Curriculum

(used to be labeled Revise New Curriculum)

2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Existing Goals for Social Studies Department (Revised June 2013)
Implement new curriculum in all grades and use new resources in 6th & 8th grade Develop Common Assessments - Use Department Meeting time to discuss necessary changes - Get time to make changes - Maintain Common Assessments and revise as necessary - Score common assessment writing by grade level - Share common assessment writing models at department meeting by grade level - Study Common Core in particular focus on reading and writing standards - Curriculum Revision

2014-2015
- Curriculum Implementation

Common Assessments

- Use common assessments to establish a baseline in students ability to read and write. - Use common assessments to monitor student progress and assess our SLOs. - Revise existing common assessments. COP begins during advisory on discussing Formative Assessment

- Revise Common Assessments to reflect new curriculum and Common Core Standards - Gain

COP

- Curriculum Revision - Common rubric revision by SWR

Common Rubrics
(merged with Writing)

Planning Stage

Teaching America History Grant

Common Rubrics Committee Formed Summer (Development of - Committee to form to Rubrics) create a schedule/protocol for Implementation of writing Common Rubrics Application Accepted Year 1 (No Social Studies LMS representatives) -

-Common rubrics will be used in all classrooms. - Rubrics will be revised to align with the Common Core by the SWR committee. Year 2 (Applications open again in December 2012) - Trip to NYC

Year 3 Completion in the Fall of TAH Program - Trip to Alabama

2010-2011 Student Centered Classroom Technology (LCDs)

NA

2011-2012
DI Workshop in Social Studies Offered in March (facilitated by Mr. Clegg) Get every SS teacher an LCD projector

2012-2013
DI Workshop in Social Studies to TBD (facilitated by Mr. Clegg) Learn to use the new technology from the grant.

2013-2014
???

2014-2015

-- LCDs in Dept

- E-Learning PD

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2011-2012

2012-2013