Certified - Task Force - US History (7th, 8th, 10th grade)

Position Title: Certified - Task Force - US History (7th, 8th, 10th grade) Location: TBD Department: Building Personnel Reports to: Director of Secondary Education FLSA Class: Exempt Job Summary This task force will bring together Social Studies teachers from 7th, 8th, and 10th grade to examine the US History scope and sequence, identify areas of overlap and gaps, and consider what students most need to know and be able to do at each grade level. This work will help us take a closer look at what we teach, when we teach it, and how learning can build from one grade level to the next.

Responsibilities

• Mapping the major content, concepts, and skills currently taught in each grade
• Identifying overlap, gaps, and opportunities for stronger connections between courses
• Considering what content and skills are essential for students to learn at each grade level
• Exploring opportunities to make individual courses more manageable and focused
• Considering how different priorities can be incorporated into the US History progression
• Reviewing the textbooks, primary sources, digital resources, and other instructional materials currently available to teachers and identifying where additional or updated resources may be helpful
• Identifying content or units that may be better suited for another grade level
• Developing recommendations for revisions to each grade-level course and the resources needed to support those revisions

Tentative Full Days:

• Thursday 11/12
• Tuesday 12/1
• Wednesday 1/20
• Tuesday 2/23

Requirements

Must be a Secondary Level teachers, specifically those teaching 7th, 8th and 10th Grade Social Studies (US History)

Compensation

Task force work related to curriculum, instruction, and assessment will be completed as needed outside of the school day Stipend per hourly rate for curriculum work per contractual agreement An Equal Opportunity Employer