Social Studies
Curriculum Specialist or Supervisor? Click
here for more information
about the
OCSS Supervisor's Network (OCSS SupNet)
The Ohio Council for the
Social Studies
Educating Tomorrow's Citizens
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Ohio Council for Economic
Education Update
Dr. James J. “Jim” Sheehan devoted his
professional career to preparing a new generation of social
studies educators who utilize best practices in the classroom
and strive to become social studies professionals engaged in the
work of OCSS and NCSS. Jim brought his Miami University students
to OCSS conferences each year where he assisted them in making
their first professional presentations to colleagues.
Through donations of his friends and colleagues,
OCSS developed a program to honor Jim’s life work by recognizing
outstanding new social studies professionals. OCSS seeks to
recognize outstanding new pre-service professionals from each of
Ohio’s teacher training institutions. It is our intent to
recognize talented students and assist them as they transition
to classroom teachers. Each teacher training
institution in Ohio may select one student in their social
studies education program to nominate each year. Students are
selected based on leadership and scholarship exhibited as
students in the education program. For more information about this year's honorees, please click here. View our additional OCSS Award winners that were honored at the annual conference in March, 2009. Get involved with OCSS!
In this time of great change in Ohio's
education program OCSS is seeking dedicated professionals to
help OCSS meet the needs of its members. We are a member-run
organization and the next generation of OCSS leaders may
include you!
Our current leadership team consists of elementary teachers, secondary teachers, university instructors, consultants, and retired educators. If you would like to be more involved and guide the future of social studies education in Ohio, please consider the following opportunities:
1. OCSS is currently seeking a member to join
the leadership team as Treasurer. The OCSS Treasurer is
responsible for general bookkeeping (writing checks) and
working together with the leadership team to develop a
yearly budget for the organization. Compensation for the
bookkeeping duties is provided. The ideal candidate need not
have a business background or formal training, but must be
detail-oriented, available for the
quarterly
Board meetings, and understand the budgeting process.
Contact our President,
Bill Harris
if you are interested in the Treasurer position.
2.OCSS committees often seek external
feedback on reports and initiatives. If your
current
situation does not allow you to serve in a leadership
role, you can still be involved through committee work.
Click here to submit
your contact information to OCSS so that we may contact you
for feedback.
3. Periodically OCSS will have vacancies on
the executive board. Please continue to visit our
website for announcements.
Want to get involved with OCSS? Click here to submit your contact information! Want to share assessment practice you use in your classroom with social studies teachers around the state? Answer OSSR's Call for Proposals!
The editors of the Ohio Social Studies Review,
a peer-reviewed journal, issue a call to submit manuscripts for
the Fall 2009 issue, which is scheduled for September
publication.
The Fall 2009 issue has a dual theme: “21st
Century Skills” and “Performance Assessments in the Social
Studies.”
For more information about submission guidelines,
click here.
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