WHEN & WHERE: These programs, which are organized by both local sites and increasingly, the statewide CHSSP office, vary in location and time of year, given local and disciplinary market forces. (Visit the CHSSP website for current offerings).
STANDARDS, CONTENT, & GRADE LEVEL: These PLC are designed for HSS teachers at the appropriate content and grade level, as defined by the HSS Standards. All CHSSP programs are, in general, aligned with the California HSS Analysis Skill Standards for grades K-12. Specific offerings at local CHSSP sites can also be tailored to a particular era, region, or grade level.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Program descriptions vary, but programming generally represents content based on the latest research presented by professionals from the discipline combined with methods for literacy-embedded classroom implementation.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: All CHSSP programs provide teachers with new understandings of significant and interesting aspects of the discipline they teach helping them engage and support students in learning. Questions and standards-driven activities help teachers organize the curriculum for student learning. Engaging as an adult learner compels teachers to reconsider how they plan instruction and design learning experiences for their students as they themselves reconnect with what it means to be a learner. Finally all programs address what it means not only to assess what students know about the content but how they learn the content as expressed in the CHSS analysis standards.
FUNDING: Individual CHSSP sites fund PLC programs through a variety of sources: contracts with local schools and districts, state and federal grants, and individual teacher registration fees. To find out how your teachers can participate as part of a CHSSP PLC, contact the CHSSP Statewide Office (chssp@ucdavis.edu; 530.752.0572).
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