Ohio Government in Action 

 

 

 photos courtesy of Dave Liggett

 

Ohio Government in Action is a two-day interactive program that provides educators with effective teaching tools and a renewed enthusiasm they can take back to the classroom. 


Go be­hind the scenes of our gov­ern­ment in Ohio’s state cap­i­tal where ed­u­ca­tors will in­ter­act with the movers and shak­ers in the ex­ec­u­tive, ju­di­cial and leg­isla­tive branches!

 

2024 Ohio Government in Action
February 27 & 28
Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center (Supreme Court)

 

 

Register HERE! (Deadline: February 2)

 

2024 Conference Pricing

 
Membership Status
One Day
Two Day
 Member  $80.00  $130.00
 Non-Member  $160.00  $260.00

 

Sessions each day will generally run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and will focus on the three branches of state government. Conference agendas are subject to change and will be updated as government schedules are made publicly available.

 

Hotel Accommodations

 
For registrants traveling from out of town, there are a several hotels within walking distance to the Supreme Court:
 

DoubleTree Suites Downtown (located across the street from the Court)

Sheraton Columbus (0.2 mi)

Courtyard by Marriott  (0.4 mi)

 

 

Teachers share their feedback about OGIA: 

 

“High energy, exciting, and engaging! Valuable data and content for the classroom!”

“Inspiring and pragmatic -- ideas to implement immediately!”

“Speakers were engaging, subject matters were relevant, and sessions were interesting!”

Oclreohiogovernmentinaction20170228 0728“I net­worked, learned a great deal, and left with solid ma­te­r­ial I can use. Quite the tri­fecta!” 

“[OGIA]def­i­nitely in­spired some new teach­ing strate­gies and fur­ther knowl­edge in the con­tent area.” 

“I was to­tally im­pressed with the con­fer­ence. I have raved about it all day with both my stu­dents and my col­leagues.” 

 “…a great time and very re­ward­ing pro­fes­sional de­vel­op­ment op­por­tu­nity…”


See the Ohio Constitution come to life

This an­nual work­shop gives teach­ers an in­sider’s view of state gov­ern­ment:  meet with Supreme Court jus­tices, state leg­is­la­tors, cit­i­zen groups and more; tour the award-win­ning Supreme Court Vis­i­tor Ed­u­ca­tion Cen­ter and the Ohio State­house;  ob­serve leg­isla­tive and court­room sim­u­la­tions; and more!


Practical classroom application

After you ex­pe­ri­ence first-hand how in­di­vid­u­als and groups work to­gether to make, in­ter­pret and en­force the Ohio Con­sti­tu­tion, head back to the class­room with ready-to-use les­son plans, class­room ac­tiv­i­ties and re­sources. 


 

For more information about OGIA contact Ryan Suskey, rsuskey@oclre.org, 614-485-3506.

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