DRAFT - 2013-14 Mitchell Education Yes! - DRAFT

Dear Mitchell Staff and SIT,

Attached is Mitchell's draft 2013-14 School Process Rubrics report....one component of Education Yes! If you have additional input you want me to consider, I am happy to receive it by Friday, February 28.

This report is important because it is part of Michigan's Education Yes! system for school accreditation. The system is based on MEAP scores (both current and change scores) and the indicators of school performance (i.e. the attached school performance rubrics - SPR). These three parts translate into the school scorecard which can be viewed on mischooldata.org

Our MEAP scores show a general positive trend over the last three years (and these trends are confirmed by the other data measures we track - NWEA MAP tests, SRI reading test, report card outcomes).

Relative to the school performance indicators, our highlights include:
- Our new programming/work to involve families including all of the Mitchell Family Literacy Initiatives (M-FLI);
- Our work in data teams - small group work focusing on individual/small group instructional planning for success.

This is good news! Thank you for your hard work. Not many (most?) schools can say they show improvement. I believe we will keep our momentum!

So you know I'm aware: Of course I know that our work is not finished. We have predictable gaps....I also wish it would be corrected more quickly.

Again, thank you for your hard work.

Kevin

PS - Teach like your hair is on fire! :-)

Family Literacy Night Proposal

Date:  May 7, 2014

Time:  6:15 - 8:00 PM

Agenda

6:15 - Mingle, snacks, drinks

6:30 - Morning Meeting – Greeting at least

- Explain Night – IRAs, Ideas on how to support literacy with every day activities at home, connect to R, W, S, L, V, R

- Video - lots of clips, quickly presented of R, W, S, L, V, R in school and at home

6:55 - IRA #1  - families choose where to go....small group, teachers present IRAs that were planned during 4/30 staff meeting; during this time teachers should mention ideas on what to do at home, one Spanish speaking IRA at least

7:20 - 7:30 - Passing time - snack, bathroom

7:30 - IRA #2 - families choose where to go....small group, teachers present IRAs that were planned during 4/30 staff meeting; during this time teachers should mention ideas on what to do at home; one Spanish speaking IRA at least

6:55 - 7:55 - families also choose to visit a variety of "stations" - ELL, Specials?, Supports? - at each of these stations teachers either connect to an IRA or with literacy in their content area generally

 - Stations:  In the car ideas, Think Stretch station, families come to the Vendor section to pick up book (with reinforcing information about what to do with the book at home)

7:55 - Thanks for coming announcement from Kevin

Next steps

- Share this plan with SIT and ask for input

- Share with staff and ask for input

- Choose books

- Buy books

- Begin to share info about this in March during reading month

- Promotion Plan - make phone calls, eNotes, incentive for kids to get family to come (book)