SEPTEMBER STAFF MEETINGSeptember 11, 2013

GOALS FOR THIS YEAR

Increasing student achievement from fall to spring Average MAP growth last year for K-6 was:

Reading 9 points Math 13.5 points Language 6 points

Average growth to advance 1 grade level Reading 10.5 pts. Math 12 pts. Language 7.5 pts.

These should be minimum goals.

GOALS FOR THIS YEAR

Set up individual goal setting meetings with each classroom teacher

Items to accomplish during individual meetings Establish goals for MAP Plan for achieving goals Time and date for formal evaluation

FOCUS

Continued rigorous focus on instruction This year add rigorous focus on lesson

planning

READING CONCEPTS SKILLS

The goal: Create lesson plans with substance that will cover essential skills students will be assessed over and explicitly teach them to the correct level of rigor. Use standards sheet Table of Specs DOK Then add in the DesCartes from MAP on the

16th

4TH GRADE EXAMPLE

Table of Specifications says… Identify author purposes (explain,

entertain, inform, persuade) and recognize how author perspective (beliefs, assumptions, biases) influence text

Depth of Knowledge 1 question at level 2 2 questions at level 3

4TH READING GRADE EXAMPLE

Example question they might see on the NeSA is Which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree with? He who fears something gives it power over

him Two minds are better than one Older means wiser Great minds think alike

4TH READING GRADE EXAMPLE

Another Example problemThe purpose of this story might most closely be described as

-challenging the idea that brothers and sisters always fight

-describing an unexpected struggle one family encountered

-providing that dogs are ‘a man’s best friend’-identifying the danger of walking on thin ice

4TH MATH EXAMPLE

Laura wanted to enter the number 8375 into her calculator. By mistake, she entered the number 8275. Without clearing the calculator, how could she correct her mistake? Without clearing her calculator, how could she correct it another way?

DOK Level 3

REMINDERS

Evacuation Drill September 17th in the morning

-more info to come on the 16th in-service date MAP data review day- ESU coming

Look at MAP reports Use DesCartes to create lesson plans

Staff Videos- would you prefer videoing on your formal eval day, or would you rather set up a different time for me to come in and video?