Location
League Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD)
Program: Recharge and refocus with fellow League members at 2022 League Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD), presented virtually via Zoom on Saturday, January 22, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. Hear about the status of civics education in South Carolina schools from panelists Rebecca Mueller, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education at USC Upstate; Patrick Kelly, Director of Governmental Affairs for the SC Palmetto Teachers Association and AP Government/Politics instructor; and Marc Turner, President-elect of the SC Council for Social Studies, Co-Chair of the SC Council for History Education, and AP History/Government/Economics instructor.
Lynn Teague, LWVSC Vice President, Issues & Advocacy, will preview the 2022 SC legislative session. Redistricting Work Group Co-Chairs Matt Saltzman and Shayna Howell will summarize “What We Gained and What We Lost.” To help us navigate turbulent midterm election waters Sharda Jackson Smith, LWVSC Director, National Issues and Action, and JoAnne Day, LWVSC Director, State Program, will engage us in the timely topic: “Staying Nonpartisan in Hyper-Partisan Times.”
LEAD 2022 Companion Materials
LEAD 2022 Recordings and References
Presenters' Slides
LWVSC LEAD: Remaining Nonpartisan.ppt
About the Civics Panel
Patrick Kelly is Director of Governmental Affairs for the Palmetto State Teachers Association. He also serves on the governing boards of NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress known as The Nation’s Report Card, as well as the S.C. Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement (CERRA). In these roles, Mr. Kelly reviews both federal and state education policy, standards, and curriculum. He regularly testifies before South Carolina legislative committees regarding bills impacting the state’s public schools, teachers, budget, and curriculum.
A nationally certified instructor, Mr. Kelly is Richland School District Two Coordinator of Professional Learning and an AP U.S. government and politics teacher.
Rebecca Mueller, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education at USC Upstate. Her research focuses on teachers’ use of inquiry and questioning in the social studies classroom. Dr. Mueller co-edited a National Council for the Social Studies Bulletin, Teaching the C3 Framework: Exploring Inquiry-Based Instruction in Social Studies. “Compelling Questions with Rebecca Mueller“ has been featured on Visions of Education, a podcast devoted to “big ideas in education.”
Prior to joining the USC Upstate faculty, Dr. Mueller was a nationally certified secondary instructor in Lexington, Kentucky.
Marc Turner is President-Elect of the South Carolina Council for Social Studies. The council’s legislative priority “Social Studies: Every Student, Every Day” reflects their position that the survival of our democracy depends upon quality social studies instruction in grades K-12.
Mr. Turner is also Co-Chair of the South Carolina Council for History Education. Established in 2000, this council provides guidance and professional development for the state’s K-12 social studies standards.
A nationally certified instructor, Mr. Turner teaches honors and AP level courses in history, government, and economics in Lexington-Richland School District Five.
