Professional Development for In-Service Teachers
Summer Civics Seminar
Sponsored by a U.S. Department of Education grant, the Summer Civics Seminar accepts applications from in-service teachers from public and private schools in Alabama. The goal is to host one in-service teacher from each of Alabama’s 138 public school districts and 37 in-service teachers from private schools across the state each summer for a week-long professional development program.
The week-long program provides participants with an honorarium, lodging, meals, access to national civic education organizations, expert faculty in the American political thought, keynote speakers, and experiential learning.
We invite K–5 in-service teachers to apply to our summer 2026 program by visiting this application, which closes on Friday, April 17, 2026.
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In partnership with the Regional In-Service Center, teachers may attend these civic discourse events and earn professional learning credit for free.
Summer Civics Symposium
A three-day professional development program for middle and high school teachers that engages with primary courses, which align with the new social studies standards released by the state of Alabama. This program also contains pedagogy sessions by national leaders in civics education.
Participants receive an honorarium, travel reimbursement, meals, a reader, and professional learning credit for completing this program, which is due to generous support from the Jack Miller Center.
The 2026 Summer Civics Symposium is taking place on July 14th through July 16th on the campus of Jacksonville State University.
Application information and program details coming soon.