Efforts are underway to form regional councils for Social Studies educators throughout the Commonwealth. These councils, along with Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), aim to build networks where educators can exchange ideas, address challenges, and learn best practices, especially for complex subjects. Occasionally, a teacher may feel isolated, as they might be the only one teaching subjects like business and personal finance or AP Economics at their school. They may wish to collaborate with peers in other districts who teach the same subjects.
Please feel free to forward/share this with your staff and encourage them to get involved with your regional council to represent your Social Studies department..We also encourage you, if you have not done so already, to register your department as a member of the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies.
Because there is no Rhode Island Council for the Social Studies at the moment, the Massachusetts Council welcomes teachers teaching in Rhode Island to join us and hopefully will be able to reinstate the state council in the near future! Contact Gorman if you are a teacher in Rhode Island and want to join and get involved.
Feel free to complete this form if you are interested in getting involved. If you have any questions or would like to know more, feel free to contact us.
Social Studies administrators
Active district members: Abington, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Cohasset, Easton, Halifax, Hingham, Kingston, Mansfield, Marshfield, Middleborough, Norton, Northborough, Norwell, Plymouth, Plympton, Scituate, Southboro, Taunton, West Bridgewater, Whitman-Hanson
Active district members: Arlington, Bedford, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Lynn, Malden, Needham, Newton, Stoneham, Watertown, Westwood, Winchester
Primarily school districts in Worcester County.
Active district members: Auburn, Chelmsford, Fitchburg, Hudson, Lawrence, Leominster, Methuen, North Middlesex, Shrewsbury, Upton-Nipmuc Regional, Waltham, Wachusett, Westborough
including Cape Cod and Islands
Active district members: Avon, Brockton, Dedham, Fairhaven, Falmouth, New Bedford, Sharon
"The overarching goal of this network is to network with each other and we can do so in many different ways. For us to move forward, I have prepared what I hope is a quick Google form with a couple of questions for people to complete when you have a free moment. If you do not want to be part of this network please let me know and I can remove you from my contact list. Here is the Google Form to fill out: Google Form."
Active district members: Burlington, Haverhill, Lynnfield, Manchester-By-The-Sea, North Andover, Salem, Wilmington
Active district members: Agawam, Mohawk Trail Regional, Springfield