Welcome to Colorado Council for the Social Studies

ATTENTION ALL COLORADO TEACHERS

If you did not receive the special Colorado edition of the NCSS conference preview, you can download it from here. Also, we have the local registration form for you to download. The only way to get the Colorado registration discount is to fill out the form and mail it to NCSS with a check. The Colorado discount is not online at the NCSS website.

The Colorado Council wishes to offer teachers in Colorado WHO HAVE NEVER ATTENDED AN NCSS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, the opportunity to earn a scholarship. Download the form from here and apply by SEPTEMBER 17, 2010. This is separate from the NCSS First Timer's Scholarship and you cannot apply to receive both.

The NCSS annual conference has not been in Denver since 1972, don't miss out on this opportunity to network with educators from across the nation and the world. We would love to see 500+ Colorado social studies educators in attendance.  See you November 12-14 at the Colorado Convention Center!

Sincerely,

Chris Elnicki and Dorsee Tucker, Local Arrangements Co-chairs.

CCSS Board Candidate information is now available. Visit our Current News section.

Important Event Information

NCSS Conference 2010 —
Vistas, Visions & Voices

Join NCSS at the nation’s largest and most comprehensive social studies professional development conference in Denver from November 12-14, 2010.

Travel West and join NCSS in Denver in 2010 to celebrate the 90th year of the nation’s premier social studies professional development conference. With the theme Vistas, Visions & Voices, the 90th NCSS Annual Conference will bring together top professionals in social studies education and highlight the central role of social studies in our schools—preparing 21st century citizens who have learned from the voices of the past and the present to participate in an interdependent global society of the future. More...

Planning for the Denver Conference: Start now!

There are many of us who want to attend the NCSS conference in Denver but finding the funding in our limited budgets can be a challenge.  When you think about the fact that it has been almost 40 years since there has been an NCSS conference in Denver, see the list of speakers and read about the conference at http://www.socialstudies.org/conference, excitement begins to build. But so do the concerns about credit card payments. So here are a few tips to for your planning easier.