apaas team meeting
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APAAS Team Meeting. october , 2011. Touch base from last meeting 4 th Grade Students Susan Holt 9:30 Counselor PLC Grade Levels Regroup-Debrief PLC Site Teams Regroup-Debrief. Schedule for Today. Guidance resources APAAS PLC time Alternative materials - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
APAAS Team MeetingOCTOBER, 2011
Schedule for Today
• Touch base from last meeting
• 4th Grade Students
• Susan Holt 9:30 Counselor
• PLC Grade Levels
• Regroup-Debrief
• PLC Site Teams
• Regroup-Debrief
Guidance resources APAAS PLC time Alternative materials Budget for supplies for high level projects
Smaller class size (match average)
De-isolate~ want to be part of site’s team
Equal access to support (large class-size)
Smaller class size to match District average
Excellent aide (non RtI) to help students
What do you want the aide to do?
Perception (climate is changing to include more unique and complex learners)
Best Practices We need/want to implement
MaterialsTechnology (laptops, ipads,
ipods) similar to Fisler in Fullerton http://fsd.k12.ca.us/fisler/Multimedia.html
Wiki by grade level to share lessons & resources http://gotgifted.wikispaces.com
Jr. Great Books (funding is site decision)
APAAS supplemental resources needs to be handled at site.
Best Practices We need/want to implement
Interesting IdeasHave more tech access Clarification of APAAS
supplemental vocabulary programs: WordlyWise, Classical Roots, etc. Grade level decision
Create a Self-Evaluation w/ writing
Incorporate a Book Club concept to read a specific book and discuss as part of our PLC.
Read recommended Carol Dweck’s Mind Set http://mindsetonline.com/
WHERE ARE WE W/ OUR GOALS?
4th Grade Students
What can we add to improve process?
What is missing?1.
How can we modify?1.
Struggling APAAS Students
Issues vary from student to student.
Find out the reasons, in order to help him/her to move forward.
Teach
Scholarly Attributes & Overcoming Obstacles
Habits of M
ind
Scholarly Attributes
more student choices
Best Practices
open-ended, student choice, product options through project-based learning
Math Practice & Placement
Math is 50 % formulas, 50 % proofs, and 50 % imagination.
HOW DO WE KNOW IF OUR STUDENTS ARE TRULY
GROWING ACADEMICALLY?
Common AssessmentsWhat will they look like?
How will they be created?
When will we implement?