October+6,+2008

=Collaboration Meeting Agenda:=

=Collaboration Meeting Minutes:= 4. HW: Read Marzano text and work on syllibus.
 * 1) Review Norms
 * 2) Assign today's collaboration date to equally share the responsibility to record the minutes
 * 3) Syllabus work on the wiki
 * 4) D and F Rate reports Discussion Questions
 * 5) Share and Discuss student samples of "Business Writing" Intermediate and Advanced ELD
 * 6) For next time: **Read Formative Assessments sections of Marzano text (12-14, 24-27).**
 * 7) If time, Continue Learning Outcomes for Quarter 1 and 2 (work in groups) add learning outcomes for Reading and CAHSEE Prep
 * 8) Questions/ Concerns
 * 1) Review today's agenda.
 * 2) Be sure to read **Formative Assessments sections of Marzano text (12-14, 24-27)** for next time. Start a discussion on the Text's page.
 * 3) D and F rate discussion. What part of the grade do we control as the teacher? What part of the grade do the students control? Review the Discussion Questions from item 4 on the above agenda. Pick 3 for D and F rate to answer during Collaboration (today).
 * **Devine**: Shared Wikispace--recuded D and F rate through after school tutorials.
 * **Bartell**: Do we have common assessments and grading criteria? We need to base grades on competency. CAHSEE prep class uses a different grading scale (3 parts: Reading, Writing, Vocabulary). CAHSEE prep prepares students for the test, so the students' grades should reflect their preparedness for the CAHSEE.
 * **Sagapolutele:** Review grading categories. Where can we put Study Island? Which category?
 * For speaking standards, students read out loud to each other.
 * **Kipp**: Latework policy: HW every night for beginners; HW for other levels if they don't finish their class work. No late work accepted as of now, but I am open to letting students turn in work late if they attend Night Library (30 minutes for each assignment). Communicating grades? Posting grades each Monday.
 * **Sagapolutele**: Students stop working when they have an F. Weekly or every 2 weeks share progress. Make students come in to complete missing assignments (talk to parents). Share absence alert page on wikispace. Post HW on wikispace.
 * **Bethe**: Supporting Learning in Collaborative Groups: Pair-shares--have students pair up with someone who speaks another language. Birthday groups were difficult for students to get in to.