10/24 Bristol MAP

Spent the day a Bristol.  Met with 3rd grade and 4th grade each for a 1/2 day looking at MAP data.

Agenda for the day was:

30min Science

5 Minute - Brain Break - Wright Family

30min Math

5 Minute - Brain Break - Roll a Brain Break

30min ELA

10min Bio Break

Time Left - Action plans as a result of the data observed

10/22 Bristol Day, Coordinator meeting, Strategic planning meeting

Spent the day at Bristol Elementary

I saw 4th grade work on Writing - personal narrative and thank you letters.

I saw Kindergarten in their literacy centers.

I saw 4th grade discussing the 13 colonies.

I saw students researching famous investors in 5th grade.

I got a chance to check out the music performance:

Started working on 5th grade Social Studies Learning Goals and Proficiency Scales.

Got a chance to see student presentations on life cycles of various animals, here are some examples:

Checked out 3rd graders investigation of pant life cycles: 

Met with coordinators to plan Hudson Day:

We will do 30 minutes each.
5 minute break in between

Science first 30
Math second 30
ELA third 30
BIO break
Action Plan

Science Breakout:
5 stations
Station specific to content
Station specific to Bristol

1. Overall MAP data and Demographics
2.  Unit 1 data - performance and question types
3. Unit 2 data - performance and question types
4. Unit 3 data - performance and question types
5. Compared to State


Went over to Central Office for the Revenue Committee meeting.

9/4 Hudson, Steger, CO, Hixson

Awesome day!

Spent the morning with Hudson Looking at Map Data.  We had 45 minutes to look at science and checked out slides like this:

And completed a sheet like this:

Went over to Steger to drop off Force and Motion Materials to 6th grade science and said hi to kids and teachers.

Headed over to Hixson

Met with 8th grade social studies to discuss how they will be able to pay for NCSS conference

Played with 3dGameLab and hung out with some students in 7th grade social studies

Met with 7th grade Social Studies to go over MAP data.

9/3 Kindergarten Curriculum Template, MAP data

Worked on and completed the Kindergarten Templates...

Wrote first post in series of connections: http://wgsdsciss.blogspot.com/2013/09/kindergarten-connections-ngss-to-mo-gle.html

Replied and processed 70 emails


Watched:

Read: http://hillbrookilab.com/

Prepped Hudson MAP data
Handouts
Slides
Worksheets

Prepped for Hixson 7th grade Science MAP data meeting

8/16 MAP data day

Worked on MAP data for the majority of the day

Finalized District data and data by school.

I also completed Avery's data summary report: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBb2tVejhzSjVzd1k/edit

4/15 Hudson Vertical Day, Prep Vertical Team

Began the morning with an M&M activity

Used this presentation for conversations:


 Spent afternoon working with 4th grade teachers on end of unit assessment.

I also began work on NGSS 1st grade Light and Sound unit.

Submitted Summer work hours and days

Went back over to Edgar road to prep for Science Vertical Team

• Copied Agenda
• Copied Matrix
• Copied NGSS by grade level
• Copied inside the box

11/8 Veteran's Day WGHS, Edgar Road, SSLC

Started the day with an AMAZING set of presentations at WGHS for celebrating Verteran's Day.

Afterwords met with 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teachers at Edgar Road to share MAP data.

At 12:00 participated in the St. Louis Science Leadership Consortium at St. Louis Science Center.

Agenda included:

• Keri Skeeters, LARC Chairperson
• ELA Core Content Standards 
• Work Session Tasks:
• Current practices
• Tune a lesson to incorporate/strengthen ELA content standards
• SSLC Wiki: How to access, post, collaborate
• Next Meeting:
• January 11, 2013,  Dr. Michael Wysession
• Lunch provided by Pearson at 12:30

CCSS:
Know - Reading, Writing, informational to persuade, 70% informational reading, CCR, lack of differentiation for SSD and ESOL, allows for professional judgement

Want to know - how to infuse non-fiction reading through problem based learning, how to increase content collaboration (group PD LARC/SSLC),

Samples:
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/

Spring 2015 - ELA and Math - Smarter Balance assessment is asking to read multiple pieces synthesize information and do something with it.

