This Academy is for FREE for educators and officers who serve an upper-elementary, middle and/or high school population. 

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This Center for Civic Education curriculum provides lessons and activities for grades 4-12.  The primary goal of the We the People program is to promote civic awareness and responsibility in students.  By emphasizing student involvement and encouraging students to relate important concepts and principles to historical and contemporary situations, the program strengthens students’ critical thinking and public speaking skills.  This training will be held in conjunction with the We the People State Competition. 

Attendees will receive a FREE classroom set of We the People textbooks plus a teacher's guide!  Those who have attended a WTP training in FY 17 or 18 will not be eligible to receive another classroom set of textbooks.

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This Academy is for educators who serve a lower elementary (K-3) population. Educators from a School Safety Program Funded site have the ability to attend for free. To learn more, click on the event.

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The K-3 grades are an important age group to instill skills and competency with law-related education.  Their learning needs require specifically tailored strategies that will keep their attention and ensure they retain information.  This training will provide participants with tools for working with the primary grades.  The lesson plans provided will utilize children’s literature to address campus issues such as bullying, inappropriate teasing, tattling vs. telling, asking permission before taking things, respecting others and obeying rules.    

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This Academy is for educators who serve a middle and/or high school population. Educators from a School Safety Program Funded site have the ability to attend for free. To learn more, click on the event.

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Being the driver carries great responsibility to make certain everyone inside the vehicle gets safely to their destination.  Have your students ever considered the role passengers play in making the ride safe?  This training will provide participants with interactive methods to educate youth on the responsibilities the driver and the passengers have to ensure a safe ride.  The lessons provided will address the general safety considerations while riding in a car, ways to avoid distracting the driver and legal consequences for disobeying safe driving practices.  Students will also learn the proper actions during a traffic stop and how to cope with peer pressure to ride in an unsafe situation. 

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This Academy is for educators who serve a middle and/or high school population. Educators from a School Safety Program Funded site have the ability to attend for free. To learn more, click on the event.

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Campus discipline issues and juvenile delinquency can be reduced when students understand the importance of seeking consent while interacting with their peers.  There are many circumstances that require permission and clear, verbal permission is the best.  Students may need assistance understanding why they cannot borrow their friend’s cellphone without asking, why hugging may make others uncomfortable, and when teasing goes too far.  Conflict can arise when youth do not understand the impact lack of consent will cause.  This training will provide participants with interactive methods to educate youth on the importance of obtaining permission during their social interactions and to respect the decisions of others.  Students will learn how to recognize when consent is needed and provided and how to communicate their personal boundaries to others.  

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This Academy is for educators and officers who serve a high school population. 

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A variety of lessons will be utilized during this one-day training that will enable officers and teachers to help their student’s transition from the classroom to life after high school.  The main tool provided is the “When You Turn 18” brochure, a project of the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education in partnership with the Arizona Supreme Court and the Maricopa County Courts.  The “When You Turn 18” brochure was developed to inform students of the new rights and responsibilities that they receive on their 18th birthday.  Twenty-five different topics are addressed, from contracts and credit cards to domestic violence and drugs.  All topics are relevant to students’ lives and focus on the legality of each issue.  Through various lessons and activities, students will be provided with the necessary knowledge to assist them in exercising their rights while remaining law-abiding citizens.  These lessons have been revised; therefore, participants who have attended this training before may attend again to receive six new lessons.  All attendees will receive a set of the “When You Turn 18” brochures at the conclusion of the training.

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