2010-11TaskForce

Welcome to the Social Studies Task Force 2010-11



=The home stretch. . . =

==**A marathon, not a sprint:** ==

Sketch Agenda:
Connect to PX Faculty network, review materials, log-in to wikis & iChat, or Skype, || Presentation, reflection on reading, clarification of task || 2. Create Cornerstone Assessments/support-ing rubric for pre-tests, Mid-year, Late Spring 3. Have Lunch |||| 1. Review/Pare down essential questions 2. Create Cornerstone Assessments/support-ing rubric for pre-tests, Mid-year, Late Spring 3. Have lunch ||
 * || ** ES Social Studies **  ||||  ** MS Social Studies **  ||  ** HS Social Studies **  ||
 * 7:30 – 8:00 |||||||| Coffee in café-, meet & greet
 * 8:00 – 9:00 |||||||| ** Cornerstone Assessments **
 * Meet in Secondary Library **
 * 9:00 – 12:30 |||| 1. Review & Refine ** EAGLES ** (ES only)
 * 12:30pm - 1:15pm |||||||| Meet in Secondary library (TA 1) to regroup, refocus, and check for vertical alignment and scaffolding(PK-6; 6-12) ||
 * 1:30 – 2:55PM

3:00 PM – shuttles depart from in front of MS to Pudong |||||||| 1. Continue work 2. Upload final drafts 3. Prepare for Tuesday 10AM – noon meetings with full teams 4. Refine Agenda ||

Connect to PX Faculty network, review materials, log-in to wikis & iChat, or Skype, || // (Alicia in General Meeting) // |||||| 1. Continued work and preparation for 10-noon (e.g., document uploaded & ready) 2. “Divvy up” unit creation 3. Resource review/recommendations ||  || // 9:15 – 10:00 – (Alicia with Nurses) // ||||||^  ||   || // 10:00 – 10:30 – (Alicia with ESOL, Ac.Support, & Visual Arts teams) // |||||| 1. Meet with department 2. Review WASC documents, respond to provided questions. 3. Share “Master” documents, inform of progress and next steps 4. Clarify any remaining next steps ||  || // TTT Sessions, continued team work, or RTN Screening // ||  ||
 * ** TUESDAY ** ||  ** ES Social Studies **  ||  ** MS Social Studies **  ||  ** HS Social Studies **  ||   ||
 * 7:30 – 8:00 |||||||| Coffee in PUDONG café-, meet & greet
 * 8:00 – 8:45
 * 8:45 – 9:45
 * 10am – noon
 * 12:00pm – 12:45pm |||||||| ** Join colleagues for lunch **  ||
 * 1:00 –2:15 |||||| Recommend items below ONLY if work through unit writing is completed and/or next full-day retreats scheduled, (Hope and Doug excused)
 * 2:15 – 3:30 ||||||^  ||   ||

