1. Middle School Social Studies Department Chair Meeting Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Louise Ball Secondary Social Studies Curriculum Specialist The School Board of Broward County, Florida Core Curriculum: Social Studies 754.321.1873 Louise.ball@browardschools.com

2. Agenda Textbook Adoption Update Election 2012 Fall Professional Development Strategy/Activity: Facebook -January 20, 2012 Reading Update: Teri Coyle CivicsUpdate Middle School Exams Multicultural “Wiki” Meeting the NGSSS and Common Core Knowledge Bowl History Fair Look Fors BCCSS Update Civics/Economics Modules

3. Housekeeping Please put your phone on “mute.” If your phone does not have a MUTE feature, you may use the #5 command anytime during the conference to mute / unmute yourself. You can verbally ask a question, but please wait for a “pause” in the presentation. Please provide feedback on the process of the phone conference to Louise Ball.

4. Textbook Adoption Currently in negotiations The plan for right now is: -new BEEP lessons for required social studies classes: MS World History, Civics, US History HS World, US History, Gov & Econ (Probably AP US and AP World) -Summer Training (1 day) on Textbook Implementation

5. Fall Professional Development Many trainings canceled Some trainings will be offered again after FCAT but may be limited due to planning for Summer Training BCCSS January 20 Training

6. Reading Update Teri Coyle, Middle School Reading Curriculum Specialist Comprehensive Instructional Sequence

7. Civics Update No new information at this time. The powerpoint from Randy Felton, State Test Administrator, has been posted on CAB Conference and on the Wiki Free Civics Resources can be found at: www.icivics.org www.floridacivics.org

8. Civics Update www.floridacivics.org This site provides a longer training module then the current one on the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Civics. Approximately 35 inservice points will be awarded for this online class. It has not yet been set up in ESS, but you can begin the class.

9. Multicultural Mandate Shellie Gory, Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Specialist and Louise Ball are now the Contacts for Multicultural A Principal’s Memo will be sent asking for the Multicultural Contact at your school. Additional Information will go through Department Chairs. We appreciate your assistance with this!!!

10. Secondary Social Studies Wiki Go to www.tiny.cc/sswiki Resources will be posted on the Wiki!

11. Meeting the NGSSS and Common Core State Standards Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) www.floridastandards.org Common Core State Standards (CCSS) www.corestandards.org Literacy Standards for History/Social Studies Speaking and Listening Standards

12. Meeting the NGSSS and Common Core State Standards Please assist with making sure all social studies teachers know the standards for their course. When you go to www.floridastandards.org, click on “courses.”www.floridastandards.org

13. Competitions Knowledge Bowl: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Tentative-Dillard High School History Fair: Friday, March 2, 2012 Even if your school does not participate in the District History Fair, schools can still utilize the History Fair materials and implement a research project based on the History Fair.

14. “Secondary Social Studies Look Fors” Draft of “Look Fors” was posted on the Social Studies CAB Conference. This list will be shared with High School Principals. Six Literacy Look Fors – Emailed to all Dept. Chairs. Please review with your department. Send any suggestions or comments to Louise Ball by Tuesday 11/8/11.

15. BCCSS MaryEllen Falvey, President, Broward County Council for the Social Studies Updates

16. Civics/Economics Module Located in the Student Portal Currently trying to get it into the teacher portal. This self-directed learning module is a resource students can use. It supports the Economics standards in grade 7. Please take a moment to go through the module.

17. Election 2012 Supplemental Materials Neutral

18. Facebook Handout was emailed to you!

19. Next Meeting: Face to face meeting the last week of January OR the first week of February. Date will be posted in December.

20. Happy Holidays!