1. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) update
Rationale:
Share the vision for the NGSS~ prepare students for life, college, careers, and global competiveness.
Explain the development of the NGSS and Connecticut’s involvement in their development. Ms. Kechejian, our instructional coach, consulted regularly with the SDE in the development of these standards.
Share an overview of the NGSS~ focus on the science practices (i.e. defining problems, developing and using models, analyzing and interpreting data, engaging in argument using evidence…), engineering, and technology.
Bethel High School would like to organize a trip to Paris, Normandy, Brittany, and Barcelona for those students interested in the study of world history, culture, language, art, cuisine, and architecture.
We will continue to use the same tour company, Education First Tours, which has been organizing student tours for the last 45 years. We have used this company since 1998.
The dates of the 11 day trip would be July 25, 2016 through August 5, 2016.
The cost of the trip for our students will be approximately $3,978 per student, which is an all-inclusive coverage plan (covering round trip airfare, transfers from airport to hotel, hotels, continental breakfast and dinner every day, guided tours, full-time service of an Education First Tour Director, cruises, trains, or ferries as specified, museum entrance fees, and insurance).
The goal is to have 36 students and 6 chaperones for the trip.
Summer 2016 curriculum work will be done to either revise existing curriculum and/or assessments or to create curriculum for new courses. A listing of the summer curriculum work is below:
Course/Department/Subject
Rationale
Art:
Grades 3, 4, & 6
Ceramics I & II
Art 1
Revise curriculum due to new art standards.
Last curriculum revision was in 1998.
World Languages:
Spanish & French Level 2
8thGr. Accel. Spanish & French
Revise curriculum, pacing, and assessments.
Social Studies:
MS
Grade 9 World History I
Grade 10 World History II
Grade 11 US History
Grade 11 American Studies
Grade 11 AP US History
Align curriculum with new C3 Standards.
AP US History to align with College Board’s recent redesign of curriculum.
ELA:
K-8
Grade 9-11 English
Grade 9 and 10 Reading Class
Grade 11 American Studies
Grade 12 Digital English
Focus K-5 is on writing in ELA units as opposed to the reading which we have worked on previously.
Focus 6-8 is to revisit focus standards for units of study and to revise/update teacher and student rubrics to reflect and support the transition to standards based grading.
Focus Grades 9-12 is to revise curriculum, pacing guides, and assessments to align to common core standards.
Math:
K-8
HS Stats
Pacing and revision of assessments to include focus standards.
Stats class must align to CCSS.
Science:
AP Physics 2
AP Physics C
Biology
Chemistry
Conceptual Physics
K & 1
AP Physics 2- align with AP guidelines.
AP Physics C- New course curriculum development
Biology, Chemistry, & Conceptual Physics- Incorporate science & engineering practices from NGSS and learning outcomes.
Elementary level curriculum work to reflect the NGSS
