January+9,+2012

media type="custom" key="10428220" Meeting location: room 103

Meeting begins: 8:00am media type="custom" key="10428226" PLC Members take turns recording and posting (see below) the minutes from today's meeting: media type="custom" key="10428230" Collaboration Meeting Agenda:
 * Bethe || Cadwell || Devine || Duran || Gross || Jacoub || McGlenn || Sagapolutele ||

__Announcements__: 1. Storm Coaching Update 2. LAS testing 3. Google doc data 4. Students moving up at Quarter 3 - email qualifying names/IDs to Anthony Devine by 1/17/12 __Discussion__: 5. Follow up on Department Writing Program 6. Discussion of Walqui chapter 6
 * Erin believes introducing a new program at this point in the year for us may interrupt the consistency of our current writing program. We may have the opportunity again at a future time.
 * All testing needs to be completed by 1/26/12
 * Scott and Jason are available to assist with the speaking portion
 * call subs for coverage if needed (use "school business")
 * send time sheets to Lai Saeteurn if completing testing after school
 * many gaps in the Google doc
 * please take the time to update your scores for placement purposes at the end of the year
 * include final quarter grades
 * accounting for gaps in data at the end of the year (ie: missing/0 tests, newcomers, students who moved up/down a level)
 * see criteria for moving students
 * Are we vertically aligned with 9th grade?
 * Writing Program

= Minutes: = Notes from today's meeting: -Discussed the LAS and the schedule we can to follow. For the schedule to follow, look above. -Make sure that we update all Google Docs. data. -Self audit Google Docs. scores for students that are missing scores. -Look at students scores for Quarter 2 to decide if students move up or if they stay at their current level. -How are we aligned to the Common Core Standards? -In our Expository Unit possibily use compare and contrast or cause and effect prompts. -Reading conversation was tabled for next time.