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)

SIT Agenda 1-24-14

Art Room?
7:30 AM

So looking forward to seeing everyone this Friday!

Agenda items:
- Report out on Family Literacy Night planning - discuss next steps
- Focus Schools update - share focus strategy
- Education Yes Report - due in March - consider our work around strand 4 in the last year
- Share Assessment updates - MEAP, NWEA, Benchmarks

Literacy Night Brainstorming

Cathy, Jackie, Stephen, and Kevin met this AM to brainstorm what would happen during literacy night.  Below is what we left with:

Welcome

Morning Meeting – Greeting at least

Explain Night – connect to R, W, S, V, L R

Video

IRA  - take away #1

·      Buy books for modeling . . .

·      Viusal demo

·      Take home similar book with written info about what was learned/what to do

o   Do read aloud at home

o   Games at home (or in car) connected to literacy

·      Respond to text :  draw, write

·      see how everyone participates, see what teacher does, can see all of R, W, S, V, R, show the content and process goal, can show how this connects to what happens at school

·      It happens at school….and it happens at hoem

Car Games – take away #2

·      I'm thinking of a….

·      What does that sign say?

·      Twenty questions in the car

·      A game while preparing the evening meal

·      Kid:  "Can we please get . . . " Parent:  Put it on the list

·      Check the ideas from the EMWP folders

 

 

Possible video clips:

·      Kids coming into the school

·      Settling into class

·      Teachers reading at home with their kids

·      Mighty Mustangs

·      Guided reading

·      Show everyone engaged

·      Show IRA beginning

School Improvement Agenda - 12/6/13

Room 7 

7:30 

Reshare School Improvement Plan for 2013-14 (handout)

Family Literacy Night

Ideas from June 2013:

- What:  Classroom presentations on curriculum and how curriculum meets needs of above/at/below grade level?

- Opening session - define literacy, share format, writing with purpose sharing?  morning meeting?

- Conference style - offer sessions/parents pick and choose - What should be offered?

- Who:  All Mitchell Families -  How to make this a family event and still meaningful?

- When:  When would make sense?

Announcements:

- Mitchell Family LIteracy Fund

- Responsive Classroom Level 1 training

- After school/ weekend opportunities

- Communication plan - eNotes/ Monthly newsletter

Tentative meeting dates for this year:

November 22

December 13
January 24
February 14
March 14
April 25
May 16
June 6

School Improvement Team - Tomorrow @ 7:30

Hello Mitchell SIT,

See you tomorrow morning for School Improvement Team meeting at Mitchell, 7:30

Agenda:
- Share 2013-14 School Improvement Plan - look for omissions
- Define what we hope for from Family Literacy Night - and when we hope to have it.

Regrets only . . . :-)

Kevin

SIT Agenda for Friday, May 17

See you at 7:30!

There are quite a few things to share and/or discuss:
- Update SIT planning for 2013-14
- Update building plans for next year
- Share about Bryant Community Center visit
- Share about M-FLI, a recently developed initiative about summer reading

Next steps

As always, thank you for your input and commitment to our SIT.
Kevin