Social Studies 2013-2014
Submitted: April 2013
Department Action Team: Social Studies
Our mission: Making lives better by supporting a mindset of achievement for all students regardless of gender, race or socio-economic
status.
4 M Goal (Made First, Most Important, Measurable, and Manageable):
Reduce the achievement gap by placing a focus on Free and Reduced students who are struggling to succeed at CNHS and Northside
Middle School.
Area of
Focus
Habits of
Mind/ PBIS
Team
Members
Action Plan
(What should happen?)
SS Dept.
Each teacher will
identify who their Free
and Reduced students
in each classroom.
SS Dept.
Teachers identify their
own personal mindset
as either being fixed or
growth oriented.
Teachers begin to use
the growth mindset
model in their
classrooms each and
every day. Teach the
difference to students.
Use Habits of Mind
Possible Strategies
(Steps to make it happen)
Teacher summer reading:
Mindset- The New
Psychology of Success,
How we can learn to fulfill
our potential.
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Timeline
Formative Data
AugustOctober
2013
Power Teacher
Data
Summer
2013completed
prior to
start of
school in
August.
How many
students begin
with a fixed
mindset vs. those
that use a growth
mind set.
Summative
Data/Product
-Determine how many
students are able to
demonstrate usage of a
growth mindset by end
of the year. Anecdotal
evidence secured by
teachers.
-Reduced number of
student referrals to
Dean’s office for
behavioral issues.
Literacy
PBIS/ Habits
of Mind/
UDL
SS Dept.
Improve literacy skills
(reading and other
critical skills such as
vocabulary
recognition).
Support students in
learning and using new
Habits of Mind as
teachers practice and
improve classroom
instruction via UDL.
-Use Doug Lemov’s Teach Sept- May
Like a Champion Part II2014
Chapter 10- “How All
Teachers Can and Must be
Reading Teachers” as the
basis of a couple of
workshops to focus on
literacy within the Social
Studies classroom. We
will hold monthly
workshops facilitated by
Social Studies teachers as
is our culture. We enjoy
learning together using a
team approach.
-Teaching & Using
Essential Vocab in SS
classroom
Investigate the current
CNHS data- Provided by
CNHS Guidance Dept.
-Explore more Habit of
Mind and UDL strategies
that are designed to help
male students succeed in
the classroom.
-Stand at our doorways
and meet and greet each
student by name.
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9 week Grade
checks
comparing Free
and Reduced
student grades to
non-Free and
Reduced student
grades.
-End of year overall
GPA check comparing
Free and Reduced
students to non-Free
and Reduced Social
Studies students.
-Enroll more Free and
Reduced students in
AP level SS classes.
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Provide list of Best
Practices to CNHS
faculty by end of year.
Add to What Does a 3
or 4 Look Like
document started in
April of 2013.
-Use Jenae as a consultant
via the ICT- Instructional
Consultation Team.
-Use the books, Teaching
with Poverty in Mind and
Turn Around Tools for the
Teenage Brain by Eric
Jensen as the basis of our
monthly workshops.
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