FMSPLCAgenda/MinutesTemplate2016

OperationCorBetterNoExcuses
Eachchilddeservesourundividedattention
Teacheachchildlikeheorsheisyourown
Planlikeyourlifedependedonit

EXPECTATIONS:
PLTsareexpectedtomeetweeklyonWednesdaysforonehour.(MasterPLTteamsmeettwiceaweek)
Attendtootherhouseholdadministrativemattersafterstudentlearningcollaboration.
AcopyofthisdocumentwillbesubmittedtotheappropriatefolderonGoogleDriveforadministrativereview/feedback.

ACTIONSpriortonextmeeting:

Administersomeformofassessment,shortcycleorsummativeassessmentpriortoPLTmeeting.MathteachersuseMathStar.Groupstudents
intogroups:Level5,4(Advanced)Level3(Proficient)Level2(BelowProficiency)Level1(Urgent)

Determineyourowncutscoreforproficiencyifnoneisprovidedforyourassessmenttests.

Chartdataintographsforquickreviewandanalysis.DoneedwastePLTplanningtimechartingorgraphingyourdata.

HaveaccessorbringlessonplantoPLTmeeting.Insomecasesbringstudentworksamples.

Date:2/10/16

Time:2:00

Location:Room311

Duration:1hour

Roles
(Pleaserotate.):

Facilitator:
Keenan

Recorder:

TimeKeeper:
Ebron

SMARTGoal
s(bysubjectareaElectiveteachers,pleasemodify):

Example:ByFebruary7,2016,8thgrademathproficiencyrateonsolving
multiplestepequationswithvariables/integerswillincreasefrom33%to40%
basedonMathStarAssessment.

Math:
ByApril11th,7thgrademathstudentswillincreaseproficiency.Studentswill

reachandexceed55%proficiencyrate.Studentswillincreasemathscoresin
theseobjectiveareas:ProportionalReasoning(2227%ofMathEOG),and
ExpressionsandEquations(2227%ofMathEOG)
ELA:
ByApril11th,7thgradestudentswillcontinuetoincreaseproficiency.
Studentswillreachandexceedthecountyproficiencyscoreof44%(currentlyat
a5%gap).Thisinformationwillbebasedoncase21data.

Science:
ByFebruary19th,7thgradeproficiencyrateforthesupportsystems
intheHumanBodyUnitwithincreasefromtheircumulativepretestscoreof
48%to70%basedonasummativequizgradecreatedwithgoogleforms.
Thatisbasedonacutscorerateof5565(D)6676(C)7787(B)88100(A)

SocialStudies
:ByFeb.19th,7thgradeclasseswillincreaseproficiencyin
comprehendingreading&pullingkeydatafrom48%onaverageto70%based
onthefirstsummativeassessmentondatagathering

Subjects

Priority
Standards
Taughtand
Tested:

Whatunitareyou
teaching?

Wheredoesthis
lessonfallonthe
curriculumpacing
guide?

Whatprerequisite
skillsmust
studentsmaster
onroutto
objective
proficiency?

Time
Management:

Howmanydays,
weeks,minutes
aresetforthe
lesson?

Arestudents
awareofallocated
timetomaster
objectives?How
so?

Areallclasseson
parwith
mastering
objectives?Ifnot,
whatclassesneed

Instructional
resources,
supplemental
materials,
technology

Listthetools/
technology
materialsforthe
lesson

Whatresources
align/strategies
alignto:

Visuallearners
Auditorylearners
Kinesthetic
learners
Tactilelearners(
handson)

ShortCycle
Assessment

DataInput:

Overallclass
proficiencyrating?

Coreproficiency
rating?

Percentat
benchmark,above
benchmark,below
benchmark?

TargetGroups

Attachedto
documentlistof
targetedstudents.

wholeclass,small
group,individual,

howmanydays,
weeks,class
periodswill
devotedfor
reteaching?

Howmuch
minuteswillthey
receivesupport?

TargetSkills,
Content

Instructional
Monitoring:

Listobjective
strengths?

Listobjective
weakness.

Identifyany
missingcontent?

Undeveloped
skills?

Whatrootcauses
contributedto
learninggap?

Pacing?

ActionPlan:
Whenwillyoure
assessedthese
students?date
andtime

What
assessmentswill
youuse?

