This is the fee for the Navigating High Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies Forum.

ABOUT
AIR experts worked with EdReports to develop tools (criteria and evidence guides to unpack criteria) to identify high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for K-12 social studies. Tools like ours are often used by states and districts to review and/or reflect on materials from publishers. Currently, the tools are being used to support social studies curriculum development and evaluation at state and local levels.

To support publishers in using the tools to review and inform the development of their own materials, we would like to invite your organization to participate in our upcoming learning series, Navigating HQIM in Social Studies. 

OBJECTIVES

This learning series will build on publishers’ understanding of the research behind and expectations for HQIM in social studies. The learning objectives for the series are:

• Review the current landscape of HQIM in social studies
• Unpack research behind the indicators for HQIM
• Engage with each research-based indicator for HQIM
• Use the HQIM tools to review materials

SCHEDULE

The series will include 9, 2.5 hour virtual sessions on Wednesdays from 11AM-1:30PM ET. Sessions will focus on important components of identifying HQIM, including:

• Session #1: The K-12 Social Studies Education Landscape and HQIM Tool
• Session #2: Deeper Dive: Standards Alignment
• Session #3: Deeper Dive: Social Studies Practices I
• Session #4: Deeper Dive: Social Studies Practices II
• Session #5: Deeper Dive: Representation and Perspective I
• Session #6: Deeper Dive: Representation and Perspective II
• Session #7: Deeper Dive: Usability and Instructional Supports
• Session #8: Deeper Dive: Assessment Practices
• Session #9: Reviewing Materials Workshop