Including Elections and Voting in Your Back-to-School Planning: Why It’s More Crucial This Year, and How Admin Can Do So Effectively

In this webinar, K-12 school, district, and state administrators will consider research, resources, and examples of what it looks like to make an institution-wide commitment to engaging students in inquiry and preparation to participate in the 2020 presidential election this November and civic life in the future. Attendees will be introduced to the 17 nonprofit members of the Teaching for Democracy Alliance (TFDA) and their collective resources and tactical recommendations for elevating civics education (including voter registration, media literacy, Action Civics, and current events discussion) across their schools and districts. Attendees will hear from 1-2 administrators connected with Alliance members who have committed to testing a range of strategies for prioritizing teaching about elections and voting this fall. This presentation will provide attendees with resources and best practices for helping teachers actualize all categories of the C3 Framework's Dimension 2 "Civics" subsection.