Anyalternative
assessments?

Howwillyou
differentiateyour
instruction?

Math

English

moretime?
whatstudents
needmoretime?

7.RP.1Compute
unitrates
associatedwith
fractions,
includingratios
oflengths,areas
andother
quantities
measuredinlike
ordifferentunits
7.RP.2
Recogniseand
represent
proportional
relationships
between
quantities
7.EE.3Students
willsolve
contextual
problemsand
mathematical
problemsusing
rational
numbers.

Studentswill
continueto
simultaneously
workonthese
standardswhile
movingforward
onothermath
standards.

Studentswillbe
using
chromebooks
andgoingto
thecomputer
labtoworkon
thismath
programs.
Scootpad
MobyMax
TenMarks

RI7.1&RL7.1
Citeseveral
piecesoftextual
evidenceto

Studentswill
continueto
simultaneously
&constantly

Studentswill
consistently
view
informational

Coverage?
undeveloped
content,
vocabulary,
understanding

Atthebeginning
ofschool
proficiencyrate
18%.

Case21second
benchmark
proficiencyrate
25%

Studentshave
notyetreachthe
required
proficiencyrate
whichis55%for
7thgrademath

Studentswillbe
workingtogether
collaboratively
forthe
remainderofthe
year.Peer
tutoring

Studentgroups
3studentsper
group

Reteachingwill
bedonewhen
studentsdont
meetproficiency
rate

Students
overallstrength
issolvingtwo
stepequations
andsolving
proportions
math
computations
problems

Studentoverall
weaknessis
solvingtwostep
equationword
problemsand
solving
proportionword
problems

Instructionwillbe
differentiatedwith
studentledpeer
groups,theuseof
chromebooksto
guideinstruction
throughtutorial
videoson
scootpad

Proficiency
percentages,
pastandcurrent:

Studentswork
collaboratively
often.Groups
are26per

Student
weaknesses:
comprehension
andanalyzing.

Studentsare
expectedtobe
assessedevery
twoweeks

Social

supportanalysis
ofwhatthetext
says.

RI7.2&RL7.2
Determine
centralideaand
themeintext
andanalyzeits
development.

Studentsmust
mastercitation
skillswhatis
themost
efficientwayto
identifyandcite
importanttextual
evidence.

workonthese
andother
standardsupto
benchmarkand
throughEOG.

Studentsare
reminded
regularlyabout
standardsbeing
focusedonand
theexpected
outcomeof
mastering
objectives.

Thereliesa
colossalgap
betweenthe
lowestand
highest
intellectual
studentsboth
ofwhicharein
thesame
classroomfor
thesame
amountoftime.
Theinclusive
classworksata
muchslower
pacebecause
thementalityof
studentsneed
ampleamount
ofattention.

textmuch
morethan
literarytextand
poetry.

Studentswill
alsobeusing
technological
assisting.On
chromebooks,
studentswill
utilize
MobyMaxfor
lexilescoreand
Scootpadto
focuson
specific
standards.

October
benchmark:
29.5%
January
benchmark:
39%

Dataused:
Case2data
Datafolders

Inform,
congratulate/
notifystudentsof
increase/
decreaseof
scores.

Schoolisnotyet
atproficiency
rateof55%.

group
dependingon
activity.

Reteachingis
basedon
constant&
various
formative
assessments
mostlywritten
andoral.Plans
remainsflexible
enoughtoallow
multipledaysto
delveintoa
neededtopic.

Whilestudents
areinsideofthe
classroom,a
greatmajorityof
thetimeisspent
receiving
supporteither
frompeersina
collaborative
mannerorfrom
myselfviawalk
through.

Lowerlevel
students.

Studentsare
abletoexpress
orallymuch
betterthanin
writtenform.
Scaffoldingis
necessary.

TheWritten
Standardisnot
thefocus
currently,the
focusarethe
Reading
Standards.

Rootcauses
contributingto
thelearning
gap(what
students
actuallylearned
vs.what
studentswere
expectedto
learn)are
externalaswell
asinternal.

focusingonthe
standard(s)that
wehave
coveredin
class.

Assessments
willbemost/all
readingtext,
includemultiple
choice,and
(dependingon
class
performance)
includeextra
credit
opportunityto
seewhich
studentsexude
selfefficacy.
Thereisalarge
gapbetween
classesEC
studentswillbe
givenashorter,
lowerlevel
assessment
whereasAIG
studentswillbe
given
assessments
withmorerigor.

Usingaweekly

kahoottohelp

Overallstrength Studentsare

Studies

Science

HumanBody
Systems7.L.1.4

part1(The
support
systems)ofa6
weekunit
(estimatedtime
is2weeks)

Prerequisite
Skillsinclude,

calendaronthe
boardaswellas
goingover
wherewe
shouldbein
googleslides
announcements
.

Core1is
draggingbehind
duetoseveral
studentswho
needmore
modifiedwork
andattention.

Core4is
behinddueto
thesnowdays
and
benchmarks
messingwith
theschedules

reviewprevious
informationand
trackwhat
needstobe
reviewed

Chromebooks
totakequizzes
andkahoot

Videostogive
themmore
visualsofwhat
wearecovering

Partneredwork,
videoswith
visuals,
creatingtheir
owncomicto
help
comprehension

2weekshas
been
announcedto
studentsby
posting
weekly/daily
agendasonthe
board

Core1isabout
20%behindon
proficiency

Quizzizaweb
toolthat
collectsdatain
chartandgraph
form.Itcollects
individualdata
andwhole
groupdata

Core1Whole
Grouppretest
score38%the
lowestandwill
needthemost
support

Core2whole
groupscore59%
thehighest
pretestscore
Core3whole
grouppretest

www.quizziz.co
m

Googleclassis

Core1Whole
Grouppretest
score38%the
lowestandwill
needthemost
support
Core2whole
groupscore
59%the
highestpretest
score
Core3whole
grouppretest

students
understandhow
totakenew
notes,pulling
dataifgiven
keypoints.

Strugglewith
conceptsthat
linktheideas
betweenthe
Revolutionand
the
Enlightenment.

givenwarmups
thatarequotes
tohelpthem
strengthentheir
readingskills,
buildingtheir
ownnotesand
reviewing
throughkahoot
tohelpthem
better
understandthe
objectivesof
theday.

Overall
strengthsnoted
inpretest#of
bonesfoundin
theskeleton,
Organs
protectedby
skeleton

Overall
weaknesses
notedinpretest
Relationships

Studentswillbe
givenformal
assessments
dailypriortothe
summativetest.
These
formative
assessments
includedaily
warmups,
readingand
comprehension,
foldablesfor

summarizing
howeachofthe
9systemsinthe
humanbody
interactwith
eachotherto
create
homeostasis
andsustainlife

comparedtothe
otherclasses.
Pretestingdata
wascollected
usingthe
Quizzizweb
tool.

Datafromthe
Quizzizpretest
hasbeen
attachedwith
thisdocument

usedineach
classto
organizeclass
activities,
homework,
informational
videosand
quizzes

Chromebooks
aretheprimary
toolbeingused
toaccessthe
onlinetools
mentioned
above.

score51%
Core4whole
grouppretest
score42%

score51%
Core4whole
grouppretest
score42%

Thiswasa
pretest,Ihave
allottedtwo
weekstoteach
thisportionof
theunit

datafolder:
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betweenbones, vocabulary
musclesand
understanding
skin.
andKWLcharts
toactivateprior
knowledgeof
objectives

MeetingMinutes(BigIdeasfornextPLTmeeting)

2/10/162:003:10TheteammetinKeenansroom.ThePLCdocumentwassharedwithMr.Walker,Mrs.Keenan,Mrs.EbronandMrs.Heilig.We
workedonourSMARTgoalsandbeganinputtingdata/objectivesinourindividualsubjectmatterareas.

2/17/162:10TheteammetinKeenansroom(311)tocompleteourSMARTGOALSanddiscusssomehousekeepingtopics..These
housekeepingtopicsincluded:Electivetransitioning,lockerschedule,RAMPUPattendance,bookbags/hats/phones/dresscode.
Iemailedthesupportstaff(electiveteachers)tosendtheirrosterstousfortransitioningaccountability.emailsweresentouttothesamegroup
aboutbookbagusageattheendoftheday.
Teammemberspresent:Mrs.C.Williams,Mrs.Ebron,Mrs.Heilig,Mr.Walker,Mrs.Keenan,Mrs.Lindsay.