Monday: Meeting day!
I worked with the elementary RtI specialists to decide how to deal with easycbm. We figured out cut scores for green/yellow/red zones for each test. We set up a timeline for completion of universal screening. We set up rough agendas for the EBIS meetings.
I went back to Pondo for a quick 504 meeting, and then to the C.O. for a meeting with the secondary RtI team. We reconfirmed our commitment to strengthening the core and ensuring that no student fell through the cracks.
Tuesday morning we had our first behavior/attendance EBIS meeting. Mitch's data showed a group of 8 eighth graders, all but one of whom were boys, who have already risen to the top of the detentions/warnings list. We brainstormed some early fixes for these students to help get them back on track.
In the afternoon I went through the STAR data to present at our afternoon academic EBIS meeting. Unfortunately, not all needed parties attended. We decided to revise the academic meeting plan to include intervention teachers on a rotating basis during PLC time: one Wednesday for 7/8 English, one Wednesday for 7/8 math, and one Wednesday for 6th grade. Daymond approved this plan later in the week and we will begin it in October.
Testing: Wednesday I refined the easycbm and STAR non-testers list, so those would be available for teachers by the end of the day so we could do our make-ups on Thursday. I planned for each teacher to send any of their non-finishers down each class. Dena S. was integral to this process running smoothly on Thursday - she was in charge of the lab in the morning and helped me all afternoon. This system allowed about 100 testers to finish; I called down the rest on Friday afternoon to finish. I also made posters for our basic log-ins so we can use the whiteboard for other information.
I revised the method for signing up for the computer labs. Instead of paper copies of the schedule, I revived my Google Calendar. Teachers can view it online, and email me to sign up. There is still some refining needed since the 6th grade is not on our bell schedule.
I hooked up Jennifer's doc cam. She was very grateful. I bugged Daymond again about getting her a second log-in so she could actually use her Promethean.
I did a lot of troubleshooting for gradebooks this week - the 6th grade teachers are definitely going to need more training.
Our math PLC went quite well. We revised our reportable standards (which I subsequently typed up and shared) and we had a fantastic conversation about instructional strategies for teaching subtraction of integers. I hope to be able to facilitate more conversations like this - I believe it will improve all of our instructional practices. I also shared our pacing document and reportable standards with the sixth grade teachers, along with a draft of what theirs would be if it followed our formats.
MIM was finally updated, and I downloaded OAKS data and shared that with the English and Math PLCs; I also sent login information to Calandra and Adam, and begged Daymond for Dena S. and Cheryl to get access.
It was a busy week, and I am glad that testing is mostly over! Next round will go much more smoothly.
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