October 9, 2014

Welcome & Introductions

Your G4L Team Members
Burleigh:
EC-2: Dan Gebauer, Kitty Janas
3-5: Lynn OConnor, Angela Graf, Karen Gross

Your G4L Team

Members and
Facilitators
Burleigh:

EC-2: Dan Gebauer, Christie Johnson, Kitty

Janas
3-5: Lynn OConnor, Angela Graf, Karen Gross,
Katie Kass

Brook El:
K-2: Kate Marx, Mindy Graser, Jeni Berthold
3-5: Mark Gimla, Dawn Hipp

Special Areas:
Kristen Wolf, Terry Little, Douglas Johnson

Tonawanda:
K-2: Connie Petersen, Kristin Olson, Michele
Hoffman, Kristin Kashian
3-5: Karen Lampe, Candace Wittrock, Kate
Petersen, Sara Gull

Swanson:
K-2: Jenny Vicenik, Amy Digman, Rachel Ray,
Julie Rutkowski
3-5: Angela Patterson, Shyla Calhoun, Mary
Beth Bartels

Dixon:
K-2: Rebecca Paasch, Laurie Leahy, Norm
Andrews
3-5: Tammy Gibbons, Pat Glubka, Marie
Widder

Grading For Learning Updates (G4L)

Indicators (domains) that reflect current standards in the content areas
of literacy and math, as well as special areas (PE, Art, Music, Band and
Orchestra)
A new Life Skills: critical thinking, communication, collaboration and
creativity (3-2-1 scale: proficient, developing, beginning)
The use of proficiency levels based on most recent evidence collected.
Expectation for providing comments in areas where proficiency has not
been attained
A Parent Companion document will be distributed so that parents know
what to expect and how to read the report card
Gradebook samples that align with standards and the report card
Timeline for IC input

Timeline
Board Approval on October 28
Choose a PLC during Oct 27 through Nov. 4th to use for
grading/input in IC
Early Release on October 30 will be designated for
teachers to input in IC
Quarter ends November 5th, half day teacher workday
Report cards will be printed on Nov. 10 (8:00 AM)
Parent Companion Document provided with Report
Card on Nov. 11 (also posted on web)

Sectionals

K-2 (Viking Room)

3-5 (Room 112)
Art, Music, Phy Ed @ Brookfield Elementary
Special Ed (includes speech, OT/PT) choose
a grade level to join

Achievement Levels
BG - Beginning
A student achieving
this level will
demonstrate:

limited or no
understanding of
grade level
standards or
targeted
expectations

a need for
additional support
to develop
knowledge and
understanding

a requirement for

DV - Developing
A student achieving
this level will
demonstrate:
some progress
toward meeting
grade level
standards and
targeted
expectations
a need for more time
or instruction to
practice skills before
they are consistently
independent

some foundational

PR- Proficient
A student achieving
this level will
independently
demonstrate:
mastery of grade
level standards and
targeted
expectations
application of
specific skills to
related standards
and other content
areas
solid foundational
skills for future
learning

EXExceeds
A student achieving
this level will
independently
demonstrate:
flexible and
significant learning
consistently above
grade level
standards and
targeted
expectations
extensions of other
subject areas and
life situations with
depth of knowledge
high cognitive

Life Skills

Evidence Collection
Givens:
Must be standards based
Most recent evidence translates to the report card
Extra credit, homework, life skills (effort, behavior, participation) should not be
included in a final grade
Homework should be risk free practice (formative) unless it is a culmination project
or long term assignment at which time a grade would be assigned
Review Gradebook Samples
What is good evidence at my grade level?
How am I communicating this evidence to the student and parent?
How might I delineate between formative and summative evidence?
How can evidence be used for goal setting?

Parent Forum - Feedback

Quarterly grades reflect the work completed during the quarter
being reported - not end of year standards as previously reported.
Teacher comments are expected for all areas not receiving
proficiency - this includes below and above proficiency. (Both in
academic and life skills portions)
Teachers should be using the academic proficiency rubric regularly
with students, it is not simply for report card purposes.
Teachers should be able to address the question: "How can my
child receive an exceeds." - a student would be working on above
grade level standards.

Todays Take Aways

Grade Level Indicators

Performance Level Rubric
Life Skills Rubric
Parent Companion

Further Opportunities/Tools
Canvas
Campus Instruction (IC)