About our Civics Teacher Leaders

A Teacher Task Force has been selected to lead the implementation of the Educating for American Democracy (EAD) Roadmap in Arizona. The Educating for American Democracy Roadmap shifts from breadth to depth by offering an inquiry framework that weaves history and civics together and inspires students to learn by asking difficult questions, and then seeking answers in the classroom through facts and discussion. The EAD Roadmap is neither a set of standards nor a curriculum to enhance teaching methodologies and student learning. 

This group of teachers will be the leaders in strengthening civic education in Arizona. This fantastic assembly of civic educators represents 22 Arizona districts with a passion for civic renewal. Our Teacher Task Force is split geographically into Northern Arizona, led by Tara Bartlett, a Ph.D. student at ASU, Central Arizona; Tammy Waller, Director for K-12 Education; and Southern Arizona, led by Jeremy Gypton, Teacher Program Manager at the Ashbrook Center. The Center for Political Thought and Leadership’s Civic Education Program Director, Elizabeth Evans, oversees the task force and its implementation.

The EAD Roadmap seeks to inspire students to want to become involved in the constitutional democracy, tell a full and complete narrative of America’s plural yet shared story, celebrate the compromises needed to make our constitutional democracy work, cultivate civic honesty and patriotism that leaves space to both loves and critique this country, and to teach history and civics both through a timeline of events. The Center for American Civics' Teacher Task Force aims to lay the groundwork in Arizona to expand its lessons to other parts of the country for a cohesive vision nationwide.

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