A major goal of the MGA is teacher training. Over the past eight years, more than 7000 teachers in Maryland have participated in Maryland Geographic Alliance programs. The Alliance conducts workshops for teachers in individual schools or as part of school district programs.
Workshops emphasize geography content and incorporate hands-on activities.
In addition, more than 150 teachers from nineteen Maryland Counties, Baltimore City, and the Archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington have participated in summer geography institutes. Combining geography content and classroom strategies, the institute requires teachers to develop inservice presentations that incorporate sound geographic instruction. The graduates of the summer institutes become teacher consultants and are then charged with making presentations advocating geography instruction in their schools, school districts, and in regional and national conferences. Another goal of the MGA is the development of classroom materials. The Maryland Geographic Alliance collaborates with a number of other state social studies education programs.