[F2F] 2025-26 Social Studies PLC: Grades 5-12

  We’re super excited about the 2025 - 2026 ESSDACK Social Studies PLC sessions! ESSDACK is again partnering together with the Kansas Department of Education to make your participation even easier by lowering the price of attendance to just $35 per session. Facilitated by Glenn Wiebe and other KSDE representatives, our PLC is designed for secondary teachers and will meet four times a year from 9:00 - 3:00. We’ll spend our time highlighting KSDE's Four Fundamentals, sharing ideas, learning from each other, interacting with outside experts, and generally having a great time. The 2025 - 2026 dates are: October 15, 2025Plan on diving into social studies High-Quality Instructional practices, including conversations around America 250 activities and the Social Studies FIELD Guide. December 15, 2025Using High-Quality instructional Materials (HQIMs) is crucial to high-quality learning. Activities will focus on finding, evaluating, and using HQIMs that focus on Claim, Evidence, and Reaso