10/1 4th Grade Social Studies Facilitators

Agenda and jumping off point for the meeting found here.

We started the day reviewing the work done to the Teacher Resource.  3 units were created to match the trimester set up of the district's reporting process.

Trimester 1: Missouri People, Places and Regions
Trimester 2: History of Missouri
Trimester 3: Government and Global Missouri

We created and shared a 4th grade Curriculum folder in Google drive.

We reviewed the timeline to implementation for this year to aid in our to-do list.  This year we will:

• Inventory Resources 
• Create/Share Common "Assessments" 
• Revise curriculum document as needed
• SWAP PD day (resources/Assessment/Activities)
• Create Equality of resources
• Determine CORE experiences
• Purchase Resources 
• Create Teacher Training Days at Schools

Next we reviewed materials to support student learning in Missouri.

• Every facilitator left with Missouri: Gateway to the West books for their school.
• We checked on the status of the Missouri: From Sea to Shining Sea books
• We ordered 122 copies of Missouri: Studies Weekly for teachers to laminate and use.
• Edgar Road -  25 copies
• Avery - 40 copies
• Computer School - 12 copies
• Hudson - 15 copies
• Clark - 15 copies
• Bristol - 15 copies
• We ordered Finding Missouri: Our History & Heritage DVDs, 2 for each school site.

The assessment for Trimester 1 was finalized, seen here.

Teachers then planned activities and experiences for students to have during Unit 1. (same document found here and embedded here.

We wrapped up the next meeting by:

• scheduling the next meeting
• assigning each school the inventorying of current resources available.
• Continuing to work on unit 2
• Review unit 1: Resources? 

10/17 WGHS, Hixson, Ladue Middle

Spent the day with Kindergarten Science and Social Studies facilitators.

Our agenda was:

We reviewed DRAFT learning goals for Science and Social studies and made AMAZING gains.

After school headed over to Hixson to meet with 8th grade Social studies to review colonial assessment.

At 4:30 headed to Ladue Middle School for the MOCHE board meeting.

My Sci, Edgar, SS Facilitators

Started the day with a tour of the "Institute for school partnership" or "My Sci" center

They are located at 6601 Vernon Ave.


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Outside

Every lesson come packaged in its own bag

Amazing Storage

While there I met with Skyler Wiseman to discuss a partnership with Webster Groves and access to the My Sci Kits and truck.

Their main website: http://schoolpartnership.wustl.edu/programs-services/mysci/

Their "kits": http://schoolpartnership.wustl.edu/programs-services/mysci/teacher-resources/

also discussed piloting new kits in grade levels 345.

Went back to Edgar Road, to:

• Investigate and learn about: http://www.eie.org
• Respond to Science Kit emails and sign ups
• Prep for 678 SS
• Copy GLE
• Make Agenda
• Copy C3 draft
• Update numbers of Kits and correspond with MaryAnn about sign ups

Led Social Studies Facilitator meeting:

12/6 Curating Resources, DLT, Meetings and SS facilitators

Started the morning with science over at Hixson.  We discussed Resources and made a decision.
Our plan is to determine our greatest needs now, purchase those resources.  And plan for the future of curating resources for the future of Science instruction at Hixson.

After words I went over to Clark for the DLT observation.  We observe a 5th grade classroom and discussed Marzano's design questions as they relate to curriculum and instruction, teaching and learning.

Some images from the day...

After the observation we rehashed what we saw and where we are headed as a district and had conversations about science and social studies.

After the DLT meeting I met with Mrs. Corley.  We discussed options for curating a digital resource.  We started a document here.

I then went over the WGHS to meet with the Tech Director.  We discussed options for digital resources and possible questions as we move forward.

After that headed over to Central Office for the Social Studies Facilitator Meeting K-5.
Agenda Included:
Checking in
Highlighting GLEs
Writing Learning goals
Discussing C3 content standards

10/25 Office, Social Studies Facilitators

Started the morning helping the sub for the librarian set up all the items she needed so her day ran smooth.

Answered e-mails then started working...

Spent the day dragging files and folders setting up the server space for social studies teachers.  My screen has looked this this for the last two days...

At 3:30 led the social studies facilitator meeting: 

Here's the e-mail I sent out:

Thank you SS CORE team,

Tonight's conversation was centered around the theme of "dropping a pin on a map."  Knowing where we are, what we do will help us figure out how to move forward.

Tonight we shared the excitement of THE SERVER!  Log on today, add stuff, copy stuff, collaborate, e-mail each other about cool lessons you find.  This will revolutionize how we teach our units. Very exciting!

We looked at the board approved curriculum (2006), the Missouri (2008) GLE's and took a peek at the National Council for the Social Studies standards (2012).  

The bulk of our time was centered around writing learning goals for the units we teach.  Will will continue working on this over the next couple months.

All resources used during our meeting are located here, take a peek:  http://goo.gl/Up1Cn

Let's keep the momentum PRIOR to our next meeting do some of these:

1.  Add resources to the server :-)

2.  Share how to log to the server with your building mates

3.  As you are teaching, when you are thinking about learning goals, add them to our learning goal document we started: http://goo.gl/pBZYP

4.  email someone using your grade level e-mail distribution lists already set up in outlook about a lesson of file you found on the server!

See you Nov. 29th in the board room!