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Starting the School Year with Community and Connection
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July 21, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Starting the School Year with Community and Connection

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Starting the School Year with Community and Connection

Date

July 21, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Location

Online

Cost

Free

Credit

Subject Professional Learning — Classroom Management, Instructional Strategies • Social Studies — History/Historical Events
Grade Level Grades 6-12, Professional Development

About This Webinar

Join Facing History & Ourselves in preparing for the upcoming school year. Together we’ll explore teaching strategies and flexible resources designed to help educators get to know their students as individuals and facilitate the process of creating an open, supportive, and reflective classroom community. 

In addition, we will model classroom routines that teachers can implement from day one to support effective learning and meaningful student-centered practices in homeroom, advisory, or academic courses. Materials and resources are designed for middle school and high school level students.

Participants will:

  • Consider the values and concerns that inform back-to-school planning
  • Explore Facing History & Ourselves’ various back-to-school resources, including the Back to School Toolkit
  • Share strategies, activities, and ideas for supporting student well-being and academic achievement

Want more sessions to choose from? Check out all of the free, for-credit webinars in Share My Lesson's Summer of Learning 2026 series.

Speakers

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Associate Program Director, West Region, Facing History & Ourselves, Facing History & Ourselves

Jason David is the Associate Program Director for the West at Facing History & Ourselves. He is a former high school Humanities teacher in both public and independent school settings. He taught both United States and world history through an interdisciplinary approach in addition to leading advisory programming and serving on committees tasked with developing an inclusive school climate.

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Program Associate, Facing History and Ourselves

Joe Spencer (he/him) is a Program Associate at Facing History and Ourselves. Prior to joining Facing History, he taught History for almost 15 years at both public and private schools in Los Angeles, as well as in his hometown of Buffalo, New York.

Professional Credit

Share My Lesson webinars are available for one-hour of PD credit. A certificate of completion will be available for download at the end of your session that you can submit for your school's or district's approval.

In addition, Share My Lesson has arrangements in place as follows:

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