Secondary Social Studies Department Chairpersons’ Meeting

1. Secondary Social Studies Department Chairpersons’ Meeting May 2, 2013 William Turner Technical Senior High School WELCOME!

2. Updates 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.

3. Updates 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.

4. Updates Pacing 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

5. Updates Pacing Guides: 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.

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

8. Updates Remaining Academic Year Programs 2012-13 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

9. Updates EOC Legislation 11th grade U.S. History = 30% of course grade (no pass fail) 7th grade Civics = 30% of course grade (no pass fail)

10. Updates School 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

11. Updates School Accountability Time Line

12. 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

13. Updates 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.

14. Updates School Visits EOC Performance Analysis Civics 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

15. Updates Data Analysis

18. Data: Key Points • 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

19. EOC- Prep- Best- Practices- Lessons Learned- Discussion • Need 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?

20. Updates 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

21. Updates 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

22. Common Core District Updates Common Core Overview Common Core Social Sciences Activity