Re: DRAFT Ed. Yes Report for Mitchell - Input Welcomed

Good afternoon Mitchell School Improvement Team and Staff, 

I have officially submitted the Education Yes! report for Mitchell for 2012-13.  For those who were able to look it over and give feedback, I appreciate it.  Your feedback was factored into the report.

In case you didn't have time to look it over as much as you wanted, I thought I should share some information with you:

Strengths in areas connected to:

Strand 5 - Data and Information Management with a score of 4 out of 4 

- our compilation of data in multiple formats and our use of the Achievement Team Database factors in here.

Strand 3 - Personnel Qualifications and Professional Learning - average sore of about 3.8 out of 4

- Excellent staff, excellent use of time in helping each other be the best we can be 

Our relative weaknesses are connected to:

Strand 1which focuses on curriculum and instruction with an average score of 3.4 out of 4.  The points of leverage in this section include:

- fidelity of instruction - so being the best teachers we can be around our research based practices - guided reading, interactive read alouds, workshop methods, consistent phonics implementation

- a systematic use of formative achievement data in defined teams (think data teams).  Our PD work in the use of NWEA data for formative assessments is a step in the right direction for sure.

PLEASE NOTE:  please know a relative weakness does not mean we are doing poorly in that area.  We clearly have strengths within all areas of Education Yes!

I hope this email helps to share some of the important information about this report.

If you have questions, please don't hesitate.  

Sincerely,

Kevin

SIT Agenda - March 15, 2013

Updates  (5 minutes)
- Summer RC Training
- Summer Bridge


- Education Yes! (10 minutes)

- If Mitchell were to become a community center, what would that mean? (10 minutes)


Literacy Night Brainstormmg! (~30 minutes)
From 2/8/13 Discussion

Our focus is the literacy night

-       what do we think should happen at a family literacy night next year

-       next session will brainstorm it all, hilton karr and others will filter, bring back and create the plan

o      the student needs a motivation to be there and then parents will be pressed to attend, student will say, “we need to go to this”

o      kid focus makes it more meaningful

o      student involvement

o      polish it up

o      build a presentation that will script and provide a model for grade level teachers can folow

Mitchell School Improvement Team – Notes 2/8/2013

In Attendance:

Hiltion, reischl, underwood, karr, bolanos, hatt, spiess, thompson

Review options for Responsive Classroom

thoughts on what to do if all teachers can't partcipate

-       2 people vs 10 people saying no

-       another way to do pd without physical presence (podcast, set of materials for indep. Study)

-       rc probably won’t let us film it

-       potential for training new staff is better when an outside learning model has been created

-       have to take the opportunity while you have it, we’ve seen it’s preliminary results – it’s worth it

-       everyone really does want to do it

-       the negative feelings about not attending seem to come from ‘self-guilt’

-       bring them in as much as possible after the training with materials, come to the staff if you need more information

-       depending on the staff person, their needs to relieve ‘self-guilt’ may be different

-       equally necessary for all staff to attend – teacher to lunch staff

-       6 people saying no is almost 25%, greater possibility of delivering inconsistent messages

-       what’s the number!!!

-       People unable to attend could possibly have a learning partner to help facilitate them getting the information from the training

-       We will always be catching someone up, let’s just do it

-       We need an intentional follow up with the staff who can’t attend

o      It’s not your fault that you couldn’t attend – we are here to support you!

Recommendation from SIT is move ahead with summer RC training for those who can participate.  We need to be thoughtful about how to bring others up to speed in fall.

updates

-       upcoming continued staff rc pd

-       parent writing workshop was well received...large turnout at arbor meadows was unconventional but productive!

-       Promotional video premier went really well, very meaningful for all participants  – students and interns were very pleased

-       Plan is to increase the amount of students next year – both 4^th grades, this year was a pilot

-       These kinds of activities will be best planned and executed by beginning as a classroom level, succeeding, increasing to a grade level and succeeding again, and just getting better!

-       The intimacy between student and intern grew great relationships...the students really did feel empowered and showed their learning – how does this connect our claims and evidence

Our focus is the literacy night

-       what do we think should happen at a family literacy night next year

-       next session will brainstorm it all, hilton karr and others will filter, bring back and create the plan

o      the student needs a motivation to be there and then parents will be pressed to attend, student will say, “we need to go to this”

o      kid focus makes it more meaningful

o      student involvement

o      polish it up

o      build a presentation that will script and provide a model for grade level teachers can follow

SIT Agenda - 2/8/13

Mitchell School

Room 10

7:30 AM!

