Minutes

Committee Charges

Social Studies Committee

2008-2009

Regular Meeting Date: 1^st Wednesday of each month Time: _3:30__

Location: ____________ Chairperson: ______________ Secretary: _______________

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Evaluate curriculum timelines monthly and make revisions as necessary for implementation.  
2. Discuss PD needs and submit requests to Ms. Hargis quarterly.
3. One grade level will submit an assessment per grading term for the committee to review and provide feedback using the SIT Item Analysis for Assessments protocol.  Discuss the use of open response questions at each grade level and share examples of effective open response questions that measure application of content at high levels. 
4. Share ideas for reading and writing across the curriculum.  There will be a minimum of one writing activity with rubric each year with reading strategies used within.
5. Conduct analysis of student work using NMS protocol once a semester.  The committee should develop a schedule of which teachers will submit work for each analysis and turn in with your minutes to Ms. Murphy.
6. Analyze CATS and NCLB data and develop a plan of action for your content to target identified needs and set goals for novice reduction.  Submit to Ms. Murphy with November minutes. Review implementation and impact of the activities at each meeting.
7. Seek and share ideas for integrated technology, use of manipulatives, resources, and content specific instructional strategies at each meeting.
8. At each meeting discuss implementation and expected impact of History Alive, United Streaming, and Glencoe resources at each meeting.
9.  Plan and participate in the National Geography Bee.

10. Discuss monthly resource and material needs for the department (maps   

dictionaries, thesauri, History Alive, Geography Alive, textbooks, etc.)

11. Discuss and share effective collaboration strategies at each meeting.

12. Review your CATS goal for the upcoming school year each meeting.