Minutes

Committee Charges

Social Studies Committee

2009-2010

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

Location: ____________ Chairperson:  Steve Bumgardner   Secretary:  Tim Wade

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. Using data from learning checks, each grade level will analyze assessments and monitor data.  Data review could warrant adjustments to curriculum maps and teaching strategies.  Each teacher should bring learning check data to each meeting. 
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.