APRIL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER LEADERSHIP

NETWORKApril 22, 2015

Welcome Back!

Kadi Ralston, Instructional Specialist, KDE/GRREC Teresa Emmert, Instructional Specialist, KDE/GRREC Heady Larson, Instructional Specialist, KDE/WKEC Jamee Barton, Literacy Specialist, KDE Dr. Jana Kirchner, WKU

Special Guest Josh Roberts, Hancock County Middle School

Norms Be an ambassador of “lifelong learning.” Show your

enthusiasm for the work, support the learning of others, be willing to take risks, participate fully.

Come to meetings prepared. Be on time, any preparations/ readings completed, with necessary materials.

Be focused during meetings. Stick to network goals/ targets, use technology to enhance work at hand, limit sidebar conversations.

Work collaboratively. All members’ contributions are valued and honored. Seek first to understand, then be understood.

Housekeeping: Procedure for LEAVING EARLY

Take a Seat, Make a Friend

Read through the HABITS OF MIND on The Profile of a Modern Teacher.

ANNOTATE or CHECK habits of mind that are resembled in the video.

PROFILE of a 21ST CENTURY TEACHER

Stone Ages 21st Century

Continuum

YOU

YOUR COLLEAGUES

Reflection: How do 21st century learning habits affect your work with teachers in your

districts?

BY J O S H R O B E RT S , N BC T

TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN A COLLEGE AND CAREER

READY WORLD!

MAKE LEARNING FUN:

•Music- Play various genres of music in class when students enter the room. • Throw soft football, basketball, baseball to students when getting questions right.• Story Time. • Skits that bring historic people to life.• Light Saber!

PROVEN WAYS TO ENGAGE LEARNERS:

• Have students repeat verbally on a three-count important vocabulary. • Hot Seat Treatment-3 seconds to answer a quick question.• Verbal Exit Slip each class.• Visual Primary/Secondary Sources and Body-Kinesthetic.• Practice an explore type multiple choice question each day first 5 minutes.

CITIZENSHIP/CAREER READY

• Principal For The Day Contest. (8 years) 1. Primaries are from each of my 5 classes without students knowing what they are voting for. (integrity, good character, respect, engaged in learning)2. Run on a platform decided by class, picking an issue with the school to improve. 3. Meet with campaign managers of elected officials and elected officials to learn about their job and how to be successful in their election.-Learn about Running For Office = County Clerk, Sheriff, Judge Exe., Mayor, City-Council, etc…

PRINCIPAL CONTEST-

• 4. Give about 2-3 weeks to campaign using slogans and promoting platforms.• 5. Collaborate with Lang. Arts teacher on

speeches for the candidates and on election day have students read speeches to entire school. • 6. Invite elected officials, community, parents

to hear the issues. • 7. On speech day, vote using a real voting

machine with real election rules. (entire school votes/teachers, aids too)

VOTER REGISTRATION DAY

• Students examine the statistics of voting on a national level, state, and local. • Students then volunteer and obtain

community service hours and register voters.• Must have an adult present and work with

county clerk.• Students encourage adults to vote and

interact with community.

COMMUNITY PROBLEM

• Each year I work with our local county government to find an issue that our students can analyze and effectively solve a problem.• Having a raised median between two

businesses that causes traffic hazards and is illegal to turn on.• Get a turn lane put in.

COMMUNITY PROBLEM

• Students propose multiple ideas/ways to solve the problem in groups of 5-6. • I use our team of teachers to decide which

proposal is best.• Next, I have the top two groups specialize

on how to obtain evidence that will prove the problem needs to be fixed.

COMMUNITY PROBLEM-CAREERS

• Students have to meet with the following government/business officials this past year to learn about their career and how their govt. position and/or business has been or could be harmed by the problem in the community.• Mayor, sheriff, police chief, county judge-

executive, county attorney, dollar general manager, independence bank manager, economic commerce president of county, highway engineers for the state dept.

