Join colleagues across all academic disciplines in an engaging and outcomes-based professional learning experience. Learn and practice strategies to foster productive civil dialogue in our classrooms and school communities. This learning model will allow you to share and teach these strategies to your colleagues.

Sign up for one of the following date/time/location options: 4 Relicensure hours available for attendance.

• January 31, 2023 8:00 am – 11:30 am

Join colleagues across all academic disciplines in an engaging and outcomes-based professional learning experience. Learn and practice strategies to foster productive civil dialogue in our classrooms and school communities. This learning model will allow you to share and teach these strategies to your colleagues.

Sign up for one of the following date/time/location options: 4 Relicensure hours available for attendance.

• January 31, 2023 8:00 am – 11:30 am
  Granite School District

• January 31, 2023 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
  Granite School District

• February 1, 2023 8:00 am – 11:30 am
  Utah State Board of Education

• February 1, 2023 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
  Utah State Board of Education

• June 15, 2023 8:00 am – 11:30 am Granite School District

• June 15, 2023 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm Granite School District

About our Facilitator, Mary Ellen Daneels: Mary Ellen Daneels is a National Board Certified teacher who taught at West Chicago Community High School for 27 years. She serves as the Director of the Illinois Civics Hub and Illinois Democracy School Network, leading efforts to support the implementation of the middle and high school civics course requirements and Illinois social science standards.

She has been recognized as the Law-related Educator of the Year from the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago, Teacher of the Year by the 19th District of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Civic Education Teacher from the Center for Civic Education and the Illinois Education Association Teacher of the Year. Mary Ellen has presented on the proven practices of civic learning throughout the nation. She has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and highlighted in numerous publications such as Education Week, Social Education, and Educational Leadership.

Mary Ellen has advocated for civic education before federal and state lawmakers. She served on the Board of Directors for the National Council of the Social Studies and worked on both the Steering Committee and Pedagogy Committee for the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap.