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Regional Coordinators’ Meeting

Regional Coordinators’ Meeting. May 9, 2006 “Focusing on Assessment”. AGENDA. Updates Local Regional State Summer Planning Resources Coordinator Community “Focusing on Assessment”. Local Updates. GIS Day – November 15, 2006? Texas High School Project

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Regional Coordinators’ Meeting

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  1. Regional Coordinators’ Meeting May 9, 2006 “Focusing on Assessment”

  2. AGENDA • Updates • Local • Regional • State • Summer Planning • Resources • Coordinator Community • “Focusing on Assessment”

  3. Local Updates • GIS Day – November 15, 2006? • Texas High School Project • College Readiness Indicators vs. TAKS • Stanford Redesign • Breaking Ranks II

  4. Grade 11 TAKS All Tests Taken Met Standard 2005 - State (1 SEM) First Administration

  5. College Readiness is Low for All Groups (State) Percent of Students Meeting THECB Standard for Higher Education Readiness

  6. ELA Grade 11 TAKS Met Standard (1 SEM) and Higher Education Readiness Component TAKS Scale Score 2200 and 3 on Writing (State) TAKS Passing Standard is 59% of items correct.

  7. Math Grade 11 TAKS Met Standard (1 SEM) And Higher Education Readiness Component TAKS Scale Score 2200 (State) TAKS Passing Standard is 55% of items correct.

  8. HERC

  9. Other College Readiness Indicators: • Percent at or above the criterion, where the criterion is 1110 on the SAT or 24 on the ACT • Percent of graduates completing the Recommended and/or the Distinguished Achievement Program

  10. Regional Updates • History Day Results available online at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/education/thd/thd_winners_2006.html • “Making History” workbooks http://nhd.acuityweb.com/cart/ • Regional History Fair 2007 • “Triumph and Tragedy in History” • When: Saturday, March 3, 2007 • Location: Education Service Center, Region 20 • Regional Annual Social Studies Conference • “Bridging the Achievement Gap: Strengthening Curriculum Instruction, and Assessment” • When: Saturday, October 28, 2006 • Location: Education Service Center, Region 20

  11. State Updates • TETN • May 16 – Texas Register online http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/ • TSSSA Conference Spring 2006 - great information source – www.tsssa.org/index.htm • TCSS Annual Conference – October 13-15, 2006 – Ft. Worth • TXASCD Annual Conference – October 15-17, 2006 – Austin Renaissance Hotel www.txascd.org • Texas History Conference - January 12-13, 2007 www.esc6.net • TSHA Annual Meeting – March 8-10, 2007 in San Antonio www.tsha.utexas.edu/about/meeting/progcomm.html • (What topics are you interested in learning more about?)

  12. State Updates • Call for Book Reviewers – Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas – contact Steven Schroeder by July 1st at steven_schroeder@earthlink.net • May 18 – International Museum Day “Museums and Young People” http://icom.museum/2006_contents.html • Freedom Documents Fund – Declaration of Independence & U.S. Constitution FOR YOU!

  13. Summer Planning • ESC 20 Staff Development • Leadership Academy for Social Studies (LASS) - Deadline is June 9 • LASS for Coordinators – suggestion from coordinators LASS Leadership Academy for Social Studies June 2006 to July 2009

  14. Summer Planning - June • Geography Professional Development – 3 day workshops – infusing geo-technologies into MS and HS teaching & learning – for information, email Andrew Milson at UNT at amilson@unt.edu • June 1-2 Economic Summit “Beyond Our Backyard” www.dallasfed.org • June 3-9 – TSHA Connecting Texas: Los Caminos Realeswww.tsha.utexas.edu/education/heritage.html • June 8-9 Texas Fine Arts Summit VII – one strand is music and social studies www.cedfa.org • June 15 deadline – Aramco Educators to Saudi Arabia in November 14-28, 2006 www.iie.org/aramco • May, July, August – World in Transition Workshopswww.dfwworld.org

