Wayne Career Center teacher chosen to be National Constitution Center Fellow
The National Constitution Center announced its inaugural class for the Constitutional Fellows program, a yearlong program with teachers piloting the new Constitution 101 curriculum in high school classrooms across the country.
Kimberly Huffman of the Wayne County Joint Vocational School District has been chosen to join the cohort of national educators.
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“We’re excited to launch the Constitutional Fellows program, which will bring together educators and students from across America to pilot our Constitution 101 curriculum in the classrooms," said Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, in a news release. “Fellows will explore new ways to teach about the Constitution while also honing their skills of critical thinking and civil debate.”
Constitution 101, modeled on the National Constitution Center’s framework for rigorous, nonpartisan constitutional education and the practice of civil dialogue, offers high school, middle school and adult learners the opportunity to think about the Constitution and the core principles of the American idea more deeply, more critically, and for themselves. Constitutional Fellows are high school teachers, schools and leaders from across the country who will pilot the 15-module curriculum and provide feedback to the NCC’s team of educators.
“The Constitution 101 Curriculum does a really good job of showcasing the difference between constitutional questions and political questions; those that are answered by the text of the Constitution and those that are resolved through the political process of elections,” Huffman said. “It’s the difference of what we can do that’s in the Constitution and what we decide to do through the political process. That’s what the focus is and that’s why I really like it.”
The Constitutional Fellows cohort includes teachers from 12 states, representing public and private, rural and urban schools who will receive a range of training and development tools throughout the school year such as live classes with scholars that provide students an opportunity to learn from judges, journalists, public officials, and other experts, while also engaging in civil dialogue with peers from around the country.
The Constitutional Fellows program is still inviting applications from educators from high school-level social studies, history, government and literacy disciplines to apply. Visit the National Constitution Center’s website for information on how to apply.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Huffman among teacher nationwide to pilot Constitution 101 program
