Social Studies: State of the Union

1. Social Studies:State of the Union April 12, 2014

2. Let’s Celebrate!!! • Mix, Pair, Share • Find a partner from a different school and stand back to back • Turn and Share Using these Sentence Starters: • This spring, I learned the strategy of ____! • This spring, my students were very successful at ___! • This spring my PLC really helped me with ____! • This spring, I overcame a challenge by _____!

3. Great American Philosopher:Yogi Berra “The future ain’t what it used to be.”

4. HB5 Update

5. Great American Philosopher:Yogi Berra “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”

6. Where are our students going? • College bound students should still take the four by four • If students take all four years of social studies, they automatically earn a Multidisciplinary Endorsement • If students take five credits of social studies, they earn an Arts and Humanities Endorsement with an emphasis in social studies • College Admission programs aren’t seeking specific endorsements—they want overall preparedness • Multiple endorsements can be earned • Students may change their endorsement at any time • After the sophomore year, students may choose to graduate only with the foundation plan with written parent permission (after a meeting with counselors)

7. Great American Philosopher:Yogi Berra “I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just try to get better.”

8. BISD Preregistration Data 2014-15 • BHS • 452 World Geography • 470 in World History • RHS • 613 World Geography • 545 World History • HHS • 529 World Geography • 947World History • Numbers include all course levels (on level, pre AP and AP) • Numbers do not include new summer/fall enrollment • What does this data tell us? • What challenges might we be facing as a result of these enrollment numbers? • How might our practice/thinking need to change as a result of these numbers? • What do we not know? • What about the 2015-16 school year?

9. Great American Philosopher:Tom Landry “I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.”

10. Curriculum Writing Progress • Horizontal grade level teams will be meeting this spring to • Continue to write clarifying documents for incomplete units • Review current documents • Continue to align district resources to units • Begin development of exemplar lessons

11. Looking Forward to Professional Development

12. Summer Professional Development in BISD Face to Face: E Courses: Maps101.com webinars Making Thinking Visible in Social Studies (3 hours) Developing Formative Assessments for Social Studies (3 hours) Literacy Strategies for Social Studies (3 hours) • Bringing Social Studies Alive! in BISD July 21-22 • Implementing the DBQ Level I July 21 • Writing Mini-DBQs Level II July 22 • Best Practices in Pre-AP Social Studies July 23 • Writing Exemplar Lessons in Pre-AP Social Studies July 24 Free!

13. Summer Professional Development: Partnerships • Law Related Education Hatton W. Sumners Institute on the Founding Documents Register at www.lretexas.org • 101 Course Fort Worth June 23-27, 2014 • 201 Course Mansfield June 23 – 27, 2014 • Must have attended 101 in a previous year • May attend single day events • Day One: Federalism • Day Two: Evolution of Equality from the Northwest Ordinance to Present Day • Day Three: Analyzing American Political Divisions Beginning with the Federalist/Anti-Federalist Debate to the Present • Day Four: Oyez, Oyez: An Update on the 2012-13 Supreme Court • Day Five: Constitutional Changes Free!

14. Summer Professional Development: Partnerships • Humanities Texas • $200 stipend, plus on-campus housing provided at no cost • http://bit.ly/1ktgQju • The United States in the 1960s • June 9 – 12 at LBJ Library Austin • June 10 – 13 at University of Houston • The United States in the 1860s • June 16 – 19 The University of Texas at San Antonio • June 17 – 20 The University of North Texas Denton Free!

15. Summer Professional Development: Partnerships • Texas Council for Economic Education Statewide Smarter Texas Conference June 17-18, 2014 • http://economicstexas.org • $240.00 registration plus hotel expenses would have to be picked up by the campus • ESC Region 11 www.esc11.netFees vary • Document Based Questioning Enhancing Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking in SS, June 10, 2014 • Building Critical Thinking in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom, July 15, 2014 • Social Studies in a Notebook July 22, 2014 • Amon Carter Museum, July 24, 2014 • Supporting Secondary Struggling Social Studies Students in Grades 6 – 12, July 30, 2014

16. Adding Professional Learning to Your Portfolio • Eduphoria Workshop, click on “My Portfolio” at the top of left of the screen • Add a New Portfolio Entry from an Outside Workshop or conference • Complete the form and send evidence of attendance to Crysten Caviness • Detailed instructions on this process are available on the BISD Professional Learning Webpage http://schools.birdvilleschools.net/Page/25066

17. Great American Philosopher:John Wooden “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”

18. Textbook Selection Committees • Will convene next year • Membership will be made up of teachers from each feeder pattern for each grade level • Spread representation across all campuses • Committees will have to determine the % of TEKS actually covered by the books • Committees will have to think through the issues of print, ebooks, bundles, etc. • Committees will make a recommendation to the board for all courses • Including courses designed for implementation in 2015-16 Why is this important?

19. Great American Philosopher:John Wooden “If I am through learning, I am through.”

20. Horizontal Grade Level Meetings • Options: • Plan/share what you are doing to review for STAAR 8th grade/ US EOC • Discuss revisions you would like to recommend to the curriculum writers for your subject • Share exemplar lessons and resources • Design an upcoming lesson • Work on updating AP course syllabus, review sessions, alignment of AP released items to specific AP standards, etc. • “It isn’t what you do, but how you do it.” • John Wooden • “Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with the plan.” • Tom Landry • I will visit with each group. Dismissal time is at 1:30.