Professional Development

Professional development should do more than introduce ideas – it should inspire meaningful growth in teaching practice and student outcomes.

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Featured Webinar – Press Start on Financial Literacy: Engaging Students with Video Games

Use popular video games to teach budgeting, investing, risk, and real-world financial decision-making.

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2026

Professional Development 51–61 min

Current Events That Click: Turning Headlines into Classroom Conversations

Current Events That Click: Turning Headlines into Classroom Conversations

A PD focused on turning fast-moving headlines into meaningful classroom discussion students actually engage with.

Who Owns the Ocean? Teaching the Law of the Sea Through Today’s Headlines

Who Owns the Ocean? Teaching the Law of the Sea Through Today’s Headlines

A PD focused on bringing critical thinking, debate, and real-world global issues into your classroom.

Inventing the Future: Innovation, Venture Capital & Black Literature

Inventing the Future: Innovation, Venture Capital & Black Literature

PD helping students examine who builds, funds, and imagines the future through innovation and Black speculative literature.

Civil Rights in the Classroom: Teaching Black History Month Through Inquiry

Civil Rights in the Classroom: Teaching Black History Month Through Inquiry

Teach civil rights through inquiry and evidence-based discussion using classroom-ready resources for Black History Month and beyond.

Press Start on Financial Literacy: Engaging Students with Video Games

Press Start on Financial Literacy: Engaging Students with Video Games

Use popular video games to teach budgeting, investing, risk, and real-world financial decision-making.

2025

Professional Development 29–58 min

Economics at the Holidays: Teaching Value, Scarcity & Spending

Economics at the Holidays: Teaching Value, Scarcity & Spending

Use the winter holidays to teach supply, demand, and consumer choices.

Building the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Building the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Learn how to use real-world stories to teach high schoolers about innovation, leadership, and entrepreneurial thinking.

Serving with Purpose: Teaching Military Service & Civic Duty

Serving with Purpose: Teaching Military Service & Civic Duty

Learn strategies to help students understand the meaning of civic duty and the sacrifices behind military service beyond the textbook.

Barbie and the Power of Entrepreneurship

Barbie and the Power of Entrepreneurship

Learn how to teach innovation through Ruth Handler's story & guide students in creating their own Entrepreneurship Barbie.

Teaching Economics Doesn't Have to Stink

Teaching Economics Doesn't Have to Stink

Turn waste into wealth! Explore fresh strategies to teach supply, demand & value creation.

Putting President Hoover on Trial: A PD for Teachers

Putting President Hoover on Trial: A PD for Teachers

Learn how to turn President Hoover & his time in the office into a classroom escape room challenge.

How Geography Shapes the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

How Geography Shapes the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

Show students that geography is more than maps; it's the force that shapes empires, cultures, and innovation.

Freedom in 45: Teaching America's Ideals with Purpose

Freedom in 45: Teaching America's Ideals with Purpose

Explore proven methods to teach about our founding documents and spark meaningful student discussions.

Talk That Transforms: Mastering Socratic Seminars in Any Classroom

Talk That Transforms: Mastering Socratic Seminars in Any Classroom

Looking for a powerful way to deepen classroom discussions and get students thinking for themselves?

Take Your Students on a Global Adventure

Take Your Students on a Global Adventure

Learn how to use our VIFT activity to foster discussions related to the academic fields of economics, geography, social studies & more.

Strategies That Stick: Helping Students Succeed on Test Day and Beyond

Strategies That Stick: Helping Students Succeed on Test Day and Beyond

Learn effective test-taking strategies that engage students & boost performance.

The Truth About Taxes

The Truth About Taxes

Prepare your students for their first paycheck–and everything that comes with it!

Teaching Money Skills That Matter

Teaching Money Skills That Matter

Equip your students with the money skills they'll need for life.

Trailblazing Women in Business: Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs

Trailblazing Women in Business: Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs

Learn about women who have shaped industries & redefined business.

Celebrate Civics with Pups of Liberty: The Dog-claration of Independence

Celebrate Civics with Pups of Liberty: The Dog-claration of Independence

Learn how to bring the Revolutionary War to life for your elementary students.

Civics Fundamentals Webinar

Civics Fundamentals Webinar

Strengthen civic knowledge and empower future citizens with our Civics Fundamentals course.

Celebrating Black History Month: Ida B. Wells

Celebrating Black History Month: Ida B. Wells

Bring Ida B. Wells' fearless fight for justice to your classroom with powerful, ready-to-use resources and strategies.

2024

Professional Development On-demand

Life Behind the Berlin Wall Webinar

Life Behind the Berlin Wall Webinar

Celebrate 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall!

Recorded Sessions

Professional Development 41–42 min

izzit.org Virtual International Field Trip Webinar

izzit.org Virtual International Field Trip Webinar

Learn how to integrate our VIFT activity in your classroom and engage your students by watching our PD webinar.