1. 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.

2. 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

3. Our Accomplishments in the last 20 years:
Conducted over 520 workshops
Impacted nearly 20,000 teachers of over 800,000 students and 1000s of pre-service teachers
Provided weekly online resources to nearly 4,500 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 field studies
Trained Teacher Consultants through Summer Institutes
Held theme-based Advanced Alliance Summer Geographical Institutes

4. 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

5. Our Website:
Over 330 Lessons tied to Arizona Standards (ELA, Math, Science, History, Civics, Geography, and Economics)
Some lesson have adaptations for ELLs
100s of World, Regional, and Arizona Maps
Information on Upcoming Conferences and Workshops
Resource Links
Interpreting Primary Sources with a Geographic Lens
New!! Giant Traveling Map Program!

6. Our Leadership Coordinators: Gale Olp Ekiss and Dr. Ronald Dorn
Over 150 K-12 Teacher Consultants
Co-Founders: Drs. Malcolm Comeaux and Robert Mings
Office Manager: Cathy Davis

7. Our Partnerships Colleges of Education K-12 Educators
K-12 Administrators
Community Leaders
Business Leaders
Sister Professional Associations
Policy Makers
Educational Outreach Organizations
Other State Geographic Alliances
More…

8. With Additional Funding
Provide services to areas outside of Phoenix
Create webinars and virtual workshops for teacher training
Update and expand website
Create additional maps and lessons to meet classroom needs
Provide more professional growth opportunities for educators