Over the past two years, the California Subject Matter Project (CSMP) has been helping design professional development for the rollout of UTK, or Universal Transitional Kindergarten.
This weekend the California Council for the Social Studies (CCSS) will meet in Orange County, California for its annual conference which promises to deliver participants with "engaging strategies, a growing professional network, and new ideas to share with colleagues at your site." CHSSP leaders across the state are proud to participate in this conference through the following offerings.
The César Chávez Youth Leadership Conference and Celebration will be taking place on UC Davis’s campus next month. This free motivational event seeks to help students feel empowered to pursue higher education — particularly students from marginalized communities who may not yet be considering attending college due to a lack of information, insufficient financial resources, or other factors.
Starting in June, the California History-Social Science Project network is hosting several summer institutes in different regions of the state! We hope you will join us for focused approaches on topics ranging from ethnic studies, world history, and discipline-specific literacy. These summer institutes bring together a community of teachers, scholars, as well as university educators to deepen our knowledge and share best practices in teaching.
If you are an educator or educational leader, registration is still open for the final two "Inquiry: Why Now?" sessions in Irvine, on September 14-15, and Fresno, on October 12-13
How can conversations across the K-16 continuum and beyond help us more effectively address pedagogical challenges and contested or controversial histories? This is the question that the 2021 Teaching History Conference will consider. Hosted by the UC Davis History Project, and occurring online on May 7-8, the conference provides a space for historians and educators to discuss “teaching hard history.” Teaching hard h
Last week marked the start of the Grade Groups for K-2, 5, and 7. As I Zoomed in and out of each group, I observed teachers sharing stories about what’s been going on in their classrooms – the good, the frustrating, the sad, and the glimmers of hope. Grade Groups is an experiment for us in the CHSSP network. We didn’t know what it would be like to pull together teachers from Poway, Kern, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Stockton, and dozens more cities, and strategically plan for so many teaching contexts. What I’ve seen so far has confirmed what we hoped could happe
Starting Thursday, November 5, three of our nine statewide grade-level series, Grade Groups, will begin. Educators will reflect, connect, and strategize about how the history-social science material from their grade level can best engage their students.
“How did we get the world we have today? How do we make it better?” These are core questions that Nicole Gilbertson, Director of the UC Irvine History Project looks forward to addressing with the 10th Grade Group, which is scheduled to begin in just a few weeks. Nicole, who holds a Ph.D. in Modern European history, will lead the 10th Grade Modern World History Group.
“Relevance, urgency, interest, and a time where change is both accepted and expected by many educators.” This is how Brianna Padilla, a Kindergarten teacher at Venetia Valley School in San Rafael, and Teacher Leader with the UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project (UCBHSSP) describes her interest in the K-2 Grade Group, which she will lead with Rachel Reinhard, the UCBHSSP Director.
“With the reduced time to teach, being purposeful and selective is critical.” This is how Katharine Cortes, Associate Director of the UC Davis History Project recently explained one of her goals for the 8th Grade Group that she will lead with Mary Robillard, a veteran 8th grade teacher from Rancho Medanos Junior High School in Pittsburgh. Katharine and Mary will work with 8th-grade teachers to select, prioritize, and map essential content and skills that are especially important right now.&nb
Alison Waterman is really excited about 6th grade this year. The veteran teacher from Orinda is determined to help her students connect the past with their current reality.
