January+26,+2009

=Collaboration Meeting Agenda:=


 * 1) Assign today's collaboration date to equally share the responsibility to record the minutes
 * 2) D and F Data ELD Team(2).xls
 * 3) Peer Observations: Feedback on things that the students should be doing: Cornell Notes, Marking the Text, etc. And What the teacher should be doing: facilitate group work and effective questioning, checking for understanding, etc
 * 4) Bring a print-out of your CST profile for each class: Think of how to prepare students for the CST.
 * 5) Team Goal: Decrease the number of EL students (who have been here five years or less) in FBB/BB of the ELA CST, grades 9-11 by 4.5 % by 2011 and 1.5 % annually thereafter (2012-14)
 * 6) Expository Update: Review how students chart their progress
 * 7) Homework: Expository Learning Outcomes

Collaboration Minutes (1/26/09)

• Went over the D&F rate for our EL team and different strategies that can be used to help maintain passing grades for students. • Jenn Bethe will e-mail template for jeopardy game for EL instruction • Peer observation-reminder to use cornell notes, marking text, and group work. • Maxine will finish creating evaluation sheet for peer observation • Went over CST profile and identify FBB, BB, or no tests • Discussed team goal to decrease the number of EL students who have been here 5 years or less in FBB/BB of the ELA CST by 2011 • Steps to get out of EL classes- a) have advanced or early advanced on CELDT b) Need to have a basic or higher on the CST c) need to have a “c” or better in the core requirements (math, science, English) d) and a letter from parents • Our EL team will come up with a plan regarding strategies to use for the CST coming up in April