Curriculum team planning for December 4, 2013

2:30-2:45 2:45-4:30 Coffee and snacks in covered eating area Disciplinary curriculum team meetings

Group

Focus

Stuff to Bring/Prep
Sample standards. Comments and bookmarks for NGSS. Look over philo statement.

Location

Participants

What was accomplished and next steps

Accomplished: Took a critical look at the NGSS, specifically the HS chemistry and elementary standards. Consensus to adopt standards, assuming there are resources available. Next Steps: Look for resources, texts, and kits for elementary level. Check in with Donovan that elementary is on board. Then, recruit elementary teachers to trial the standards. Art Shared evidence of Standard Benchmarks: Unit projects, Assessments, samples of student work. Using AERO Standards and Benchmarks in Atlas Rubicon for Elementary and Secondary Art. Completed: review of AERO standards on ELA noting potential changes we need to make to the AERO standards to align them more closely with our needs and unique situations teaching English at LSN. Next Steps: Closely review and adapt the indicators of the AERO standards asking the question, How do we adapt these standards to reflect our role as an international school (not an American school). Craete a short list of questions for other ELA teachers on grade specific indicators.

Science

Look over and edit points added to philosophy statement on the teaching of science. Look at bookmarked sections of NGSS and consider the strengths and weaknesses of these and other suggested standards with a view to adopting and adapting.

Peters room

Peter, Heather, Emily, Brad, Ria, Theo

Visual and Performing Arts

K-12 Benchmarks for Music. K-12 Benchmarks for Art.

Bring samples/thoughts on benchmarks

Art/Music

David Tomasini Robert Passig Bhagawati Chettri Kathy Shrestha

ELA

Finish initial run-through of standards. Begin examination of benchmarks by bandwidth.

laptop or printed standards

Renees room

Rene Comesotti Patrick McAndrew Paulita Rodriguez Deborah Somerville Douglas von Hollen Luke Davis

Social Studies

HS curriculum review for 9th and 10th, plus the 11th grade option as a core class. Electives structure. General mapping.

Molly Nielsen Adam Smee Lexie Pieters Bhagawati Chettri Douglas von Hollen Jeremiah OSullivan Deborah Somerville Luke Davis

Deep conversations and important overview of relevant material regarding the mission statement of Social Studies and the role of a global citizen.

Math

Rubicon Atlas as a key and accurate picture of our Math curriculum.

Hollis room

Holli Niesner Chris Ray Brian Fawcett Emily Coolidge Heather Farish

Exploring Rubicon Atlas for vertical alignment from ES to MS to HS. Becoming familiar with various Rubicon reports. Next Steps: (1) Update our units in Atlas to ensure they are accurate and realistic; (2) Meet to discuss how to analyze overlap and gaps of our scope and sequence in terms of both standards and content.

World Languages

Create essential questions linked to our standards

Maryline's room

Maryline Pimentel Monica Justice Karine Emriau Fabiola von Hollen

We created a google document with our World Language list of essential questions aligned to the LS World Language Standards after reviewing a list compiled by Jay McTighe (shared with Rene Comesotti and Brad Waugh). Next steps: Communicate with administration regarding final acceptance of proposed LS World Language Standards, ask about timeline regarding approval for essential questions and having them posted on Atlas Rubicon. Once approved and posted, review the Atlas Rubicon process to create courses and substantial units.

PE

- Finalize benchmarks & indicators by standard. - Begin creating units of study - Follow-up with TAs following Mondays meeting - FINISH handbook (Look at adding copies of testing etc. to Laptops Coffee

Lukes office

Sam, Kathy, Mark, Luke

Student Support

Sarahs room

(Allison), Jacob, Sarah, Linda

Accomplished: 1. Handbook sent to

handbook upon admissions?) - Collect some basic essential skills

administrators for review 2. Started to collect information from classroom teachers (elementary and middle school first) as to what basic skills the students need to have at each grade level and in each subject. Next Steps: 1. Review and amend the handbook 2. Collect information from high school teachers about basic skills needed for each grade level and each subject 3. Collate the basic skills and create a COW (curriculum on the wall) 4. Schedule a training for TAs on differentiation and working with support students

IT/Library

Continue to put down lessons, making sure each standard is covered multiple times throughout the K-12 curriculum. Continue to detail the math curriculum: standard benchmarks aligned with P1 curriculum

Bills office

Jeremiah, Bill, Sudha

Early Childhood

PS

Nicole

Next steps: 1.Start to collect resources and teaching material to be used with project- based instruction 2. complete document (standard benchmarks) to communicate with administration