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Judith Billings, Civics for All Board Co-Chair; attorney, Targeted Alliances; former Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction; CPLE
Margit McGuire, Civics for All Board Co-Chair; Director of the Master’s in Teaching Program at Seattle University; K-6 Civics textbook author and expert; former President of the National Council for the Social Studies; CPLE
Tim Ames, Social Studies Dept. Chair, Nathan Hale High School, Seattle Public Schools (ret.)
Jon Bridge, Ben Bridge Jewelers
Rita Green, MBA, Alaska, Oregon, WA, Seattle/King County NAACP Chair
Representative Steven Bergquist, 11th District; Social Studies teacher, Lindbergh High School, Renton
Rick Nagel, Franklin High School social studies teacher 1966-2002 , Mock Trial Coach (National Championship winner, 2000), Law and Society pioneer; Golden Apple Award Winner 1994
Zenriquez Tellez, FedEx distribution specialist, Franklin High volunteer guidance counselor/basketball coach
Sonny Magana, Vice President, Director Educational Technology Division at Marzano Research Laboratory, Doctoral Candidate, College of Education, Seattle University; Head of Global Research, Promethean (fmr.)
Barbara Serrano, attorney, former editor, LA Times and Seattle Times; board member, National Association of Hispanic Journalists; CPLE;

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Elections Support: Julie Wise, Director, King County Elections

Website Manager: Tomo Kuman-Lesher, Website Designer/Consultant, Nathan Hale High School parent

The Civics for All Initiative

Common K-12 Curricular Structures, Frameworks, and Traditions:

Annual Mock Elections each November, K-12
One New K-12 Civics/Elections unit in each year's social studies classes; depending on teacher preference and student interest, units would be 3 - 10 class periods each autumn
Two K-12 Civics Frameworks Banners:
1. Essential Civics for All Questions – posted in every K-12 classroom
2. Political Spectrum – posted in all gr: 6-12 social studies classrooms
K-12 Media Literacy – especially related to electoral politics and current events
Civics Website – updated reg. with shared curriculum, elections lesson plan ideas, current events lessons, links, etc.
Community Engagement:
1. Voter Registration/Participation Drives – K-12 students, classes, and schools can compete to see who can register the most new voters in their communities and/or get already registered voters (including parents) to actually vote.
2. Parent/Guardian Engagement – students are given homework assignments to discuss the mock elections issues and races with their parents/guardians.
Interdisciplinary Civics (optional) – K-12 teachers in non-social studies disciplines are encouraged to relate their classwork to the mock elections (e.g. math classes could help students understand taxation formulas, science could help students understand environmental initiatives, etc.)
School Culture of Democracy (optional) – principals, teachers, and schools can make the mock election process a celebration of democracy and community engagement to whatever extent desired via ASB involvement, parent and community involvement (election officials), etc.
The Civics for All Initiative Budget:
1. One-time, foundational expenses - $ 280,000
2. Ongoing, annual expenses - $ 56,500

Civics for All in News

Raising a voter: Tips for talking to your kids about politics and the election

Posted on Seattle Child’s

Web Hutchins • December 7, 2018 • 0 Comments

Mock Elections at Ballard

Mock Elections at Ballard High School Engage Students in Civic Participation

Web Hutchins • November 9, 2018 • 0 Comments

Education Week: “Make Mock Elections Mandatory”

Voter turnout is in crisis; better civics training in school can help

Web Hutchins • November 9, 2017 • 0 Comments

Effort to boost our civics IQ is sorely needed

Students in Washington state get too little instruction on basic civics, from constitutional rights to how government functions.

Web Hutchins • May 6, 2016 • 0 Comments