Deliberative Discourse for Controversial Conversations
August 3-4, 2026.
Integrated Action Civics Saturday Workshop Series
Various Dates, Virtual
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IACP Saturday Workshop Series - Virtual!
Come learn about the Integrated Action Civics Project (IACP) that fosters justice-oriented student voice, agency, and civic empowerment in K-12 classrooms. Central to this approach is the introduction of strategies throughout your existing course to help students understand the process of social change, while offering new lenses for the study of your regular course content. The IACP strategies supports student exploration course content across the disciplines - History, Social Studies, Ethnic Studies, ELA, Art, Science etc.
This integrated approach empowers students to apply their learned skills and scaffolds to engage in meaningful, authentic civic action, whether in your course to earn the State Seal of Civic Engagement, or later in life as an engaged member of their community.
Join us for one or all of the 5 sessions:
- Sep. 9, 2026: Introduction to IACP, Worldview, Envisioning Justice:
Guide students in exploring the origin and implications of their worldview and ideas about a just society. - Oct. 26 2026: Problem Analysis, Clarify Focus:
Analysis of root causes and consequences provide essential understandings and is the first step in setting goals for taking effective action. - Nov. 14, 2026: Power Analysis Beyone the Binary:
Understanding nuances of power beyond a binary helps our students both understand historical process and be effective change agents. - Jan. 16, 2027: Local History / Stake & Rights-holders Analysis:
Centering local history and an analysis of those connected to events and issues brings relevance and meaning to your course content. - Feb. 20, 2027: Strategize, Messaging and Taking Action:
Exploring how movements use their analysis to develop strategies and build campaigns helps students understand social change.
All sessions are on Saturdays from 9:00 am to Noon, Pacific Time.
Personal Zoom links will be sent before each session.
Cost: $30 per session. $120 for the entire series ($30 discount).
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(CEUs Available)
Deliberative Discourse for Controversial Conversations in the Classroom
August 3-4, Virtual Workshop, 9:00-12:00 Pacific Time
Learn a structured discourse protocol for controversial topics in which students research and explore the perspectives of different stakeholders while clarifying their own stance. Includes discussion on planning for deliberative discourse and navigating controversy in the classroom.
Sessions will include:
- Special guest speaker,Eric Soto-Shed(link is external), Harvard Graduate School of Education.
- Learning and experiencing the discourse protocol
- Considerations when choosing appropriate issues for deliberation.
- Framing questions to ensure a safe and productive conversation.
- A framework guiding adaptations for different intensities of controversy
- Responding to unplanned controversies
Cost: $125 (Early Bird rate: $100, Groups of 4 or more: $100/person)