6-12 Homeroom Materials

 If you need any materials for the end of the year for your homerooms or lessons, please let Patrick know by March 1st. We will get these ordered as soon as we hear from you. This would NOT include curriculum materials at this time, this would be for supporting any fun events/activities planned for the remainder of the year. 

6-12 Science Consumables

Hello Science Teachers! As we begin to wrap up our first year of Discovery Science, we need to make sure that everyone has the consumable materials for each lab and lesson for next year. Over the next couple of weeks, please make notes of what and how much you would need to replenish and send that list to Patrick Raleigh at 11509@kaneland.org. Please list by KLC or teams, 

School

Grade Level/KLC  (submit as a grade level team in your school for 6-8)

Consumable needed

Amount of that consumable needed based on use this year

Please include what you have used this year and plan to use again. Please send this list to Patrick by March 4th. 

K-5 Student Panel- Reading Proficiency

 This week we had the pleasure of meeting with some KST students and hearing them reflect on reading learning and proficiency.  Here were just a few statements that they students shared:

I am able to demonstrate my proficiency by reading books at my house and understand my reading level

I talk with my Teacher about my reading levels and what I learning

I can demonstrate reading through a reflection of 1-3 (we do this in my room to know what we are still working on)

I help my mom and Dad read and by Grandpa

I show my reading proficiency by reading in front of the class and have book clubs in my class where we talk about reading to peers

I can self-edit my stories and show my reading proficiency

My mom and dad told me about a reading continuum that my Teacher sent to my parents

The reading continuum is a list of reading levels

I am working on chapter books

I am working on closed syllabus and fluency

I am working narratives and dialogue 

I am working on reader responses and I write about what I read 

I am working with a social group to review and read articles and explain different things

I am proficient at tapping and spelling my words so that helps me read

We can show proficiency by peer conference, video or build a recording and show choice for our Teacher or peer

I have feedback from my Teacher

I advocate for my learning and also read in order to create documents 

I advocate for my learning through asking others, raise my hand or set up a conference with my Teacher

I know I am proficiency when I finish a book

I love Dogman books but I have read them all!  I am sad there are no new ones

The author of Dogman has other books too to check out for kids

Even when I am proficient I keep reading!

It is good to keep reading over and over to practice our skills.  I read every day!

Your Feedback Is Needed

 In order for Educational Service to best plan professional development for next year on the feedback process, we really need input from all staff.  Please take a moment this week to complete this feedback survey to help us out.  Thank you in advance. 

Lucky Duck Winner

 WOW!  We have had 4 matches again in just a week.  Keep up the great work! If your lucky duck number is 37 you are this week's winner!  Email Sarah Mumm to receive your treat!  

Tenet G- Feedback

 Tenet G focuses on the feedback cycle.  If you recall from Personalized Learning 2.75, there are 9 types of feedback.  A feedback conference is meant to be a cycle that is co-constructed with the learner and the educator (see the cycle vision below).  If you are reflecting and collecting evidence for tenet G consider the type of feedback you are co-constructing with the student and how they are participating in the discussion. 

Crucial Conversation Book Study Follow Up

 This past month the Instructional Coach and MTSS Coordinator teams at K-5 met to continue the Crucial Conversation book study.  This month we discussed the concept of how we respond to difficult situations.  We took time to share and reflection on when staff or ourselves have a silence or violence reaction to tough discussions.  The book shared an under stress assessment survey that anyone can take to reveal possible reactions you have to situations.  The discussion shared revolved around how to identify when a staff member is being silent under stress or how we can support a "violent" as the book calls it response.  We all discussed how we can support staff through the process of breaking down the root cause of an emotional response under stress rather than taking it personally. Another key statement from the book study was the concept of safety not being synonymous with comfort in conversation.  As a team we are looking at the option of offering a Crucial Conversations book study this summer or next fall.  If you would have an interest in participating in this type of book study in the future, please contact Sarah Mumm to share your interest as well.          

K-5 MTSS Coordinator Meeting Update

 This month the MTSS Coordinators met twice to work on current review of practices as well as future planning for next year.  The following are topics discussed.  We encourage all staff to check in with Sarah or the MTSS Coordinators in your school for further information.  

1. Review of possible Rigby testing structures for Fall and Spring next school year.  We took time to review the feedback from EAC and share ideas and think about logistics.  EAC will make a final decision on guidelines for the assessment during the February meeting. 

2. The team took time to review the possible edits to the RFAF and how to best support the request needs of related services.  We also met with Fran Eggleston to discuss OT work in progress on how to create MTSS structures for OT. 

3. We began to collect possible edits for hte handbook.  If you have any edits please send them into your Coordinator. 

4.  We engaged virtually with the Instructional Coaches to review another chapter in the Crucial Conversations book.

5. The team further planned the IAR testing time and logistics and also how to support each other's schools with accommodations. 

6. We discussed ideas around data wall use for IAR.  Or the purpose and use of the data.

7.  We took time to plan Inspire data wall entry and how to best support the huddle structure for Inspire. 

8.  The team took time discussing the MTSS letters and when and who sends them, especially for Kindergarten. 

9. We had updates on the eligibility flowchart and documents, as well has the behavior support flowchart that is being created.

10.  We discussed a new form for MTSS co-teaching fidelity checks that happen in the Spring. 

11.  The team took time to dive into the planning of Spring KDAB meetings.  More information on this process will be coming out very soon.

Discovery Science Professional Development Kane County Day

 We will be hosting a virtual session on March 1st at 9:00 for anyone interested in learning more about Mystery Science and DEX platform.  If interested please reach out to Patrick Raleigh or Sarah Mumm to get on the list for the session.  The session will be one hour.   

How to Become a Better Writing Teacher Book Study

 This month K-5 Coaches and Educational Service staff have began to explore the text How to Become a Better Writing Teacher by Carl Anderson and Matt Glover.  The purpose of this book study is to expand ideas and ways to support our staff in writing instruction as well as plan future professional development.  Today we discussed Chapter 1 and 2.  Here were a few takeaways from our discussion for all to reflect and grow from:

If you are interested in seeing writing conferring in action check out this Conferring Video Link.

A few possible record keeping documents that were shared in the chapters are below.  Record keeping is essential during writing conferring.  Check out the various ways to keep records during conferences. 

How should I take notes on conferences?  There are MANY tools for note-taking, but you will need to find one that works for you.  Check out some examples below (taken from A Teacher's Guide to Writing Conferences):

Interested in watching some Carl Anderson conferring videos?  Login to your Heineman account and use the code, CECONWRIT.”  If you’d like a copy of the book, A Teacher’s Guide to Writing Conferences by Carl Anderson, swing by the coaches’ office.

We are also looking to update our Kaneland reels.  If you have student samples of any writing genre that you would like to submit for the update, please PDF or send hard copies of the student work to Sarah Mumm.

Please feel free to work with any Instructional Coach for follow up to these topics or any writing support or sounding board ideas.  

K-5 Science Consumables

 Through our new adoption money we have the ability to replace consumables that have been used this year in Science.  Please email Sarah Mumm at 10358@kaneland.org your grade level list.  Please include the following information:

School

Grade Level (submit as a grade level team in your school)

Consumable needed

Amount of that consumable needed based on use this year

Please include what you have used this year and plan to use again. Please send this list to Sarah Mumm by March 4th.