Feb. 27 LS Faculty Meeting

Lower School Faculty Meeting

Faculty Share:

“Out of the Box Assessments”

Feedback:

Summary

of

Chris’s Mid-Year

Feedback

Action Plan:

1.Respond to emails in a more timely manner by blocking out time each day to respond to emails

2. Meet with grade level teams to work in classrooms, meet for "lunch bunches", or teach lessons

3.Schedule time each week to be in specials classes

4.Review LS Weekly calendar and ask for ideas for format

*Responding to emails

*Consider streamlining the calendar,

particularly on the LS Weekly streamline calendars

*Do we need regular weekly meetings?

*Not visit all classrooms

*Continue to get to know all students

(teach a lesson, affective curriculum)

*Be mindful of asking for feedback

when a decision is already made

10 responses

• Communicates clearly and listens well
• Communicates by sending emails
• Positive, cheerful, respectful and an advocate for teachers
• Implements feedback through specific notes in the mailboxes
• Balances compassion and firmness (authority and advocate) with students
• Implements programs with students

• Teachers:
• Like the information in the LS Weekly .. it is simple and detailed
• Value the scheduled meetings

4.- no grades, does not work

5.- narratives .... Yes

6.- not get rid of grades... Why not provide a broader snapshot

7.- have grade only show the mastery of the materials

8.- have a separate checklist/ skills can evaluate the other factors

9.Both....Keep narratives, have a pull down checklist for evaluating skills

10..... Use actual wording... No letters... Maybe numbers

11.- narratives and no grades and a checklist

12.- rubric for a behavior... Key skills noticed

13.- de-emphasizing the numbers is key

14.- also need a section on parents can do to help.... Very good idea to put of a report card

15.-

16.- writing narratives take time, but they are a good thing to keep

17.- like the idea of a skills checklist .... Too many skills overwhelming, focus on key skills

18.- maybe not a grade but a meeting expectations, approaching , exceeding

19.- Beth is a fan of narrative, and showing their progress throughout the year, Goal is to to have 1st grade is stressed about grades.... Not a good culture of kids worrying about grades in first grade

20.- bottom like, like narratives and could be only narratives

21.- rubric and 1,2,3,4... A sign

Faculty Discussion:

Report Cards Part II

O-Outstanding

•student hits target behavior all of the time

•student consistently is the model student

•student exceeds expectations

G-Good

•student meets expectations most of the time

•student is “right on track”

•student often/frequently hits target behavior

S-Satisfactory

•student meets expectations some of the time

•there is room for improvement

N-Needs Improvement

•student has not yet acquired the skill

•student rarely/seldom meets expectations

U- Unsatisfactory N/A for first midterm.

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Feb. 27, 2013

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