Social Studies Curriculum

Alignment
Committee (CAC)

Strategic Plan End Result: We are designing and implementing an integrated and balanced assessment system
that allows us to measure student proficiency and growth on district requirements
and state standards.

Purpose: To increase PreK-12 program coherence through the alignment, adoption and implementation of a
guaranteed and viable curriculum in Social Studies

Team Members:
one primary elementary teacher Marti Jameson
one intermediate elementary teacher one middle school teacher Dieter Hammerstein
one high school teacher Heather Dodds
one IB Coordinator Tery Pea
one administrator Josh Fraser
one parent April Graves

Committee Responsibilities:
Identify key issues and trends in Social Studies
Conduct a district Social Studies needs assessment
Examine the MN K-12 Academic Standards in Social Studies
Define the PreK-12 Social Studies program and articulation (curriculum)
Research evidence based practices to develop disciplinary literacy in civics, economics, geography and
history, and explicitly link to 5D+ Instructional Framework (instruction)
Identify instruments to measure student progress (assessment)
Recommend core instructional materials
Recommend supplemental materials/programs
Make recommendations for technology integration in Social Studies
Make recommendations for professional development needs

The Social Studies CAC will convene for an initial meeting on Thursday, August 20 from 7:30-10:30am.
Teachers will be paid the $32/hr. curriculum rate according to the Master Agreement.
Ongoing sessions for the 2015-16 school year will take place during the scheduled
teacher duty day. A substitute will be provided for teachers on those dates.