  15. Summer Planning - June • June 26-30 – World Affairs Council of Washington DC Summer Institute “Looking Towards Asia”www.worldaffairsdc.org • June 17-24 & June 25-July 2 – NEH “James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship”www.montpelier.org • June 18-24 – FTE Economics for Leaders in Austin www.fte.org • Texas Alliance for Geographic Education • June 5-7 – Leadership Academy (veteran teachers) • June 12-14 – Geography 101 (novice teachers)

  16. Summer Planning - July • June & July – TCEE – economics for 4th – 8th grade (Texas History & economics, Math & economics, Invest in Texas) www.dallasfed.org • July 15-21 – We the People…Texas Institutewww.texaslre.org/ciw_wtp-st.html • July 19-22 – National History Day: In Pursuit of Excellencewww.tsha.utexas.edu/education/haw.html • July 17-19 – NCSS “Reading Strategies to Unlock the Social Studies”www.socialstudies.org/workshops/ • July 25 - “Globalization 101” – 3 hour forum www.dfwworld.org • July 26-28 – Mariachi across the Curriculum – cross-curricular connection between music and academics – Contact: Natalie Arsenault at (512) 232-2404

  17. Summer Planning - August • August 1- Personal Finance Workshop at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Antonio www.dallasfed.org

  18. Future PlanningCoordinator Meetings • August 29, 2006 from 8:30 – 12:00 • October 31, 2006 from 8:30 – 12:00

  19. Resources • San Jacinto Museum of History www.sanjacinto-museum.org • Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative free summer workshops www.t2tweb.us/Workshops/About.asp • Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum primary sources for teachers email marsha.sharp@nara.gov & www.lbjlib.utexas.edu • Gilder Lehrman – site improvements for teachers – www.gilderlehrman.org

  20. Resources • Bill of Rights Institute • 1st Amendment for middle school & high school • Being an American Essay Contest for high school – for a packet www.BeinganAmerican.org • Degree Confluence Project – visit latitudes & longitudes all over the world and take pictures www.confluence.org • Access to government websites www.ed.gov/free

  21. Resources • Texas History primary sources www.tea.state.tx.us/ssc/primary_resources/primary_sources.html#tx_doc • Texas Beyond History “Through the Eyes of the Explorer” www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/kids/cabeza-south/cdv_mainpage.html • Kids Around the World child profiles www.katw.org • Issues and Controversies in American History from Facts on File News Services www.facts.com/hist24

  22. Resources $$$$$$$$$$$ • 2006-2007 Save Our History Grant of up to $10,000 www.saveourhistory.com/pres_org/index.html

  23. Coordinator Community • Forum: “Focusing on Assessment” • Tools • Time to Share

  24. Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment I A

  25. “Focusing on Assessment”TOOLS • WebCCAT – Emily Lorenz • Sharon Rodriguez, Medina Valley – item analysis in Austin in June Sharon.Rodriguez@MVISD.com • Get on Track for the TAKS! www.track.uttelecampus.org • TOPCAT – Texas Online Preparation for College Admissions Tests – SAT & ACT prep http://testprep.CollegeforTexans.com • Side by Side documents • Improvement Plan (analysis)

  26. Side by Sides - example

  27. Improvement Plan

  28. “Focusing on Assessment” • Time to Share • What strategies/activities/resources are you using to instruct educators to use data for the purpose of tailoring instruction? • What successful strategies/activities/resources are you using to support SENIORS who fail Exit-level SS TAKS? • What successful strategies/activities/resources are you using to support students in preparing for TAKS? • What staff development opportunities will you offer for Social Studies teachers in 2006-2007? • What initiatives will be introduced or continued this year to support Social Studies education, TAKS preparation, etc? (ex. TAKS Saturday, Super Saturday…)

  29. Tori Austin tori.austin@esc20.net 210.370.5471 Ravae Shaeffer ravae.shaeffer@esc20.net 210.370.5403 Contacts

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