Secondary Social Studies Department Chairpersons’ Meeting

May 2, 2013William Turner Technical Senior High School

WELCOME!

UpdatesDiscover Financial Literacy Grant:Target Subject/Grade Level• 12 Grade EconomicsPurpose• Infuse/include personal financial literacy

benchmarks into existing course; provide teacher training on new instructional materials.

UpdatesTextbooks: • Adopted/purchased for the 2012-13

academic year: 5th grade U.S. History; 6th grade World History, 7th grade Civics, 8th grade U.S. History, and 11th grade U.S. History

• To be adopted/purchased for the 2013-14 academic year (unknown): Priorities- the remainder of SHS.

UpdatesPacing Guides: • Priority editing projects for District

Suggested Social Studies Pacing Guides:• 11th Grade U.S. History;• 6-8 Grade World, Civics, U.S. History;• 9th Grade World History;• 12th grade Economics• K-3 Elementary Social Studies to embed

CCSS

UpdatesPacing Guides: • Quality Partner: NBC Learn- SHS U.S. HistorySample: NBC Learn- Links: Through the Department of Social Sciences’ partnership with NBC Learn, personnel from NBC Learn have linked both topics and created play lists using videos from the NBC archives that are associated with the content found in the pacing guide. The links/playlists provide teachers/students with news footage from events of historical importance and enable teachers to use primary and secondary sources associated with important historical events. Important: to access the links and/or play lists, you must FIRST log in through the employee portal, click on applications, then click on the bubble for NBC Learn. Then, click on the links embedded in this pacing guide. Note: You must first have the NBC Learn site open to access the links. Otherwise, you will only get the 15 second preview option of each video.

 

UpdatesQuality Partner:

Discovery Education’s 6th and 8th Grade Social Studies Techbook Beta (pilot in 8 Title I Middle Schools). 

UpdatesRemaining Academic Year Programs2012-13• M.S. Mock Trial- May 15 FIU• Geography/History Bees: May 22-24

(El. Geo- May 22; M.S. & S.H.S. Geo- May 23; El. & M.S. History Bee- May 24- All Held at MDC North)

• Program in National Securities Studies Spring Student Simulation- May 28, 2013- FIU

• Theodore Gibson Oratorical Project Finals (May 29- Regional Finals; June 5- Finals- MDC North)

• Voter Registration- SHS

 

UpdatesEOC Legislation• 11th grade U.S. History = 30% of course

grade (no pass fail)• 7th grade Civics = 30% of course grade

(no pass fail)

 

UpdatesSchool Accountability Time Line• U.S. History 11th grade: Summer 2013

FDOE sets cut scores• 2013-14 Full Implementation

• Civics 7th grade: Summer 2013 FDOE identifies achievement levels; Summer 2013 FDOE sets cut scores; 2014-15 Full Implementation

 

Updates

School Accountability Time Line

 

Requires using Civics and U.S. History in the School Grade Calculation

Will be included as a new component worth 100 points

Scheduled to be implemented:2014-15 Academic Year

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Inclusion of Civics and U.S. History in Middle and Senior High Schools

UpdatesSchool Visits EOC Performance Analysis

U.S. History EOC(only eight schools):• Many principals, APCs and Department Chairs welcomed our

feedback.• Concerns: pacing guides and times constraints( time to

review).• Examination issues.( computer glitches and security of item).• As a result of the visits, changes have taken place.• One school decided to hire Interventionist. • Data and accountability.• Need for more  training  on data reports and data driven

instruction.

 

UpdatesSchool Visits EOC Performance AnalysisCivics EOC:• Overall positive feedback for visiting the schools in person.• Concerns: pacing guides and times constraints( time to review).• Schools which did not have over 91% of students tested took

appropriate actions. Extremely concerned.• Principals are taking the process seriously of determining who

should teach Civics.• Need for more  training  on data reports and data driven instruction.

General Comment:• Contact with targeted schools should not be limited to

Administrators and Department Chairpersons but should also include input from teachers with the highest scores in their schools and throughout the district

 

UpdatesData Analysis 

Data: Key PointsOverall District Results (US History, Civics)What has the Data revealed?Edusoft ResourcesAttendance in PD / Institutes / PLC’s correlationPacing Guide ReformUS History – Linking to previous taught conceptsCivics Field Test – Item BankData Chats / FormsSummer Data Analysis TrainingWebsite Documents / Quick Glance Reports

EOC- Prep- Best- Practices- Lessons Learned- DiscussionNeed to refer to item specifications when not only

developing lessons but also formulating questions;Need to edit/tweak pacing guides;Missing piece- student ownership in all of this!Missing piece- a systematic intervention plan;Thematic vs. chronological instruction;Revisit already instructed benchmarks;Allow time for review prior to EOC;Review/Analyze student performance data;Others?

UpdatesSummer PDJune: New Instructional Materials Training Social Studies, Holocaust InstituteJuly: Civics Summer Institute, U.S. History Summer InstituteAugust: New Social Studies Teachers Training, Data Training, History Fair Training, Financial Literacy Training

 

UpdatesSummer ProgramsJuly-August: Civics Boot Camp for Rising 7th grade students

Summer Instructional Resources7th grade Civics Summer Packet11th grade U.S. History Summer Packet

 

Common Core District UpdatesCommon Core OverviewCommon Core Social Sciences Activity