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Social Studies:State of the UnionApril 12, 2014
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 _____!
Great American Philosopher:Yogi Berra
“The future ain’t what it used to be.”
HB5 Update
Great American Philosopher:Yogi Berra
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”
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)
Great American Philosopher:Yogi Berra
“I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win,
somebody’s gotta lose.
Just try to get better.”
BISD Preregistration Data 2014-15 BHS
452 World Geography
470 in World History
RHS 613 World Geography
545 World History
HHS 529 World Geography
947 World 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?
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.”
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
Looking Forward to Professional DevelopmentAll professional staff in Birdville ISD is required to attend at least 6 hours of professional
development outside of contract time each year. This learning should be instruction-based and focus on staff’s assigned content area(s). Over the span of 5 years, each
professional staff member should receive a total of 30 hours of learning within the four categories below:
Summer Professional Development in BISD
Face to Face: 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
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)
FREE!
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!
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!
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.net Fees 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
Summer Professional Development: Partnerships
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
Great American Philosopher:John Wooden
“If you don’t have time to do it right,
when will you have time to do it over?”
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?
Great American Philosopher:John Wooden
“If I am through
learning, I am
through.”
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.