=//Finalized Documents: See hyperlinks below://= **REVIEW, SOME MODIFICATIONS ** (Subject-area Learner results and scaffolded learner outcomes) || **STANDARDS AND BENCHMARKS** **REVIEW, SOME MODIFICATIONS ** (Subject-area Learner results and scaffolded learner outcomes) || **STANDARDS AND BENCHMARKS** **REVIEW, SOME MODIFICATIONS ** (Subject-area Learner results and scaffolded learner outcomes) || **RECOMMEND VETTING ** || **SELECTED EAGLES** **REVIEW, SOME MODIFICATIONS ** || **SELECTED EAGLES** **REVIEW, SOME MODIFICATIONS ** || //The organization of units of instructions across grade levels which specifies the knowledge and skills found in each unit.// || **SCOPE AND SEQUENCE** //The organization of units of instructions across grade levels which specifies the knowledge and skills found in each unit.// || **SCOPE AND SEQUENCE** //The organization of units of instructions across grade levels which specifies the knowledge and skills found in each unit.// || **REVIEW, SOME MODIFICATIONS ** //Broad, over-arching questions to stimulate thought, to provoke inquiry, as a means of addressing questions central to understanding key issues the subject// || **ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS** || **ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS** **REVIEW – WERE PARED-DOWN ** || //The shared assessments to connect the curriculum, instruction and learning to enable teachers and students to measure how well students are doing in attaining targeted learner outcomes// || **MAJOR (Cornerstone) ASSESSMENTS** //The shared assessments to connect the curriculum, instruction and learning to enable teachers and students to measure how well students are doing in attaining targeted learner outcomes// || **MAJOR (Cornerstone) ASSESSMENTS** //The shared assessments to connect the curriculum, instruction and learning to enable teachers and students to measure how well students are doing in attaining targeted learner outcomes// || //The preparation of teaching of the defined Scope and Sequence// ** 1. **** Unit title ** ** 2. **** Standards & Benchmarks ** ** 3. **** Essential Questions & supporting Content ** ** 4. **** Skills (specific Learner Outcomes) ** ** 5. **** Selected Eagles ** ** 6. **** Cornerstone assessments ** || **PLANNING (Units Plans)** //The preparation of teaching of the defined Scope and Sequence// ** 1. **** Unit title ** ** 2. **** Standards & Benchmarks ** ** 3. **** Essential Questions & supporting Content ** ** 4. **** Skills (specific Learner Outcomes) ** ** 5. **** Selected Eagles ** ** 6. **** Cornerstone assessments ** || **PLANNING (Units Plans)** //The preparation of teaching of the defined Scope and Sequence// ** 1. **** Unit title ** ** 2. **** Standards & Benchmarks ** ** 3. **** Essential Questions & supporting Content ** ** 4. **** Skills (specific Learner Outcomes) ** ** 5. **** Selected Eagles ** ** 6. **** Cornerstone assessments ** || **//Materials that support learning and the above agreements, inclusive of embedded technology needs.//** || **RESOURCES** **//Materials that support learning and the above agreements, inclusive of embedded technology needs.//** || **RESOURCES** **//Materials that support learning and the above agreements, inclusive of embedded technology needs.//** ||
 * **Elementary School Elements** || **Middle School Elements** ||
 * **PHILOSOPHY** || **PHILOSOPHY** || **PHILOSOPHY** ||
 * **ESSENTIAL TEACHING AGREEMENTS and CONDITIONS** || **ESSENTIAL TEACHING AGREEMENTS and CONDITIONS** || **ESSENTIAL TEACHING AGREEMENTS and CONDITIONS** ||
 * **DEPARTMENT-LEVEL ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS** || **DEPARTMNT LEVEL ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS** || **DEPARTMENT LEVEL ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS** ||
 * **STANDARDS AND BENCHMARKS**
 * **SELECTED EAGLES**
 * **SCOPE AND SEQUENCE**
 * **ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS**
 * **MAJOR (Cornerstone) ASSESSMENTS**
 * **PLANNING (Units Plans)**
 * **RESOURCES**

Meeting Schedule

 * Pro Dev Full-day Retreats:
 * 1) October 7th (Puxi Campus Only), October 8th (Pudong Campus only);
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Proposed retreat (in divisions) Nov 17 ; **December 1**
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">February 7th (both campuses during PD Days - ALL TASK FORCE MEMBERS, Pudong Campus)


 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Video Conference Dates (3:15PM - 4:55PM):
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Tuesday, November 9th**
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Tuesday, April 19th**

//(As needed, Tuesday, May 24, 2010)// Master Document
//(Includes some facets from Puxi Meeting 10.7 - Still being updated as of Nov 1, 2010, individual divisions posted on divisional pages to the left)// ES Modified Document: Expectations for entering Grade 6-revised (thank you Linda for getting this ball rolling. Our PD comments/suggestions are here)

**Meeting Schedule**
//(As needed, Tuesday, May 24, 2010)//
 * Pro Dev Full-day Retreats:
 * 1) October 7th (Puxi Campus Only), October 8th (Pudong Campus only); Meeting scheduled at
 * 2) February 7th (both campuses, in Pudong)
 * Video Conference Dates (3:15PM - 4:55PM):
 * 1) **Tuesday, November 9th**
 * 2) **Tuesday, Jan 25th**
 * 3) **Tuesday, April 19th**

**Members**

 * __Elementary__**

Borden ||=  ||= Lynsey Howitt ||= Jeanette Dixon ||= Simone Loftus ||= Todd Denton ||= Tina Bui || Dickenson ||= Lisa Ferguson ||= Pat Broker ||= Helen Jin ||= Char Mataio ||= Steve Hanlin || Barbara Boyer-ES Librarian
 * = **CAMPUS** ||= **PreK** ||= **Kinder** ||= **Grade**
 * 1** ||= **Grade**
 * 2** ||= **Grade**
 * 3** ||= **Grade**
 * 4** ||= **Grade**
 * 5** ||
 * = Pudong ||= Soon-Ok
 * = Puxi ||=  ||= Lori

Pudong Campus: Grade 6: **//Marian Bradshaw,//** Grade 7: Dave Cole, Grade 8: Loren Digges, Lorna Parker Puxi Campus: Grade 6:, Grade 7: Melanie Ryan, Grade 8: **//Linda Wagener//** MS Librarian Ellen Nugent
 * __Middle__**

Pudong Campus: **//Tonya Parham//**, Peter Stelzer, Alan Cheung Puxi Campus: **//Hope Myers,// Doug Loomer (World History - pending) **
 * __High School__**