Professional Learning Community

Topics for PLC's: Organizing for Collaborative Work Creating Data Systems & Continuum of Learning ELA Miscue Analysis- Identifying Reading Levels Imagine Learning Data and How It Correlates to Small Group Reading Goals Diving Into Data- Breaking Down the Acaletics Assessment and identifying standards of Mastery and for Reteach.  Imagine Learning (ELL's) and Teaching Resources Mid Year- Norming Writing for the "season" and Invitational Small Groups Restructuring, Remediation, and Acceleration for the "season." Quarter 4 NEXT STEPS - Accelerating Learning to maximize next grade level experience How to minimize the "Summer Slide"

My takeaways from Data Wise were many ... the journey this year ... The focus of our efforts this school year ... and our barriers. Identifying our school wide problem based on Data - We realize that we have an emphasis on district directed assessments. Teachers comply with the request of giving these assessments as well as students complying with taking the assessments. Teachers inquire as to whether these are the correct assessments and also they wonder if students take these assessments seriously. This creates the following problems. Teachers do not understand how to use these assessments to drive their instruction so they are simply a compliance piece. There is a disconnect between what is being taught and what is being tested. This also results in data that is not clean.  Data Wise PLC Focus for 2017-2018: Building Assessment Literacy & Analyzing Data                  Plan: Grade levels will rotate through on a 6 day rot...