Teacher Training

Schedule a training

The Holocaust Center for Humanity offers a variety of interactive opportunities for teachers of grades 5-12. Programs are both in-person and virtual and provide practical information for the classroom. Washington State teachers can earn clock hours at eligible programs.

Schedule Teacher Training

All professional development programs are offered free of charge to schools and groups in Washington State. (Travel costs not included.) Donations to support these programs, so we can continue to offer them for free, are always appreciated.

For more information or to schedule a program, please email Branda Anderson, Teaching and Learning Specialist.

Workshop Topics

  • Recognizing and Addressing Antisemitism: Why is antisemitism so often overlooked or inadequately addressed? This interactive session explores what antisemitism looks like today, and how to respond with urgency and care.
  • Navigating Critical Conversations and Tough Topics: We model how educators can foster reflective, honest classrooms rooted in identity and belonging while navigating potentially controversial issues.
  • Other workshops: Teaching the Holocaust in a World History Classroom: Practical Applications l Teaching the Holocaust in a United States History Classroom: Practical Applications l Developing Students’ Media Literacy Skills through Analysis of Nazi Propaganda l Teaching about the Historical Roots of Antisemitism l Teaching about the Holocaust in an ELA Classroom

For more information, or additional topics, please email Branda Anderson, Teaching and Learning Specialist.

Upcoming Teacher Training

Programs offered by the Holocaust Center

  • November 5 - November 8

    Educating for Civic Responsibility: Pedagogical Approaches to the Holocaust and African American History

    Featuring scholars from the Equal Justice Initiative, Institute for Common Power, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and more, educators will wrestle in this workshop with profound moral questions raised by the respective histories of African Americans and the Holocaust and their legacies today. How did systems of oppression in Nazi Germany and the United States enable, and inflame what...

  • November 5 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    A Study of Legacy, Narrative Work, and Truth Telling, with Tad Roach (Equal Justice Initiative)

    Bryan Stevenson developed the vision for the Legacy Sites in Montgomery, Alabama, after studying how Germany, South Africa, and Rwanda confronted histories of violence and injustice to promote truth, repair, and reconciliation. As Stevenson writes, “In America, we have resisted that reckoning.” Through the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, and Montgomery...