The charge of the Publication Committee is to oversee the policy and financial operations of the the council's publications, recommend policy changes to the Executive Committee, evaluate all publication proposals submitted to NYSCSS, and to serve as a resource to the editors of any council publications.
Time and Place Report- March 2013
General Goals: Over the past year, the publications committee has been dedicated to the following goals:
- To inform the membership of events and conferences related to the implementation and development of social studies education
- To provide quarterly printed and email publication of the newsletter Time and Place, as well as the Social Studies Docket. In consideration of this goal, the committee had discussed whether it would be more feasible and cost effective to go to a complete online version of the newsletter. After discussion with the executive committee during the September conference call, it was determined that it would be better to wait until after the 2011 conference to pursue this, since members who registered were promised a printed copy of the newsletter.
Costs: The costs of printing the newsletters and the Social Studies Docket were as follows:
- Newsletter:
a. September issue: 700 printed copies $497
postage $ 91
b. November issue: 500 printed copies $530
NCO certified mailing
List $ 50
Tabbing, folding,
Delivery to Post Office $110
Postage $ 74.16
c. December issue: 500 printed copies $530
Tabbing, folding,
Delivery to Post Office $110
Postage $ 74.16
Bulk Postage Renewal $185
2. Social Studies Docket:
a. We have changed the printing format to photocopy on more sophisticated machinery. This process
can only produce a 64-page edition but has much lower cost and much greater flexibility. Hofstra
will also bill New York and New Jersey separately so that New York does not have to wait to be
repaid.
b. The most recent edition, the per copy cost was .78 and per copy mailing was .53. The total cost
for New York State was $988.74, which was about 25% of previous cost ($4,000). Quality
remains high but not quite as high for photographs.
c. Summer –Fall 2010 (10/2) had two themes:.“Does lecturing have a place in the social studies
curriculum?” and, “20th century social movements transform the United States.” It also had a
teaching ideas section. Nine people contributed to the lecturing section. Twenty three people
contributed to the social movements section. Twelve people contributed to teaching ideas.
d. Winter- Spring 2011 (11/1) has two themes. Teaching about the Economy during the Great
Recession (nine contributors and a number of teacher comments). Teaching U.S. History with a
Local History Focus (23 contributors). There are also three teaching ideas articles.
e. Website problems seem to have been resolved.
f. Projected themes:
Summer- Fall 2011- Teaching about 9/11 and 20th century local history
Winter-spring 2012- Tea Party Populism and NY and NJ abolitionists
Summer-Fall 2012- Social studies approach to world history
Respectfully Submitted
Michael J. Collazo
Publications Committee Chair
