Thanks, Jody: Having been retired for nearly ten (!) years, I'm not doing much down-in-the-trenches work, at least on a regular basis. Are you a member of either APA Div 2 or TOPSS? It would seem to me that they (esp) TOPSS would like to be made aware of the Michigan situation. I don't know who is in a TOPSS leadership position right now, but am certain that someone on the list does. APA/SToP would also like being apprised of what's been going on. Anyone out there? David -----------------
>>> Jodi Gabert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/12/08 9:54 PM >>> David, et al., The brain trust at Michigan DOE most likely came up with this after the screaming stopped after the ACT/Merit scores for this year. The social studies test scores (scanty breadth in the curriculum and no way is there any depth) were in the dumpster overall. The memo was released two weeks ago and is just now getting disseminated. I found out from the Michigan Education Association's hotline. My school district decided to drop AP Psych this year (16 years of being the only AP social studies program in our 6 district ISD) after discovering that they had an unqualified teacher (not me) teaching it. Actually, the curriculum didn't go through the audit. I was in the process of doing it when I was reassigned and I expressed concern that it was going to be dropped because of it. They responded that it would be taken care of. Obviously, it was. It won't be a district decision to drop psych and soc. It will come from the state. Unfortunately, we don't have a presence with Michigan Council for the Social Studies and we don't have a state level organization for high school teachers for either psych and soc. So I am really worried that it will be a bulldozing. I will be happy to send Dr. Jenkins contact information to you and any who agree as you do that this is wrong headed. Jodi Jodi Gabert Reed City High School Where we have 16 sections of advanced strength conditioning and 1 section each of psychology and sociology in a 5 period trimester schedule. > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:46:02 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [tips] AP Sociology Curriculum> > > Jody: When did the notice go out from MDOE re the discontinuation of psyc/soc > courses? Has Reed City DOE made a decision yet? It's certainly a wrong-headed > decision, eh? David> > >>> Jodi Gabert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/10/08 12:36 PM > >>>> > A while ago, someone asked about the proposed AP Sociology curriculum. > The link to it is at > www.asanet.org/cs/root/topnav/sociology_depts/an/aptype_sociology_high_achool_course> > > Unfortunately it seems that the latest casualty of the state graduation > tests and increased graduation requirements will be psychology and sociology > courses. Michigan DOE has sent out a memorandum stating since those two > courses aren't on the test, they don't need to be taught and they're > recommending to Michigan colleges and universities that they should no longer > offer psychology and sociology as teaching majors.> > I know there's been > heated discussion about thie merits of teaching HS psych and soc here in the > past, but as someone who loves the two orphans of social studies, there is a > feeling of a door slamming hard and I hate that.> > Jodi> > Jodi Gabert> Reed > City HS> _________________________________________________________________> > See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of > your life.> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/> > ---> To make changes to your subscription contact:> > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL > PROTECTED])> > ---> To make changes to your subscription contact:> > Bill > Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/ --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
