Area served: Statewide
http://csmp.ucop.edu/cisp
Contact: Ronald Herring, CISP Executive Director
209-946-2280
University of the Pacific George Wilson Hall 3601 Pacific Avenue
Stockton, CA 95211
Description of Organization:
CISP focuses on increasing teacher competence in history and international studies.
CISP offers professional development programs, institutes, workshops and coaching in:
- history & geography of US and the world
- world cultures
- economics
- world religions
- global issues
- relations among nations
- content literacy and academic development
Description of Products and Services Available to Schools:
- interdisciplinary professional development programs o institutes, workshop series, coaching, school and district partnerships
- history & geography of US and the world
- world cultures and regions - Asia, Oceania, Africa, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East
- economics
- world religions
- unresolved global issues - human rights, environment, migration, economics and international conflict
- relations among nations - student town hall meetings, simulations, international relations courses and diplomacy exercises
- content literacy and academic language development
- English Language Arts and ELD standards in relation to the social science curriculum
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