Social Studies Department

Meeting

Date: / Monday, October 15
Late Entry
Time: / 8 – 9:15
J – 272 Carol’s Room
Attendance: / Mastromauro, Carol / Kilbride, Kevin
Bendle, Wendy / Max, Ben
Brown, Dana Marie / Pember, Ann
Aufiero, Damian / Tivnan, Rick
Green, Jamie / Veritas, Kerry
Healy, Marsha
Hurley, Greg
Lightbody, Michael
District Goal: / Improved Student Achievement
Students will increase their ability to interact thoughtfully with text, visuals, data, number and word problems, visuals, and phenomena, on their own and with one another, to build new knowledge, skills and understanding.
Department Focus
Operational Issues
7:30 -8:15
8:15-8:30
8:30-8:45
8:45-9:15
Reference
Past Tasks / “goal-setting is the process of establishing a direction for learning. . ."
- Marzano, Pickering, and Polock, Classroom Instruction that Works
Use the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework to plan curriculum units, implement the Common Core, and to individualize instruction.
Expand the use of research-based teaching & learning strategies to increase student comprehension and support effective transfer of content and skills.
Encourage student inquiry while providing opportunities for students to develop 21st century skills and to apply those real-life skills in the context of a project.
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MHS Breakfast
PSAT Prep: Homeroom teachers, grades 10 & 11, will meet with Ron Janowitz & Chris Mastrangelo regarding administration of exam.
Grade 9 team leaders will meet with ELL teachers for the entire PD
High School Mock Election: Greg Hurley & Rick Tivnan
·  Greg & Rick will share plans for the mock election on November 2
Checking in:
Did your Content Team . . .
revise pacing guide
·  Begin at the end of the year
·  identify topics or "Big Ideas"
·  complete grid by quarters
·  integrate PBL
·  plan days spent on topic
·  paste draft on appropriate wikipage
In the event that individual meetings are cancelled, I will . . .
Introduce Stage 2 of UbD – Assessment
·  http://historymalden.wikispaces.com/Understanding+by+Design
·  Break into vertical teams to review draft of election UbD
·  Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3
·  Revisions
UBD – To prepare for full PD Day in November everyone should identify a unit to design
·  collaborate with a colleague
·  identify a topic of concern or of interest
Outcomes: