Membership Opportunities

If you are an elementary, secondary or college/university educator, university student or other social studies professional, then you should be a member of the Michigan Council for the Social Studies.

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As a member, you will be able to share ideas and insights with your colleagues throughout the state, have access to new resource materials, and a wealth of useful services. You can develop and share ideas on the future of social studies in schools, especially the concerns of teacher preparation and innovative methodology.

The Michigan Council for the Social Studies offers several opportunities that make our membership invaluable:

• MCSS offers you social studies contacts across the state.
• MCSS provides a voice in statewide decision making through advocacy and legislative education.
• Interest area networking at the Annual Conference gives you an opportunity to meet social studies professionals from other parts of Michigan.
• Conference events provide members and opportunity to meet professionals from your own region.
• Members maintain a presence on the Board of Directors through an elected District Representative
• MCSS presents annual awards recognizing Educator-of-the-Year, Outstanding Social Studies Students and Educators.
• MCSS provides you and your students with the opportunity to participate in the annual Michigan Social Studies OLYMPIAD.
• MCSS exposes you to new materials, texts, and lesson ideas through the Memorandum and the Journal.
• MCSS helps with your textbook selection and evaluation process by bringing all the major publishers together at the Annual State Professional Development Conference.
• MCSS has the answers to your thorniest teaching or curriculum problems by putting you in contact with members who have experienced similar situations.
• MCSS testifies at educational hearings, maintains a representative in the Department of Education Committees and in the National Council for the Social Studies.