Setting Up Systems

Team,

We are off to a great start preparing students for transition readiness.  Throughout the building, staff are setting expectations for learning and behavior an improving timeliness, adhering to posted schedules.  Based on walkthroughs over the past week, the following trends were observed:

• Learning targets were posted in classrooms and referred to during instruction
• Students were engaged in learning activities congruent with learning targets
• Students were practicing how to rotate through learning centers and procedures for completing independent work
• Expectations were explicitly stated and followed with anchor charts to support student learning

For walkthroughs, we are using the ELEOT tool as we look to see how students are engaged in their learning.  In addition to look fors on this tool, we are looking to see... 

• Standards and learning targets are posted
• Activities are aligned to the classroom schedule
• Success criteria is posted/evident.

Ms. Camp put a copy of Learning Target and Success Criteria exemplars in your mailboxes last Thursday that provides several exemplars of how learning targets and success criteria can be posted.

Teacher Backpack of Skills

Teacher Backpack Tour allows you to view the information provided by our district academic staff to support your instructional planning.  The video is nine minutes and provides many resources to assist you with working efficiently, thus saving time.

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Assessment

The MAP assessment window is open from August 26 - September 20.  This week, we will spend time reviewing student progress from spring MAP and discussing goals with students.  During the first day of AIS week, you received Transition Plans for students who attended King last year that are in your classroom.  Friday, you had a learning session with Athena from NWEA to discuss using MAP for planning and analyzing student performance.  This information also provided MAP data for students new to King (other than kindergarten).  

This week begins our student goal setting for growth.  We will use the Student Goal Setting Sheet (fall to winter) that is part of the MAP tools.  We will begin administering the MAP assessment beginning Wednesday, September 4th -- schedule to come.

Following the MAP assessment, student progress will be recorded to set acceleration goals (acceleration plan).  The cycle goes as follows:

• Assess current reality
• Goal setting, naming actionable steps
• MAP assessment
• Goal setting, naming actionable steps, acceleration plan
• Same cycle for Winter and Spring MAP assessment

PLCs - Tuesday -- be sure to turn in Minutes/Products by 9AM Wednesday morning

We WILL have faculty meeting this week, but will NOT September 3rd.

Faculty Meeting Agenda