DAVID

A. JOHNSON

231-876-4834
9905 E. 13TH STREET,
CADILLAC MI, 49601

EXPERIENCE

Northern Michigan Learning Consortium/Wexford-Missaukee ISD 08 / 2011 - Present

Social Studies Consultant

Provide Social Studies support to teachers in Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District,

as well as the other 10 ISDs comprising the Northern Michigan Learning Consortium including:

Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona ESD, Charlevoix-Emmet ISD, Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle ESD,

Clare-Gladwin RESD, COOR ISD, Iosco RESA, Manistee ISD, Mecosta Osceola ISD, Traverse Bay
Area ISD, and West Shore ESD.

Mesick Consolidated Schools 09 / 2003 - 08 / 2011

Teacher

Taught 7th and 8th grade Social Studies taught 7th-10th grade English/Language Arts served as
HS Play Director 2007-2011 served as MS Student Council Advisor 2003-2011

PROJECTS

Performance Assessments of Social Studies Thinking (PASST) 03/2011-Present

Co-Project Manager

The PASST project was born out of teacher trainings that took place during the 2012-13, and

2013-14 school years. PASST is a collaboration of educators across the state of Michigan who
have taken part in rigorous assessment development training to create a series of next

generation assessments for Social Studies that measure both the content set forth by the

Michigan Content Expectations and the skills stressed in the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS) and the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework.

TRIG Assessment and Curriculum 07/2014-Present

Project Manager

The Assessment and Curriculum Activity as part of the Technology Readiness Infrastructure

Grant (TRIG) will focus on providing classroom level resources for use by students that builds
and strengthens the rigorous thinking skills critical to student success in social studies. The
Digital Textbook Initiative will help enhance the integration of skill acquisition and content

application necessary for 21st Century Citizens. The textbooks will not be a replacement for
curriculum or instruction, but rather an additional resource designed to support existing

curriculum and instruction that also helps prepare students for next generation assessments.
The books will be a free, up to date resource available for use by students across the state.
Students will be given ample opportunities to conduct activities such as:

Analyzing sources

Argumentative writing

Close and critical reading

Communicating and critiquing conclusions

Crafting and answering compelling and supporting questions

Taking informed action

Using and evaluating evidence

The C3 Alignment Project 07/2014-Present

Leadership Team

The C3 Alignment Project (C3AP) will take place during the 2014-2015 school year. The purpose
of the project is to align the Michigan Grade Level and High School Course Content Expectations

(GLCE and HSCE) with instruction and assessment through the lens of the College, Career, and
Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards.

The leadership for the project, supported by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), is

being coordinated by the Michigan Social Studies Supervisors Association (MSSSA), the Michigan
Council for the Social Studies (MCSS), the Michigan Council for Civic Education (MCCE), the

Michigan Council for Economics Education (MCEE), the Michigan Geographic Alliance (MGA),
the Michigan Council for History Education (MCHE), and Performance Assessments of Social
Studies Thinking (PASST). Each organization is recruiting Michigan social studies classroom

teachers, professors, and supervisors to work on the various K-8 and 9-12 committees around
four actions:

Updating the Expectations to create Fewer, Clearer, Higher Michigan social studies standards
Reviewing the Expectations to align with social studies assessment and instruction
Developing purposeful assessment of the Expectations

Identifying instructional strategies and activities that support the Expectations

EDUCATION

Michigan Association for Supervision of Curriculum Development 2011 - 2013

Curriculum Specialist Endorsement

Central Michigan University 2009 - 2011

MA , Educational Leadership

Central Michigan University 2006 - 2007

Additional Certification , English/Language Arts

Western Michigan University 2000 - 2003

BA , Secondary Education - History/Social Studies