selected to participate in a multi-day civics training institute focused on the judicial branch, an expansion of a San Diego institute initiated in 2006. Organized and led by a Professor of Education at California State University, the purpose of this training is for participant teachers to:
- Review the current K-12 curriculum standards related to civics education; increase knowledge of the role of courts and the operations of courts;
- Experience models of existing K-12 court and law-related education programs, including a visit to the local courthouse and meeting with judges;
- Refresh knowledge of principles of effective lesson plan design and impact evaluation; learn about exciting ways to use technology in teaching about civics; prepare unique lesson plans to use in participants' classrooms, tailored to individual classrooms and communities; and
- Report back to institute leaders and participants at a later date after implementation and evaluation of the lesson plan.
This professional development opportunity is offered free of charge to the twenty-five teachers competitively selected for each of the two institute sessions.
For more information and an application packet, please contact program director Dr. Fran Chadwick, fchadwic@csusm.edu, or Catharine Price, cat.price@jud.ca.gov.
K-12 teachers with at least three years of classroom experience should submit an application as soon as possible. The competitive selection process will continue on a rolling basis with new applications being reviewed until the institute is full.
Complete Application Materials (PDF)
