High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) help students perform better and save teachers time. TCI’s high-quality materials stand above the rest, featuring a research-based approach that promotes engagement and comprehensive teacher tools for learning support and implementation.
What happens when educators skillfully combine their firsthand classroom experience with evidence-based research? You get the TCI Approach—a framework with teaching strategies that keep students focused, motivated, and ready to learn. The TCI approach is built on six core instructional practices that make social studies engaging and accessible for every student.
Inquiry, active learning, and cutting-edge engagement—explore how TCI’s high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) provide teachers with the tools they need to engage and support students, as well as implementation support and professional learning opportunities.
TCI’s social studies programs have been rigorously reviewed by third-party organizations, including Learning List, confirming they meet the highest standards of quality and effectiveness.
TCI’s Bring Science Alive! programs are designed to meet the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Each unit is driven by a unique storyline that introduces an anchoring phenomenon that ties into the performance expectations.
From intriguing phenomena that get students asking questions to robust hands-on investigations, TCI’s programs make NGSS come alive.
TCI is excited to partner with PhET to integrate their innovative simulations into our Bring Science Alive! programs. Simulations are embedded into TCI’s curriculum, providing interactive, thought-provoking experiences that encourage students to ask questions, explore concepts, and think critically about scientific phenomena.
From professional development and support to teaching strategies and toolkits, TCI has everything you need for success.
Want to explore how teachers found success with TCI? Explore these teacher stories. Explore Stories
TCI material is the best opportunity to foster that natural sense of wonder for students. It gets students really excited and intrigued about learning. The teachers and parents become interested, too. Igniting the sense of wonder in a small child is a magical experience, and TCI materials allow you to do that.
I really see their critical thinking skills skyrocket during the ancient Sumerians activity and throughout the school year.
– Stacy Whittemore, 6th Grade Ancient History Teacher
I have more and more students who enjoy science, love coming to science, and have a better science vocabulary.
– Dawn Gersich, 6th Grade Science Teacher
TCI is designed with the modern teacher in mind. As educators, we often find ourselves stretched for time, going beyond our contractual obligations. TCI genuinely considers teachers, their roles, and responsibilities and enables us to be facilitators rather than being solely at the center of the classroom. This is a significant advantage compared to other platforms. They empower every teacher to thrive in the classroom.
– Rebecca Burnfin, High School Social Studies Teacher
Teachers are busy, in-the-thick-of-it experts. Every choice we make at TCI is done to simplify the administrative and planning aspects of teaching so that your experts can create meaningful, immersive experiences for students.
