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Pre-Service Week

Thank you for sharing your talent and expertise with DCPS for the 2016-2017 School Year! We are excited to launch this school year with two incredible days of content-based professional development sessions.

8:00am EDT

Social Studies: Unit Planning and Cornerstones Grades 6-8

Participants will be able to:
• Understand the why, what and how of their social studies curricular resources in order to plan for their first unit of instruction
• Explore the 5E instructional model in order to write lesson plans and implement Cornerstones
• Evaluate data from the SY1516 SAGE Assessment and describe logistics for the SY1617 SAGE Assessment

Speakers

Scott Abbott

Director, Social Studies, District of Columbia Public Schools

Director of Social Studies at DC Public Schools, active citizen, father, alum of Wake Forest University and Georgetown University, supporting social studies curriculum, professional development, assessment, and partnerships in Washington, DC and beyond.

Anthony Hiller

scott.abbott@dc.gov, jayson.wilkinson@dc.gov,

Donna Philips

Jayson Wilkinson

Session Contact

Anthony Hiller

scott.abbott@dc.gov, jayson.wilkinson@dc.gov,

Wednesday August 17, 2016 8:00am - 3:30pm EDT
McKinley

Audience Secondary Social Studies

8:00am EDT

Social Studies: Unit Planning and Cornerstones Grades 9-12

Participants will be able to:
• Understand the why, what and how of their social studies curricular resources in order to plan for their first unit of instruction
• Explore the 5E instructional model in order to write lesson plans and implement Cornerstones

Speakers

Scott Abbott

Director, Social Studies, District of Columbia Public Schools

Director of Social Studies at DC Public Schools, active citizen, father, alum of Wake Forest University and Georgetown University, supporting social studies curriculum, professional development, assessment, and partnerships in Washington, DC and beyond.

Anthony Hiller

scott.abbott@dc.gov, jayson.wilkinson@dc.gov,

Donna Philips

Jayson Wilkinson

Session Contact

Anthony Hiller

scott.abbott@dc.gov, jayson.wilkinson@dc.gov,

Wednesday August 17, 2016 8:00am - 3:30pm EDT
McKinley

Audience Secondary Social Studies