 

Updates

- Reading MEAP

- RC Winter professional development

- RC Summer 2013 Proposal - update

- Parent Writing Workshop - 1/17 and 1/22 - report

 

School Improvement Plan - Mid-year review

Our recommended focus:

Literacy Night 2013-14

- What should parents know about literacy in the AAPS?

 

SIT Agenda - 1/11/13

Location: ?

7:30 AM

Updates

- Reading MEAP

- RC Winter professional development

- RC Summer 2013 Proposal - Briefing

- Parent Writing Workshop - 1/17 and 1/22 

Review how we got to this point . . . 

- Education Yes!

- Strand 4 - School and Community Relations --> Parent/Family Involvement and Community Involvement

Recommendations for moving forward 

- Literacy Night 2013-14

- Define what we want parents to know

- Planning calendar

- Define structure for 

- School Culture - Ask RC Leadership Team consider parents and families for 2013-14

Discussion

- Can we support the recommendations?

- What questions do you have?

SIT Agenda - December 14, 2012

Sign in

Is someone willing to take notes?

Review strand 4 of Education Yes!

Strand 4 Breakdown
Parent/Family Involvement
- Communication
- Engagement

Main goal for today:  Discuss and collect input around parent/family involvement
What we heard/value from the last meeting - 
- Parent education
- Higher achievement for all
- Focus goals - Literacy (reading and writing) and School Culture

What can we do that is descriptive of what's above?

Next meetings:
- Looks like everyone can meet on Friday mornings beginning in January, so we'll shoot for that as our meeting day.  Here the proposed meeting days for the year:
December 14
January 11
February 8
March 15
April 12
May 10
June 7

Final Meeting Agenda - 11/16/12 / Agenda de la Reunión Final - 11/16/12

Mitchell School Improvement Team Agenda

November 16, 2012

1.  The purpose of the Mitchell SIT team

 - Support the requirements of Education Yes!; 

 - Facilitate the improvement of Mitchell School through the analysis of data; 

 - Implement strategies to support Education Yes! strand 4 (parent and community involvement)

 - Fulfill the requirements of Public Act 25 of 1990.

2.  Our School Improvement Plan:  Handouts – English / Español

3.  Education Yes! / School Improvement Team Focus:  Handouts

4.  Goal for year: Develop and implement 1-2 parent/community involvement activities

Mitchell Equipo de Mejoramiento Escolar Agenda

16 de noviembre 2012

1. El propósito del equipo de Mitchell SIT

  - Apoyar a los requisitos de la Educación Sí;!

  - Facilitar la mejora de la escuela Mitchell a través del análisis de los datos;

  - Poner en práctica estrategias para apoyar la educación ¡Sí! hilo 4 (participación de los padres y la comunidad)

  - Cumplir con los requisitos de la Ley de 25 de 1990.

2. Nuestro Plan de Mejoramiento Escolar: Folletos - Inglés / Español

3. Educación Sí! / Equipo de Mejoramiento Escolar Focus: Folletos

4. Objetivo para el año: Desarrollar e implementar 1-2 de padres / comunidad las actividades de participación
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

Participación Padre / lluvia de ideas

Walk Wagon semanal de libros

- Los materiales de lectura para niños y adultos comparten

- Caminar por los barrios como una biblioteca

Libro Family Club participación - de Jenni Zimmer

Postales - Tarjetas postales de cambio durante todo el verano sobre los libros que se han leído

Organizar biblioteca de la escuela - como préstamos comunitarios biblioteca / centro comunitario que estaría abierto al final del día

Revistas diálogo - donde las notas de libros se han escrito, otros responden

Clases de inglés para padres - como han hecho en el pasado en Mitchell

- Conocimientos de inglés

- Modelo de leer con los niños

- T / Th

Piense programa Stretch - programa para reducir el deslizamiento libro verano

Conéctate con Charo de Palma?

Siete semanas de invierno (SWOW) - Clases Almuerzo horas impartidas por los padres

Reunión de padres para hablar sobre el reporte en español y en Inglés

Clases de español para las familias que hablan inglés

Café Poesía para mostrar la escritura labor que se realiza

Festejos por los padres (por ejemplo, la poesía slam) que involucran de manera informal y enseñar a los padres de manera segura en la escuela

Mostrar a los padres lo aseguran por escrito de tercer grado se parece

Encuentra los padres que ayuden con la feria de ciencias

Conecte feria de ciencias para leer / escribir las metas

Involucrar a los internos en las actividades de la UM feria de ciencias - tal vez como parte de día extendido