1. APRIL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER LEADERSHIP NETWORK April 22, 2015

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. PROFILE of a 21 ST CENTURY TEACHER Stone Ages 21 st Century Continuum YOU YOUR COLLEAGUES Reflection: How do 21 st century learning habits affect your work with teachers in your districts?

6. BY JOSH ROBERTS, NBCT TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN A COLLEGE AND CAREER READY WORLD!

7. 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!

8. 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.

9. 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…

10. 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)

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. COURT CASE Work with circuit court clerk to prepare a mock trial with students. Every student in the 8 th 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.

16. 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.

17. 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!!!

18. SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS UPDATE – APRIL 2015

19. 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

20.  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

21. 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 21 st c. learning.  Develop lessons, units, curricula, and reflection

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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”

25. 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

26.  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

27. LUNCH After lunch groupings: K-2 3-7 8-12 Set the timers on your phone for 12:15