UCBHSSP Events

We are excited to support teacher learning during the Summer of 2025.

Check out our listings and come back soon for more details.

Deliberative Discourse for Controversial Conversations in the Classroom

Monday June 16 - Tuesday, June 17, 2025 on Zoom

Learn a structured discourse protocol for controversial topics in which students research and explore the perspectives of different stakeholders while clarifying their own stance. Includes discussion on planning for deliberative discourse and navigating controversy in the classroom.

Sessions will include:
- Special guest speaker, Eric Soto-Shed, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

- Considerations when choosing appropriate issues for deliberation.

-Framing questions to ensure a safe and productive conversation.

-A framework guiding adaptations for different intensities of controversy

-Responding to unplanned controversies

Register here

2025 Newcomer Initiative Summer Institute

June 24 through June 26 2025 9:00 am - 3:00 pm @ UC Berkeley

This 3 day in-person institute will address the diverse language needs of newcomer students. Teams and individual educators are encouraged to attend as they learn strategies to modify instruction for Multilingual Learners and Newcomers Students. Participants will apply the strategies to their own curriculum with guidance and feedback. These strategies can be brought back to school sites and applied to many different instructional contexts.

To register click here.

Online Summer IACP Institute

June 23 - 27 2025 on Zoom

Come learn about the Integrated Action Civics Project (IACP) that fosters justice-oriented student voice, agency, and civic empowerment in K-12 classrooms. Central to this approach is the introduction of strategies throughout your existing course to help students understand the process of social change, while offering new lenses for the study of course content. Students can apply their learned skills and scaffolds to engage in meaningful, authentic civic action in their communities.

The IACP strategies also support student exploration of Ethnic Studies concepts of identity, systems of oppression, hope and healing and resistance and change.

Ethnic Studies Community of Practice

How do we center the needs of our communities in High School Ethnic Studies courses?

The Community of Practice continues on Tuesday November 19th at 4:00 pm PST as the UC Berkeley High School Ethnic Studies Initiative will host a free monthly community of practice for Ethnic Studies educators. Over the course of six virtual meetings, those in attendance will be asked to develop best practices for:

- Identifying the assets and challenges that come with community-centered

- High School Ethnic Studies coursesAddressing misunderstandings about

- Ethnic StudiesUncovering, and making meaning of local histories

A zoom link will be provided upon registration. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

2024-25 Newcomer Support Community of Practice

The UCBHSSP is excited to offer a community of practice for teachers and coordinators that work with Newcomers. This collaborative effort to increase access to content and language learning will meet 4-6 times online during the 2024-25 school year. During these sessions, participants will learn new strategies. Additionally, educators will share their own strategies, the resulting student work, and modifications based on instruction. The first meeting is on Sept. 10 at 4:00pm on zoom, however interested participants can still join the community of practice at any time during the year.

Register here - Zoom link will be sent before the event.

Professional Development for Educators - ongoing

A number of units across campus offer programs in support of the ongoing learning of classroom teachers. Check out this events calendar and share it with your colleagues in other content areas.

California History-Social Science Project - ongoing

Learn about programs hosted by member sites of CHSSP.

Note on Program Accessibility: If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in a UCBHSSP event, please contact Rachel Reinhard at ucbhssp@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.