arizona geographic alliance (azga) the arizona geographic alliance (azga) was founded in 1992 as...
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Arizona Geographic Alliance(AzGA)
The Arizona Geographic Alliance (AzGA) was founded in 1992 as part of a national network of state geography alliances
sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
AzGA is headquartered at the Arizona State University School of Geographic Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ
Our Mission
Advocate for geographic literacy in K-12 education
Provide quality educational resources
Promote professional development opportunities
Encourage a culture of creative, passionate, and exciting teaching of geography
Showcase geography as a discipline linking the physical and social sciences
Our Accomplishments in the last 10 years:
Conducted over 394 workshops Impacted 16,858 teachers of 677,700
students and 100s of pre-service teachers
Provided weekly online resources to nearly 4,200 educators
Supported the annual National Geographic Society’s National Geographic Bee and Geography Awareness Week
Hosted an annual Arizona state Geography Conference
Led in-depth Southwest field studies Trained Teacher Consultants through
Summer Geography Institutes Held theme-based Advanced Alliance
Summer Geographical Institutes
Our Awards
Recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies and the George F. Cram Company with the “Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy” for the AzGA GeoLiteracy Project in 2003 and for the AzGA GeoMath Project in 2005
Awarded the 2010 National
Council for Geographic Education Geography “Excellence in Media Award” for the GeoLiteracy with ELL Adaptations
Our Website:http://geoalliance.asu.edu/azga/
Over 185 GeoLiteracy Lessons Over 100 GeoSTEM Lessons 80 Diverse Learners Geography
Lessons Over 130 GeoHistory Lessons 73 Legacy (Arizona) Lessons 100s of Teacher-Tested Maps Annual GeoConferences GeoWorkshops ELL Virtual Workshops Resource Links
Our Leadership Co-Coordinators: Dr. Ronald Dorn and Gale Olp Ekiss
Over 170 K-12 Teacher Consultants
Co-Founders: Drs. Malcolm Comeaux and Robert Mings
Office Manager: Cathy Davis
Our Partnershipso Colleges of Educationo K-12 Educatorso K-12 Administratorso Community Leaderso Business Leaderso Sister Professional Associationso Policy Makerso Educational Outreach
Organizationso Other State Geographic
Allianceso More…
Current Financial Status
The AzGA mission is currently supported by
• Grants• Fee-for-Service• Costs Shared with Partners• NGS Endowment• Volunteer labor and
• ASU School of Geographic Sciences & Urban Planning
Financial Future
Sustained Funding AzGA continually actively seeks additional
opportunities for
• Grants
• Restored State Funding
• New Partnerships
• Endowment additions
• Fee-for-Service possibilities
Grants Received• Teachers of Language Learners Learning
Community (2012) Mesa Community College USDOEd grant partner (5 years)
• Teaching Arizona History with an Arizona Atlas (2012) Arizona Historical Advisory Commission (AHAC)
• Social Studies (2012) Teaching Foundations Project, ASU Mary Lou Fulton Teaching College (MLFTC)
• Teaching Arizona History with a Geographic Perspective: Lessons for K-12 Classrooms (2011) Arizona Historical Advisory Commission (AHAC)
• Changing Face of the Arizona Border (2011) Arizona Humanities Council
1996 – 2010Grants and Awards from National Geographic Education Foundation, Arizona Department of Education, National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) and others totaled $2.3 million and funded developing the GeoLiteracy & GeoMath lesson and professional development projects, an atlas, professional development focused on Primary Sources, workshops, institutes and conferences.
Arizona Geographic Alliance
Arizona State University
School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning
P O Box 875302
Tempe, AZ 85287-5302
480-965-5361 | fax 480-965-8313
http://geoalliance.asu.edu/azga/