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Welcome to the IU13’s professional learning offerings from the Educational Technology and Teaching and Learning Collaborative teams!

Discover tailored professional learning opportunities, easily filtered by category below or explore our calendar on Frontline for a wide variety of sessions designed to elevate your skills.  

For more information or to initiate collaboration, please contact our Educational Technology team or our Teaching and Learning Collaborative team.

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Adopt-a-Middle School Cohort 1 & 2 – Invite Only

Social Studies/ IS

September 25, 2025 Series
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

We will continue our work into Project Based Learning together as a combined cohort to maximize connections and supports across districts.

Adopt-a-Middle School: Coaching for Sustainability – *Invite Only*

Social Studies/ IS

September 26, 2025 Series
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Our goal of these two meetings is to work with New Tech Network to develop sustainability plans for PBL in our schools and design collaborative approaches to building our capacity for Project Based Learning.

History Beyond the Textbook: Engaging Students with Primary Sources

Social Studies/ IS

October 21, 2025
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Explore how primary sources can bring history to life for students and enhance their engagement with historical content. This session introduces strategies for using artifacts, archives, and digital tools to help students develop analytical and interpretive skills. Participants will gain practical ideas for integrating primary sources into K-12 lessons. Lunch...
Explore how primary sources can bring history to life for students and enhance their engagement with historical content. This session introduces strategies for using artifacts, archives, and digital tools to help students develop analytical and interpretive skills. Participants will gain practical ideas for integrating primary sources into K-12 lessons. Lunch on your own
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Teaching American History Seminar: Progressive Era and Jim Crow

Social Studies/ IS

November 18, 2025
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

This seminar will focus on the roots of Jim Crow in the late 19th century. What was the catalyst for Jim Crow legislation? How did the laws and customs of Jim Crow get firmly established? How was it defended by its supporters? How was it attacked by civil rights advocates...
This seminar will focus on the roots of Jim Crow in the late 19th century. What was the catalyst for Jim Crow legislation? How did the laws and customs of Jim Crow get firmly established? How was it defended by its supporters? How was it attacked by civil rights advocates and how did African Americans respond to the systematic discrimination of Jim Crow? Join your colleagues for a deep dive into documents that describe what C. Vann Woodward called, "The Strange Career of Jim Crow.” This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions.
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Using Historical Thinking Skills to Combat Misinformation

Social Studies/ IS

December 16, 2025
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

This session provides tools for teaching students to critically evaluate sources and claims to combat misinformation in today's media landscape. Educators will explore strategies like the SIFT method, CRAAP test, and digital literacy frameworks to build students' historical thinking skills. Participants will consider how to empower students to become critical...
This session provides tools for teaching students to critically evaluate sources and claims to combat misinformation in today's media landscape. Educators will explore strategies like the SIFT method, CRAAP test, and digital literacy frameworks to build students' historical thinking skills. Participants will consider how to empower students to become critical consumers of information. Lunch on your own
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The Inclusive Social Studies Classroom: Amplifying Underrepresented Voices

Social Studies/ IS

January 14, 2026
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

This session focuses on strategies to integrate diverse perspectives and lesser-told stories into the social studies curriculum. Participants will explore ways to engage students through empathetic learning approaches and inclusive instructional practices. Practical resources and examples will support educators in creating a more representative and meaningful classroom experience. Lunch on...
This session focuses on strategies to integrate diverse perspectives and lesser-told stories into the social studies curriculum. Participants will explore ways to engage students through empathetic learning approaches and inclusive instructional practices. Practical resources and examples will support educators in creating a more representative and meaningful classroom experience. Lunch on your own
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Teaching American History Seminar: American Intervention in Foreign Policy

Social Studies/ IS

March 11, 2026
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Americans have always looked beyond their own borders. Nevertheless, the Founders advised Americans to steer clear of foreign quarrels. This seminar will examine how the tension between these two tendencies has played out through the history of the United States. This program will be conducted as a Socratic discussion, utilizing...
Americans have always looked beyond their own borders. Nevertheless, the Founders advised Americans to steer clear of foreign quarrels. This seminar will examine how the tension between these two tendencies has played out through the history of the United States. This program will be conducted as a Socratic discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions.
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