Alachua County Public Schools Exemplary Status Curriculum February

Alachua County Public Schools Exemplary Status Curriculum February 16, 2021

What is Exemplary Status? The Commissioner of Education’s African American History Taskforce has identified six criteria that determine whether a district can be considered Exemplary: 1. School board approval of the African American history initiative 2. Structured professional development 3. African American studies curriculum 4. Structured teaching of the African American history curriculum 5. University – school district collaboration 6. Parent/community partnerships

African American Studies Curriculum K-12 Curriculum Guide encompassing English/ Language Arts Fine arts Mathematics Science Social Studies Units of Study 122 unique units 311 modules African American History Courses All district high schools

Professional Development All district and school site personnel received introductory training in African American Studies in October 2020 Annual 258 Administrators and teacher received in-depth training in African American Studies Digital version available on demand for all teachers African American Studies Professional Learning Communities African American Studies Coordinator at each school site Plan school based events Provide school based professional development Ever Fi 306 African American History Curriculum University of Florida Center for African Studies K-12 Teacher Summer Institute on Africa

University and Community Partnerships Stetson University Consultant- Dr. Patrick Coggins University Florida University of Florida Center for African Studies K-12 Teacher Summer Institute on African American History Educators Conference (2019) African American Studies Program unit creation Presentations to students and faculty Alachua County African American History Task Force Parent Night Presentations

Future Implementation Annual Data gathering to determine future needs Continuous Professional Development Online on-demand Virtual African American History Educator’s Conference 2021 Professional Learning Communities School site specific Additional Units/ modules Elementary mini units Secondary STEM Collaboration with Samuel Proctor Oral History Project

Please join us after this presentation by watching the certificate presentation at tonight’s school board meeting