March+22,+2010

=Collaboration Meeting Agenda:=

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1. Prep. Period Follow Up (most of our time today)
 * Develop action steps for the CST based on the presentation:
 * What can we do to better prepare out students for the tests?
 * What did we learn about in the training that we can use?
 * What more can we use?

2. Peer Observations
 * Next steps:
 * agree upon the procedures that we developed last week (see notes on the PO page).
 * teachers who want to use the checklist found by Maxine: modify it for our purposes.
 * If you want this form used in your room, have copies available. If you do not want it used, simply don't provide copies of it.

=Minutes:= 1. Prep. Period Follow Up (most of our time today)
 * all ECV students are required to take test, that has shown to be unfair to our English learners
 * Matt McGlenn presented found results on what is on the CST's and where we should spend the majority of our effort: 99% of test questions deal with vocabulary and the understanding of what is being asked of them
 * proposed solution and test preparation plan: strengthen students academic vocabulary, build confidence, weekly breakdown of strategies leading up to the test
 * Matt & Maxine will put together a calendar of what would be the student preparation theme for the week
 * Students will be given study guides to review academic vocabulary before they leave for Spring break