Checking Our Progress and Planning for Next Steps

Last week, students K-5 completed the first three week learning cycle check (common formative assessments) in addition to completing the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).  Today in PLC you will discuss learning results with your team and make decisions about high leverage strategies to use for reteaching.  As we delve into our purposeful work with planning and assessment, understand the only wrong answer is to think our students are incapable of learning consistently at high levels.

PLCs will meet in room 303 today.  Please be prepared with the following: 

• Your laptop
• Your analyzed classroom data from the learning checks (math, reading, science, SS).  
• You have a template to use to report your results (Learning Cycle Data Form) in your PLC folders - you should come to PLC with this completed
• PLC protocol to record grade level results and next steps -- this form along with a low (not yet), medium (almost got it), high (got it)  student work sample from each subject (across the grade level) -- is to be turned into White by the end of the school day (printed copy w/ work samples)
• ECE and ESL teachers are to turn in results based on each student on their caseload, by grade level, by standard.  I emailed you access to a document to record information this morning and it is due to White by the end of the day Tuesday to allow you time to gain appropriate info from grade level teams.

Today is picture day -- see email from Mays for the schedule.

This week is the fourth grade camping trip for ECHO, taking place Thursday and Friday.

We want to welcome Carol Cashen to Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School -- she will replace Felicia Duncan who recently accepted a guidance counselor position at Frayser Elementary School.  Congratulations Mrs. Duncan and welcome Carol Cashen!

Welcome Betty Phillips to our nutrition services team, she comes to us from Carter Elementary and will also start at King today.

Congratulations to Sheldon Nance -- he and his girlfriend welcomed a baby girl last week, Rhylie Rae'Shawn Nance.

Faculty Meeting will be a Google Classroom training -- learn how to make it happen.  Bring your laptops, ideas, and questions.

Student Led Conferences are coming up -- will send out information today to support the process.

Get students logged into their digital backpacks -- deadline is Wednesday.