1. San Joaquin Valley Council for the Social Studies Introduction to SJVCSS Mike Lebsock 2012-2014 President San Joaquin Valley Council for the Social Studies sjvcss@gmail.com

2. What is SJVCSS? San Joaquin Valley Council for the Social Studies Local organization serving California Region VII Counties Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced Affiliated with California Council for the Social Studies Affiliated with National Council for the Social Studies

3. Who can join SJVCSS? History/Social studies (HSS) educators Pre-service teachers Teachers k-12 Professors of history and social sciences Administrators Retired HSS teachers and administrators

4. Why would educators join SJVCSS? By joining SJVCSS you automatically join CCSS. By joining CCSS you can: networking with creative teachers from around the state, run for office, join active working committees, receive the scholarly journal, enjoy a discount at the annual conference, present at the annual conference, and benefit from a regular e-newsletters, The Sunburst, and podcasts from the legislative analyst.

5. What does SJVCSS do locally? provides a discount for local professional development : Scholar Series has local actively working committees: technology, political advocacy, banquet, curriculum, events, publicity and recruitment, and teacher recognition holds bimonthly Board Meetings anyone may attend, but not vote nominates a Teacher/Professor/Administrator of the Year to be recognized at our spring award ceremony. has elections for Board Members each year, and our 4 member Executive Committee every other year. socializes with educators around the country at http://facebook.com/sjvcss http://facebook.com/sjvcss hosts a website at http://SJVCSS.orghttp://SJVCSS.org

6. How do I join? Go to the CCSS website and join CCSS. The cost is $60 per year, and that includes membership in SJVCSS. The cost for students is $35 per year.

7. What can I do for free? friend SJVCSS at http://facebook.com/sjvcsshttp://facebook.com/sjvcss visit our website at http://SJVCSS.orghttp://SJVCSS.org attend Scholar Series $10/session attend our bimonthly Board Meetings serve on one of our committees: technology, political advocacy, banquet, curriculum, events, publicity and recruitment, and teacher recognition become or nominate a Teacher of the Year to be recognized at our spring awards ceremony. attend the awards ceremony

8. The Board of SJVCSS works hard at keeping this organization viable and serving your needs. Please click the link to take a survey and tell us how we can better serve you, and what you might like to contribute to serve others. Tell us what you think.link Mike Lebsock, President Justin Paredes, Vice President Dr. Melissa Jordine, Secretary Marvin Awbrey, Treasurer