Virginia Geographic Alliance
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Alliances work within four major program areas:
- Curriculum: to improve student achievement in geography by increasing the quality, availability, and application of geography content and instruction.
- Training: To improve student achievement in geography through professional development for teachers in geography content and instruction.
- Outreach: To improve student achievement in geography by increasing public awareness of the value of geographic literacy for all citizens.
- Assessment: To improve student achievement in geography through well-developed and thoughtful assessment mechanisms.
The Virginia Geographic Alliance provides:
- Content-oriented short courses by university professors accompanied by models of classroom applications from K-12 teachers
- Workshops and mini-institutes on pedagogy and technology specifically related to the effective teaching of geography.
- Curriculum development for Advanced Placement programs in Geography.
- Alliance Summer Geography Institutes to prepare teachers who return to their schools and teach geographic education techniques to colleagues.
- Coordination and training for classroom and school-wide projects related to national Geography Awareness Week, sponsored each year by the National Geographic Society.
- Statewide and regional newsletters and this web site for the dissemination of information on geography education issues and activities.
- Educational materials, including maps, An Atlas of Virginia, and lesson plans.
TCs: Please send announcements of upcoming activities to VGA webmaster so that this page can be kept as up-to-date as possible. Thanks.