Transcript Secondary Social Studies Department Chairpersons’ Meeting

May 2, 2013
William Turner Technical Senior High School
WELCOME!
Discover Financial Literacy Grant:
Target Subject/Grade Level
• 12 Grade Economics
Purpose
• Infuse/include personal financial literacy
benchmarks into existing course; provide teacher
training on new instructional materials.
Textbooks:
• 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.
Pacing Guides:
• Priority editing projects for District Suggested
Social Studies Pacing Guides:
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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
Pacing Guides:
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Quality Partner: NBC Learn- SHS U.S. History
Sample: 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.
Quality Partner:
Discovery Education’s 6th and 8th Grade Social
Studies Techbook Beta (pilot in 8 Title I Middle
Schools).
Remaining Academic Year Programs
2012-13
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M.S. Mock Trial- May 15 FIU
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Geography/History Bees: May 22-24
(El. Geo- May 22; M.S. & S.H.S. Geo- May 23; El. & M.S. History BeeMay 24- All Held at MDC North)
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Program in National Securities Studies Spring Student SimulationMay 28, 2013- FIU
Theodore Gibson Oratorical Project Finals (May 29- Regional
Finals; June 5- Finals- MDC North)
Voter Registration- SHS
EOC Legislation
• 11th grade U.S. History = 30% of course grade (no
pass fail)
• 7th grade Civics = 30% of course grade (no pass
fail)
School Accountability Time Line
• U.S. History 11th grade: Summer 2013 FDOE sets
cut scores
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2013-14 Full Implementation
Civics 7th grade: Summer 2013 FDOE identifies
achievement levels; Summer 2013 FDOE sets
cut scores; 2014-15 Full Implementation
School Accountability Time Line
Inclusion of Civics and U.S.
History in Middle and Senior
High Schools
 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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School 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.
School Visits EOC Performance Analysis
Civics EOC:
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Overall positive feedback for visiting the schools in person.
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Concerns: pacing guides and times constraints( time to review).
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Schools which did not have over 91% of students tested took appropriate
actions. Extremely concerned.
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Principals are taking the process seriously of determining who should
teach Civics.
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Need for more training on data reports and data driven instruction.
General Comment:
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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
Data Analysis
Data: Key Points
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Overall District Results (US History, Civics)
What has the Data revealed?
Edusoft Resources
Attendance in PD / Institutes / PLC’s correlation
Pacing Guide Reform
US History – Linking to previous taught concepts
Civics Field Test – Item Bank
Data Chats / Forms
Summer Data Analysis Training
Website Documents / Quick Glance Reports
EOC- Prep- Best- Practices- Lessons
Learned- Discussion
 Need to refer to item specifications when not only
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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?
Summer PD
June: New Instructional Materials Training Social
Studies, Holocaust Institute
July: Civics Summer Institute, U.S. History Summer
Institute
August: New Social Studies Teachers Training, Data
Training, History Fair Training, Financial Literacy
Training
Summer Programs
July-August: Civics Boot Camp for Rising 7th grade
students
Summer Instructional
Resources
7th grade Civics Summer Packet
11th grade U.S. History Summer Packet
Common Core District Updates
Common Core Overview
Common Core Social Sciences Activity