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Agenda Oct 22, 2015

Agenda Oct. 22, 2015

1. Celebrations
2. Book Study for Leader in Me
3. Win - How is it going? Next steps?

Agenda Oct. 15

Agenda for Oct. 15

1. Celebrations
2. Assessments- formative and upcoming WIN pretest for ELA
3. Book Study
4. When will KPREP Student scores info go home to parents?

Please read pages 41-62 in The Leader In Me book.  Respond to the following questions once you have completed the reading.  Be prepared to engage in a lively discussion during our PLC meeting (on October 22).

1. Why do you think the 7 Habits are considered to be timeless principles?

2. How is the ubiquitous approach different from other initiatives?

3. What is an example of teaching a habit through the integrated approach?

4. What is an example of teaching a habit through a direct lesson?

5. What is an example of teaching a habit through modeling?

6. How can specialist teachers be involved with The Leader in Me?

7. How can the support staff be involved with The Leader in Me?

8. What are the benefits of having students teach the habits?

9.  Flag the most inspirational/motivational quote that you read from pages 41-62.  Be ready to share it with our group.dy -

Agenda for Oct. 1

Agenda

Oct. 1, 2015

                                                                  1. Celebrations

                                                                  2. WIN (intervention)

                                                                  3. Book Study Pg 23-40 Leader In Me discussion questions

                                                                  4. ELA after Fall Break
                                                                  5. Formative Assessment

PLC Sept. 24 minutes

Minutes for PLC 9-24-15

Attending:
Aletha Abell
Amy Tucker
Joni Masterson
Stephanie Coslow
Lorraine Harris

1. Discussed formative assessments: Joni presented a writing exit slip she had them do to "think forward" about a next setting for a story they were reading.
Lorraine said she uses the dry erase boards frequently to check for understanding.

2. Book Discussion
only covered 2-3 questions - Discussed how we need to be recognizing leadership qualities in our students and ideas to get more adult leaders for programs our students need to practice and develop leadership.

3. Intervention discussion
Mrs. Abell presented to the group that we would be focusing intervention in the classrooms on math during the 3 weeks following fall break. Administration will have pre and post tests ready for us to give to students. We will work on reading the following 3 weeks. Time is needed for teachers to get together and look at data and group students according to the MAP data. Teacher will choose which area they will teach.

Agenda 9-24-15

Agenda

Sept. 24, 2015

1. Formative Assessments- What are you using? What are you learning from your data? How are you using it as you design your daily instruction?
2. Book study- The Leader In Me
3. Map Data - What are we doing with students during WIN in our classrooms?
4. Where are we on PGES reflections/growth plan

9/10/15 Meeting Minutes

In attendance:

Stephanie Coslow
Amy Tucker
Nancy Peden
Lorraine Harris
Joni Masterson
Rachel Brussell
Jessica Scheerhorn

Celebrations:
Tucker and Brussell-Students did a great job on daily 5 today. Brussell was able to work with a group and Mrs. Tucker was helping students at the different centers/stations.

Peden found website cpalms that has resources for units and lesson plans.

Coslow-Goal to use leveled literacy during daily 5 to pull teacher-student group.

Formative Assessments:
-Tucker used exit slip. Noticed students need to add detail to explain their thinking.
-Harris used exit slip. She gathered that students were able to understand 3rd person but not 2nd person.
-Coslow exit slip with notecard. Problem on front and solution on back. Struggling with the biggest problem.
Struggling with higher kids that are getting it. (Suggestions: project, write an example, centers, kid blog).
-Use 50 types of formative assessment strategies we were given to try. Discuss formative assessments that you are using not only at the end of the lesson, but during the lesson.
-Discussion of socrative.com to formatively assess
-Plickers/Clickers
-Formative assessments do not have to be extravagant

Book Review:
Aha moments:
Page 7-
Assumed that kids learn it at home. Not always necessarily true.
Page 9-
Aha moments:
Daughter telling her father to stop being grouchy.
Finding student strength and virtue, and helping them find the niche where they can live these positive traits to the fullest.

Hope-
Student strengths in language.
New staff members and teachers. Very excited and have good energy.
School wide learning and empowering students.
Cognitively vibrant classroom. Teachers facilitate the knowledge.
Committed to kids!!

Regurgitating knowledge. Knowledge is no longer King.
What is king? communication, people skills, creativity, problem solving, etc.