March+21,+2011

Pick a name at random to write the minutes:

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=Collaboration Meeting Agenda:=

1. "Five Minute Strategy Session" 2. SMART Goals 3. Level Placement
 * Maxine: Strategic Grouping
 * Team Goals
 * Good job keeping our spreadsheet updated. This makes our data very accessible.
 * Handouts
 * Narrative Goal
 * Expository Goal
 * How are we doing? What can we do to make our results more positive?
 * Ideas on developing a SMART goal for speaking?
 * Action steps?
 * How should we place students for next year? How should we make our recommendations?
 * What do you expect students to be able to do at the beginning of the year at your level?
 * How should we consult our assessment results? Can we assign a group of numbers to a placement?
 * As we answer these questions, it will become more clear which students:
 * repeat
 * go up one level
 * go up two levels.

= Minutes: = Notes from today's meeting: 1. 5-Minute Presentation Maxine presented strategic grouping. Start with your seating chart and access students for those strong in language. Students who are strong with essays can be captains of teams. Have students pick teams like we did in gym way back when. A few links will be put on the wiki.space.

2. SMART Goals Refer to benchmark handouts to see how many students scored at each of our rubric levels. Maxine's idea of flexible strategic group should help move students over below standard to approaching. IDEA: During 5 minute strategy session, the ELD levels should share how thesis, bias, body paragraphs, etc. are taught at their level. Make norms for discussing these items. One member brought up the idea that ELD levels should grade their own level, for example: Michelle (level: high beginning) would grade Maxine's (same high beginning level) and Maxine grade Michelle's. Another member suggest spending QTR 4 doing Prompt Analysis.

3. SPEAKing Goal Ideas: Use the fluency passages provided in the EDGE. Use the LAS rubric. All members are excited to add a power point with a speaking portion to the last research project.

Off the Record....the peer observations are scheduled for the 2nd week of April