Title: Thank You (FYI - Groups Changing)
Course: BPSS (SST) Social Studies Standards > Section: Teacher Workspace > Forum: Social Studies Standards Discussions ...

Just wanted to thank you for being a team member on the Social Studies Curriculum Review Audit Work. This is valuable work of prioritizing and deconstructing the new ND Social Studies Standards to provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn.

After today session, I felt that the grouping options could be made more clear with grade levels for the prioritization process and grade-bands for the discussions. Hopefully this way the discussions will be clustered around grade bands which look at mini-vertical alignment of their like standards. Really want to make sure these groups function more efficiently before rolling out with the rest of the staff.

Because of these changes, I will be arranging the members in the groups to in their correct workgroups. Of course, you can change groups or join more if you want. We also look forward to feedback to make this process easier for K-5 teachers to provide their feedback on the standards. This data will help you make the final decisions on what standards each grade level will focus on prioritizing.

Thanks again and remember groups will be changing this weekend.