In November, Myron Dueck, author of Grading Smarter, Not Harder, will be giving the keynote for IGKNIGHT 2018 and hosting break-out sessions throughout the day. If you'd like to learn more about his work before he comes AND have a chance to earn in-district credit, jump into this self-paced book study through Canvas and get started!
If you need a copy of his book, please contact Mike or Sarah.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
9/27 IGNIGHTER Meeting
Unfortunately, we were unable to host our 9/27 IGKNIGHTER meeting due a lot of scheduling conflicts. However, we've asked all IGKNIGHTERS to log on to a newly created Canvas course to share some information and begin interacting with each other.
Those of you who aren't IGKNIGHTERs but might want to learn a bit more about what's going on with this group, feel free to jump on and participate, as well!
You can access the course and discussion board here.
Those of you who aren't IGKNIGHTERs but might want to learn a bit more about what's going on with this group, feel free to jump on and participate, as well!
You can access the course and discussion board here.
Personalized Learning Microcredentials
If you recall from Academy 2.0 at the start of the year (boy, does that seem like a long time ago already!), you have the option to continue your learning buy completing various modules that allow you to go more in-depth in your learning. As you complete these modules, you can also earn in-district credit!
The easiest way to gather all of the information and allow for ease of submission was to make use of our pilot tool--Canvas--and create these as online modules you can complete as part of the Academy 2.0 course. If you hadn't already, you can sign up for this course by clicking this link.
If you prefer a non-Canvas approach to these modules, please email Sarah and Mike and we can give you access to our working Google Slides presentation as well as an overview of how to go about completing the Discoveries and logging your work.
The easiest way to gather all of the information and allow for ease of submission was to make use of our pilot tool--Canvas--and create these as online modules you can complete as part of the Academy 2.0 course. If you hadn't already, you can sign up for this course by clicking this link.
If you prefer a non-Canvas approach to these modules, please email Sarah and Mike and we can give you access to our working Google Slides presentation as well as an overview of how to go about completing the Discoveries and logging your work.
TAC Joint Statment
This month TAC met in person. The following topics were discussed:
Using Canvas for the initial meeting was beneficial. This is a structure that lends itself more for informational items.
TAC is still interested in meeting face to face for goals/agenda items that we anticipate will generate more discussions/debate.
The Universal Behavior Screener was discussed.
This is a nationally normed screener and it was used to flag students initially to start the year. The intent of this was for early intervention.
We will revisit this topic next month when some guests are slated to come to talk as guest speakers.
There is money available through a CTE grant (Career and Technical Education) for use at each building. This money is not budgeted through each school, it must be applied for.
The team discussed the different career presentation opportunities at each school (Career Day, Exploratory Career Day, MakerSpace, Healthcare).
The team voted to adopt the following goals for the year:
Math Continuum Pilot (January)
Co-Teaching Pilot Update (November)
Collaborative Inquiry and Collective efficacy (November, January, and April)
Behavior Screener Use (November)
I-Ready Process (January)
The team will look into a process for purchasing furniture if funds become available in the future. Right now this is not in our building budgets.
We will work on some type of application process for these funds. We’ve discussed a joint proposal written by teacher and students.
The team discussed the best way to communicate decisions that are made at TAC. Each building had representation on the committee.
The team will share the Joint Statement with all staff and include a link to the full notes for anyone to view.
Admin will look into the possibility of inviting the remaining members of the TIC committee to join TAC.
TAC Notes
Using Canvas for the initial meeting was beneficial. This is a structure that lends itself more for informational items.
TAC is still interested in meeting face to face for goals/agenda items that we anticipate will generate more discussions/debate.
The Universal Behavior Screener was discussed.
This is a nationally normed screener and it was used to flag students initially to start the year. The intent of this was for early intervention.
We will revisit this topic next month when some guests are slated to come to talk as guest speakers.
There is money available through a CTE grant (Career and Technical Education) for use at each building. This money is not budgeted through each school, it must be applied for.
The team discussed the different career presentation opportunities at each school (Career Day, Exploratory Career Day, MakerSpace, Healthcare).
The team voted to adopt the following goals for the year:
Math Continuum Pilot (January)
Co-Teaching Pilot Update (November)
Collaborative Inquiry and Collective efficacy (November, January, and April)
Behavior Screener Use (November)
I-Ready Process (January)
The team will look into a process for purchasing furniture if funds become available in the future. Right now this is not in our building budgets.
We will work on some type of application process for these funds. We’ve discussed a joint proposal written by teacher and students.
The team discussed the best way to communicate decisions that are made at TAC. Each building had representation on the committee.
The team will share the Joint Statement with all staff and include a link to the full notes for anyone to view.
Admin will look into the possibility of inviting the remaining members of the TIC committee to join TAC.
TAC Notes
Monday, October 1, 2018
ELA Review Meeting
This past week we had Teachers from all levels meet to begin the review cycle for ELA (English Language Arts). The task for this team is to work collaboratively K-12th grades to create ELA maps on the Kaneland template, review tools to use to explore and teach the maps, and begin to work on assessments. The maps that are being created will be ELA combined for all grade spans and include Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening standards. The group will meet again in November to collectively check in on the individual course or grade level progress. The goal of the group is to propose the revised maps to the Board of Education in late February and possible materials needed in March of 2019. We look forward to the exciting work from this group! To those that came to our first meeting, thank you for your hard work and dedication to this process.
SIP Data Breakdown
As all of you are diving into the SIP Learner Profile and Proficiency Based Progress data collected, we wanted to give you a bit of background on the collection. We know a few questions were asked about the collection and who collected the data. So here are are few facts on the SIP data collection. Enjoy!
1. 1127 data points were collected in just two weeks
2. 60% of the data points were collected by certified Teachers that serve on the SIP teams
3. 40% of the data points were collected by Administrators in the district
4. All data points were collected by one on one or two on one interviews with students
5. Data points were all entered into a google form
6. Final percents and students needing to shift to meet the evaluation levels were posted on the blog last week.
1. 1127 data points were collected in just two weeks
2. 60% of the data points were collected by certified Teachers that serve on the SIP teams
3. 40% of the data points were collected by Administrators in the district
4. All data points were collected by one on one or two on one interviews with students
5. Data points were all entered into a google form
6. Final percents and students needing to shift to meet the evaluation levels were posted on the blog last week.
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