Teaching science through Journalism: http://scijourner.org/

Anchor standards - end goals for students
English - Literary text and informational text

Learned what a "close read" is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_reading

Found this resource via Twitter: http://driscoll-class.wikispaces.com/Flipping+the+Class

Read like an investigator, write like a journalist.

11/6 Office Hours, LMT

Started the morning going through e-mails and responding to emails and youtube questions.

• I made contact with our Nystrom REP about replacing Maps and globes.  Hard to purchase from them when you can find better stuff on Amazon.
• Downloaded and checked out STRATALOGICA - Seems cool, but not enough better than google earth/maps.  A lot better than apple maps (hehe)
• Researched Globes for Kindergarten
• Began Managing the Wiki for the Saint Louis Science Leadership Consortium
• Prepped for Edgar Road MAP meeting tomorrow
• Sent out a test for people that are having access to the server issues.... apparently there are problems...
• Sent e-mail to Hudson / Bristol for full day availability
• Downloaded and installed update to new SMART notebook software for Macs
• Finished Blog post on Finding Reading Levels
• Shared with Hixson and Steger the classroom observation application

• Emailed Kirkwood, Maplewood, Lindbergh about co-Authoring e-books.
• Began Work on an interdisciplinary unit around the second grade understanding of SOUND.
• Look at goals
• Connected them to the GLEs
• Wrote Goals
• Developed Assessment
• Mapped the Unit

Wrapped up the day at the LMT meeting at Central Office, agenda included:

• Follet site
• News:  WGSD Library updates - eBooks, personal accounts, previews, OneSearch
• http://wgsd-connections.posterous.com/
• Changes in access for authenticated devices from TLC
• Timeline Review for completing the 2013 Technology plan
• September:  Commendations
• November: Recommendations
• January:  Final draft approval
• March:  Plan submitted to School board and DESE for approval
• April: Focus groups form to work on Goals

• Protocol for Recommendations:   http://goo.gl/x42Io

• The Goal:  to review current plan and needs assessments and draft recommendations for   the new plan

            The Role of Leaders :  Setting the stage

            I.  Review requirements of the plan:  The Focus Area Goals
            II.  Review last years summary report

            III.  Review of dream activities from focus groups and staff survey (needs assessment)
            IV.  Form Recommendations for the plan:  EITHER

                   A.  discard the Objective as complete or out-dated    
                   B.  revise the current objective and update strategies

                   C.  draft a new objective statement and suggest strategies    

• Reports/Comments from the Building LMT committees

• Reporting back to the building LMT committees
• Library Updates
• Progress of plan revision - opportunity to offer input from the staff
• Any comments / answers to questions posed by the group

10/1 - Kindergarten, Office Hours, MAP data

Started the day at Edgar Road Office

• Responded to e-mails
• Prepared for Wednesday's PDC meeting
• Found Flipped Teaching Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4a7NbUIr_iQ
• Printed Do's and Don'ts for a Flipped classroom
• Printed Handout of presentation
• Printed Kindergarten resources for Kindergarten meeting
• Science
• Social Studies

At 9:30 went to central office for a full day/half day kindergarten discussion.  Agenda included:

• What does a full day or half day kindergarten's teacher look like?
• What "programs" are they expected to "teach"?
• What experiences are all kids having regardless of full or half day?
• Where is the opportunity to find space for items like play, community building, classroom spaces, science , and social studies?

Back to Edgar Road:

• Stopped by a kindergarten class to watch them using shaving cream to teach letter writing.  So awesome and so messy!
• Read about a researched "Genius Hour" as an alternative for 20% time.
• Created a template for the creation of vertical teams in Science and Social Studies
• Created Elementary School MAP data report for: 

Process for Curating MAP data

• Created Excel file for School
• Copied Data for school from Content_standard_Details
• Calculated averages for district pasted on Data Summary
• Opened MAP IEP Race Etc file
• Calculated averages posted on Data Summary
• Determine numbers of students in each area and subset 
• Copied MAP IEP RACE ETC copied and pasted School data
• Convert formulaic text to numbers
• Calculate averages for school
• Conditional Format Content Strands
• Determined School's performance relative to average
• Opened MAP_GOAL_PROCESS_IBD
• Conditional format %Earned
• Copied District Data Over
• Copied School Data Over
• Sorted by %Earned, Determined characteristics of goals of top 20 and bottom 20 objectives
• Pasted to Data Summary