STANDARDS FOR CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Middle Years Blitz

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STANDARDS FOR CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITYMiddle Years Blitz

• Fall 2007

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AGENDA

• The Journey
• The Standards
• Some Non-Negotiables
• Resources
• Reporting
• First Steps for Schools
• Support for Implementation
• Next Steps

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Why Citizenship and Social Responsibility
Standards?
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C SR The Journey

• 2003 System Plan
• 2004 Task Force 1 Recommendation Action Area
  III
• Community Development/Consultations
• Four standard areas
• 1. Respect Integrity
• 2. Empathy Compassions
• 3. Independence Cooperation
• 4. Self-control Responsibility
• Division 1,2,3,4 teachers administrators
  collaborated
• to identify indicators (looks like) and/or
  observable skills for each
• Grade 3 Teacher Pilot a testing of indicators
  skills

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The Journey (cont)

• Policy H-26 Assessment Reporting
• Policy I-1 - Developing Positive Character in
  Students
• EARLY YEARS
• 2005-2006
• Pilot (6)
• 2006-2007
• Implement
• MIDDLE YEARS
• 2006-2007
• Pilot (6)
• 2007-2008
• Implement

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The Standards Are Not

• A Program of Studies
• Not subject specific
• Not a stand-alone course
• And do not call for new resources

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The Standards

• Provide common language for the school
  community
• Support what we know about the needs of young
  adolescents

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Middle School CSR The Perfect Match!

• A successful school for young adolescents is an
  inviting, supportive, and safe place, a joyful
  community that promotes in-depth learning and
  enhances students physical and emotional
  well-being.
• In a healthy school environment, statements of
  encouragement positive feedback substantially
  outnumber disciplinary or correctional comments.
• (This We Believe - Successful Schools for
  Young Adolescents (National Middle School
  Association, 2003)

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Main ThemesThe Non-Negotiables

• Citizenship social responsibility skills are
  taught, not as a separate entity but integrated
  within curricular work. (guided by Policy I-1)
• Students engage in self-assessments monitor
  their growth.
• Assessment is both formative summative.
• Communication with parents is key to success.

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Resources

• Teacher Handbook https//www.psd70.ab.ca/psd/inter
  nal/assets/curriculum/citizenship/CitizenshipStand
  ardsK-9TeacherHandbookFinal.pdf
• Parent Handbook
• http//www.psd70.ab.ca/psd/assets/content/parents/
  resources/CitizenshipStandardsmiddleyearsParentHan
  dbook.pdf

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Other Resources

• Any and all other resources that you already have
  including
• Safe Caring School resources
• Dont Laugh at Me lesson plans,
• Etc, and/or other as listed in the Teacher
  Handbook.

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Reporting

• Students are taught the skills needed to
  demonstrate the targeted behavior(s).
• Formative assessment (A For L) of CSR flows
  through teacher observations.
• Incidences/activities can contribute a small
  amount of information each piece helps to inform
  the teaching process.
• Ways to collect data
• Anecdotal notes
• Charts
• Checklists
• Spreadsheets
• rubrics

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Reporting

• A summative assessment (A Of L) in citizenship
  and social responsibility is arrived through
  teacher collaboration. Its a team approach.
• Although the homeroom teacher is likely the most
  responsible person for filling in the report card
  (M or G) including the Comments, all teachers
  who teach the student are responsible to provide
  input into the citizenship and social
  responsibility assessment.
• The information provided to students and to
  parents in a summative assessment of citizenship
  reflects a students most consistent
  demonstration of citizenship social
  responsibility skills.

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Reporting
Teacher Comments (Celebrations, Suggestions for
Improvement)
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First Steps for Schools

• CSR A PLC
• How do we see our students in relation to the CSR
  standards?
• How will we use the CSR Standards to support our
  goals?
• How will we know our students are demonstrating
  citizenship social responsibility? (i.e. What
  evidence will we look for?)
• What role can students play in the development of
  their citizenship?
• What will we do when students get it?
• What will we do when students dont get it?

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First Steps for Schools (cont)

• Communicate Partner With Your Parent Community
• Provide parents with the CSR information. Send
  home the Middle Years Parent Handbook, also
  available on http//www.psd70.ab.ca/psd/assets/co
  ntent/parents/resources/CitizenshipStandardsmiddle
  yearsParentHandbook.pdf
• Implement student-led conferences
• Include monthly updates about CSR in your school
  newsletter with parent resources, parent
  websites, suggested book titles, celebrations of
  CSR, etc..
• Invite parents to attend scheduled school
  assemblies, especially those with a CSR focus
• Involve school councils as advocates
• Celebrate/share the citizenship activities the
  good news stories happening in your schools.

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Supporting Implementation

• Learning Services
• On-going teacher support via INTRANET
• https//www.psd70.ab.ca/psd/internal/content/curr
  iculum/index.shtml
• Click on Citizenship Resources under Middle
  Years 5-9 Resources
• Sharing of report card comment exemplars
• Sharing of student self-assessment exemplars
• Ongoing update of the teacher resource list
• Over the course of THIS implementation year,
  Learning Services wants to hear from you
• What do you further need to support you in
  implementation of CSR this year?

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Supporting Implementation

• Learning Services (cont)
• Information to teachers through ON-LINE
• Information to parents through monthly school
  newsletter updates
• Local newspaper ads keeping parents the
  community informed

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Future Plans

• CSR is one of our Board of Trustees 2007-2010
  three priorities.
• Learning Services will seek feedback at the end
  of this year from Early Middle Years schools,
  staff, students, parents
• Celebrations What is working?
• Suggestions for improvement
• Further recommendations

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This We Believe

• In a healthy school environment, there are
  structures that exist so that students will be
  known as individuals and feel cared for and
  valued.
• (This We Believe - Successful Schools for Young
  Adolescents (National Middle School Association,
  2003)

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Contact

• Carmen Mykula, Curriculum Support Facilitator
• Learning Services, Parkland School Division
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail cmykula_at_psd70.ab.ca