COURT CASE

• Work with circuit court clerk to prepare a mock trial with students.• Every student in the 8th grade, 130, have a

duty. (Some are lawyers, judges, bailiffs, sheriff, variety of normal charged offenses for several kids, and the rest are jurors)• Almost all jurors have a potential reason to

not have the duty, assigned by the teacher, and can be called up to the stand by the judge.

COURT CASE

• Students get to work with real prosecutors, defense attorneys, judge, court reporter, bailiffs, sheriffs, circuit clerk to see if they want to pursue that career. • Students learn about jury duty by having it

come to life in a real experience.• Collaborate with circuit clerk to get

volunteers for the mock trial and make it a local field trip.

FACTS ABOUT SOCIAL STUDIES AT HANCOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL:

• #1 Social Studies scores in Kentucky 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15. As well as in the top 10 the past 10 years. • Josh Roberts• 270-927-6712• Josh.roberts@hancock.kyschools.us• Traci.Sanders@hancock.kyschools.us• Please contact us to start Civic Programs in your

school to prepare your students for the future in the real world!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS UPDATE – APRIL 2015

Update on SS Standards (March 2015)

• Revisions have been occurring as a result of public and focus group feedback.– The majority of responses (approx. 80%) were to make

NO changes to the existing draft.• Supplementary resources (appendices):

– Curriculum considerations documents for K-8 (See Kindergarten copy)

– High school suggested course options – traditional vs. integrated

– Glossary• Ky. BOE will be asked to TAKE ACTION on standards in June.

– Statement of Considerations presented in August with KDE rationale regarding decisions around public feedback.

• Implementation still planned for Fall 2015

X X X

Stakeholders will review and and provide feedback through Dec. 2015.

Full implementation is now scheduled for 2016-17. 2016-17 social studies for ELEMENTARY and MIDDLE

will NOT be assessed. U.S. History EOC will continue to be administered in

2015-16 and 2016-17 New social studies assessments for

appropriate grade levels will occur during the 2017-18 school year.

New Timeline

Networks

The Leadership Networks WILL meet in 2015-16. Focus will be on highly effective

teaching, learning, and assessment practices.

Fusing old content with new skills like the inquiry cycle and 21st c. learning.

Develop lessons, units, curricula, and reflection

Supporting Documents

Standards Glossary, containing key terms found in the standards.

Literacy Connections Document, containing Common Core Literacy in History/Social Studies Standards for Grades 6-12.

Curriculum Consideration Document, containing support for developing curriculum at each grade level and SUGGESTED contexts.

Sample High School Course Design Options, containing examples of traditional and non-traditional course pathways based on the high school social studies standards.

What does this mean for YOUR work in YOUR district?

• We have the opportunity to use the 2015-16 academic year to build resources and begin to try out the standards.

The work should continue, particularly for integration at all grades elementary.

Instruction should begin to reflect the inquiry cycle, even with current standards.

Pacing and curriculum design can begin to reflect the content of the Curriculum Considerations Documents.

Use the documents for the proposed standards online for planning purposes.

Reminder: Ky’s Four Pillars of Leadership Content Networks (Capacity Building)

• Highly Effective Teaching and Learning:• QFT, Inquiry Cycle, Close Reading, Academic Vocabulary,

Compelling and Supporting Questions• Assessment Literacy: • Literacy Standards for History/SS, Formative Assessment,

Congruency, Distilling Content Protocol• Leadership: • District Leadership Teams and work with school-based teams

• Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS):• Distilling Content Protocol, Literacy Standards

• March: “What we should be able to share from the Social Studies Content Leadership Networks”

Summer SS Network

Summer meeting dates at GRREC:June 18 – Adair – Hopkins June 19 – Larue – West Point • Target: Design/plan instructional plans

around the Social Studies Standards for the Next Generation and existing curricula.

• Participants can invite one teacher. At least 1 district instructional support person is encouraged to attend.

July 21 – Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) for Network participants

GRRECSocialStudies.com: Proposed Social Studies Standards and Supporting

Curriculum Documents

Stems for study: (Be prepared to share)

Let’s Dig In

Set the timer on your phone for 10:15

LUNCH

After lunch groupings:K-23-7

8-12

Set the timers on your phone for 12:15