April+2010

Attendees: Sue Sheffer, Ann Johnton, Laurie Graybill, Kathy Heiser, Sherri Miller,Michelle Krill, Terri McKnight, Jaron Flickenger, Terry Zortman


 * 4/8/2010 1:21:31 PM
 * 1) Request for service letter was created.—Modification on the LLN troubleshooting process.
 * 2) $450 No to Danah Boyd is too expensive; a panel was suggested students, parent, teachers, attorney, Berne Hoffman, pick a definite date at May meeting—March through May.
 * 3) June party at the river—date select by Steve D.
 * 4) May 14 Agenda:
 * 5) PETE & C sharing
 * 6) May 13rd @ 6:30 p.m. showcase at Central High School; K to 12 kids will be presenting; also art festival happening

SAS Presentation—Laurie Graybill, Kathy Heiser, Michelle Krill, Sue Sheffer, Ann Johnston


 * When training, teach materials & resource first, then fair assessments.
 * Some SAS Information on the SAS page.

1. Clear Standards, Instruction i. Eligible content is what kids are tested on ii. Standards are very broad; standards start with a number; the number indicates the subject area iii. Anchor is ; anchors start with a letter

2. Fair Assessment i. Summative Assessment: ii. Formative Assessment iii. Benchmark Assessment iv. Diagnostic Assessment:

3. Materials and Resources i. Wiggins and Mctighe—“Where to” found on the lesson plans ii. Karpeles has great resources-- http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/

4. Curriculum Framework i. Big Ideas are the same k through 12th grade

5. Interventions—for remediation as well as enrichment i. Access Center very good ii. IRIS is very good

6.What is coming. . . i. Group Diagnostic Report for Math in fall—grades 6 to 12 1. Students will take a test online and then the SAS system will produce this report 2. will have resources to use to help kids improve 3. students can use electronic rulers, preview their answers, skip questions and return

Other Areas: Help has training materials Teacher Tools (profile, portfolio and website)