MIT Mintues - 4/25/12

Discussion focused on RC goal

Connect to agency

Use of TIII summer school developed curricula as an activity

We want students to become autonomous, self-directed learners

Having a rubric for parents would be helpful as we think about how to engage families around RC

Invite parents to professional development

Parent professional development

Giving language examples would be powerful

I noticed . . .

I saw you . . .

Put the scissors in the drawer now. You are doing something unsafe.

Video examples

Invite parents to morning meeting

Curriculum night sharing???

-       introduce RC

-       NAAPID – come

-       RC passport – look for the features of RC

-       Morning meeting during Kevin’s presentation

The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum

RC is different so we have to take parents into account in how we present it

SIT Agenda - 4/25/2012

Conference Room

7:30 AM

We will continue our discussion from the last SIT meeting where our meeting was to begin (or continue) to brainstorm activities that will best address our goals for 2012-13 . . . with a thought on "parent and community involvement." 

We brainstormed some ideas at the last meeting:  CLICK HERE

And, for your reference, the draft SIP goals are:

In an effort to keep focus on where we're going, I'm sharing and in some cases resharing our direction for the School Improvement Plan goals.  Please read this over, ask questions, give feedback, and/or let me/us know what you think.


Reading*:  By the end of the 2012-13 academic year, the percentage of Mitchell students reading at instructional target reading levels will increase from 69% to 79% based on year-end reported reading levels.  (data would still be updated based on end of year reading level data)


Writing*: The percentage of Mitchell student scoring proficient or advanced on the MEAP writing test will increase from 35% to 40% based on the fall 2012 MEAP writing test.  
INSTEAD OF previous language in order to de-emphasize "end of year" language:
By the end of the 2012-13 academic year, the percentage of Mitchell students proficiently or advanced on the MEAP test will increase from 35% to 40% based on the MEAP test.


Self-control*:  All Mitchell students will show self-control based on the report card rubrics for self-control at each grade level.
This is placeholder goal for now.  It is the result of some discussion of a goal connected to RC.  It is my hope to continue the development of this discussion and goal with BMT and the SIT . . . of course with input from staff.


Math:  By the end of the 2012-13 academic year, the percentage of students secure on math outcomes related to algebra will increase from 52% to 60%.


Science:  The percentage of Mitchell student scoring proficient or advanced on the MEAP science test will increase from 35% to 40% based on the fall 2012 MEAP writing test. 
INSTEAD OF previous language in order to de-emphasize "end of year" language:
By the end of the 2012-13 academic year, the percentage of Mitchell students proficient or advanced on the MEAP science test will increase from 12% to 22% based on the MEAP test.


Social Studies:  The percentage of Mitchell students proficiently or advanced on the MEAP test will increase from 17% to 27% based on the fall 2012 MEAP test.


* Focus Area Goal

Mitchell SIT: Parent/Community Involvement Activity Brainstorming

Thank you for your time this morning at today's Mitchell SIT meeting.
My notes of what we brainstormed are shown here:
http://mitchellsit.blogspot.com/2012/04/parentcommunity-involvement-activity.html
Would it be OK to continue our discussions on 4/25 @ 7:30? I'll send
a Google invite.
Parting thought: Our goal is to identify the greatest point(s) of
leverage in helping our community support our SIT goals. We should do
this first in connection to our focus goals.
Kevin

Parent/Community Involvement Activity Brainstorming

Weekly Wagon Walk of Books
- Reading materials for kids and adults shared
- Walk through neighborhoods as a lending library

Family Book Club involvement - from Jenni Zimmer

Post cards - exchange post cards throughout the summer about the books that have been read

Organize school library - as a community lending library / community center that would be open later in the day

Dialogue journals - where book notes had been written; others respond

Parent English classes - as have been done in the past at Mitchell
- English skills
- model how to read with kids
- T/Th

Think Stretch program - workbook program to reduce summer slide

Connect with Charo from Palma?

Seven Weeks of Winter (SWOW) - Lunch hour classes taught by parents

Parent meeting to talk about the report card in both Spanish and English

Spanish language classes for English speaking families

Poetry cafe to showcase writing work being done

Celebrations for parents (e.g. poetry slam) that involve and informally teach parents in safe ways at school

Show parents what secure third grade writing looks like

Find parents who will help with science fair

Connect science fair to reading/writing goals

Involve UM interns in science fair activities - maybe as a part of extended day

Considerations for activity selection

Activities can be:

• Instructional
• Organizational 
• Leadership
• Programmatic 

Activities are most powerful when linked directly to the most urgent needs of students.

Source:  The Leadership and Learning Center

Effective Schools - 35 Years of Research

1. Guaranteed and viable curriculum
2. Challenging goals and effective feedback
3. Parent and community involvement
4. Safe and orderly environment
5. Collegiality and professionalism

Source:  Robert Marzano, What Works in Schools:  Translating Research Into Action

SIT Meeting 4/11 - Wednesday @ 7:30 :-)

Looking forward to seeing you this Wednesday morning for our scheduled School Improvement Team meeting at 7:30 AM.  I'll bring the coffee!

The focus of our meeting will be to begin (or continue) to brainstorm activities that will best address our goals for 2012-13 . . . with a thought on "parent and community involvement."  If you have thoughts you'd like to share ahead of time, please CLICK HERE.

As a reminder, the goals for next year show below:

Focus Goals:

READING:

By the end of the 2011-12 academic year, the percentage of Mitchell students reading at instructional target reading levels will increase from 69% to 79% based on year-end reported reading levels.

WRITING:

Writing

By the end of the 2011-12 academic year, the percentage of Mitchell students proficiently or advanced on the MEAP test will increase from 17% to 27% based on the MEAP test.

The actual wording for the 2012-13 goals above will be updated to include 2012-13 data, but the essence of the goal will remain the same.

Other goals:

Math
By the end of the 2012-13 academic year, the percentage of students secure on math outcomes related to algebra will increase from 52% to 60%.


Science
By the end of the 2012-13 academic year, the percentage of Mitchell students proficient or advanced on the MEAP science test will increase from 12% to 22% based on the MEAP test.


Social Studies
The percentage of Mitchell students proficiently or advanced on the MEAP test will increase from 17% to 27% based on the fall 2012 MEAP test.